The Castle on Hester Street Vocabulary Practice

Choose the correct vocabulary word to fill in the blank.

When we______________at the hotel, the man at the door took our suitcases.

• whispered

• moment

• arrived

• opportunity

The worker _______________ the bridge to be sure that it was safe.

• opportunity

• photographs

• valuable

• inspected

The girl ____________________ because she didn't want people to hear what she was saying.

• moment

• valuable

• whispered

• immigrate

When I asked my mom could she help me with my homework, she said to wait just a ____________________.

• opportunity

• moment

• valuable

• photograph

We looked through the old ____________________ to remind ourselves of our childhood.

• photographs

• inspected

• arrived

• moment

The store kept the most _________________ items in a locked case, so that they could not be stolen easily.

• opportunity

• moment

• valuable

• arrived

My grandparents wanted to ___________________ to America because the conditions in their country were poor.

• whispered

• moment

• immigrate

• arrived

The teacher gave us an ________________________ to redo our test for extra credit since we didn't do well.

• whispered

• valuable

• arrived

• opportunity