A Long Way Home Vocab 1

Which of the following situations best illustrates the word quest?

• Alex has trouble understanding the author's ideas.

• Bonita will rider her horse in the annual competition.

• Caroline always raises her hand during presentations.

• Damon has been looking for the perfect winter hike for years now.

If you do a thorough cleaning of your room, which of the following is most likely to be true? Base your answer on the meaning of thorough.

• You determine where the dirt is and focus on cleaning that part.

• You divide your room into quadrants and clean a bit of each.

• You are careful to dust and vacuum every inch of the room.

• You use cleaning products that mask any unpleasant odors.

Which of the following situations best illustrates the word intensity?

• Janet talks to her friends at basketball practice.

• Bill has watched most episodes of Sponge Bob Squarepants.

• Susan spent two hours a night for one month studying for the spelling bee.

• Carson likes to visit his neighbor on Sundays.

If a runner relentlessly trains for a race, which of the following is most likely to be true? Base your answer on the meaning of relentlessly.

• She does not accept help from a trainer.

• She runs faster each day that she trains.

• She acts harshly toward her fellow runners.

• She exercises intensely and constantly.

Which of the following situations best illustrates the word obsessive?

• Zeke likes to collect Pokemon cards.

• Beth goes to see BTS in concert each year.

• Steven loves to play video games.

• Jody studies all the time and never stops thinking about school.

If you make a deliberate decision to study more, which of the following is most likely to be true? Base your answer on the meaning of deliberate.

• You work with your brother on his vocabulary words.

• You set a schedule for study time and follow it every day.

• You complete most of your homework.

• You plan to meet with classmates soon.

In the selection from A Long Way Home, what does the narrator remember about his original hometown? Choose TWO options.

• the language spoken there

• the name of the state

• the railway station

• the moutains

• the ocean

In the selection from A Long Way Home, how does the narrator use Google Earth to search for his original home?

• He focuses on every train station in India to find the one he remembers.

• He starts at Kolkata and searches the train lines working outward.

• He scans the entire map of India to find landmarks he recalls.

• He traces the rivers of India from the sea inland.

In the selection from A Long Way Home, why does the narrator's girlfriend sometimes close his laptop and put it away?

• She wants him to give up the search.

• She believes that he is becoming to obsessed.

• She wants him to participate in the conversation.

• She fears that he will never succeed in finding his home.

In the selection from A Long Way Home, what are the narrator's reasons for looking for his long-lost home? Choose TWO options.

• to understand his elders

• to understand his past

• to reclaim his inheritance

• to speak his native language

• to reconnect with his family