Read each item below carefully and choose the

correct answer.

What does the word inquisitive mean?

• curious

• enormous

• inexpensive

• serious

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Read each item below carefully and choose the

correct answer.

What does the word precise mean?

• approximate

• exact

• mild

• opposite

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Read each item below carefully and choose the

correct answer.

What does the word astounded mean?

• amazed

• gruesome

• puzzled

• worrisome

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Read each item below carefully and choose the

correct answer.

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the

word concealed?

• delightful

• terrifying

• hidden

• visible

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Vocabulary

Read the dictionary entry below.

Verb 1. to explain the meaning of something

2. to translate between speakers of different languages

Which of the following words is defined above?

• astounded

• concealed

• interpret

• reconsider

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What does the word reconsider mean?

• to act on something

• to think about again

• to talk about with others

• to want to do something

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Which word has almost the same meaning as the

word perplexed?

• assumed

• performed

• confused

• shared

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What does the word suspicious mean?

• doubting you will win or be successful

• hoping nothing happens or goes wrong

• believing that something is wrong or not right

• worrying that you have made a mistake or error

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Read the following questions carefully. You may look back

at the selection to help find the answer to each question.

Where does the story take place?

• on a playground

• Grandma J.’s house

• at an elementary school

• at a city council meeting

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Read the following questions carefully. You may look back

at the selection to help find the answer to each question.

What is the main problem in the story?

• Jacob broke a window in Grandma J.’s cellar.

• Grandma J. wants to move, but she cannot

  sell her house.

• The city council wants to build a playground, but they

  cannot find the right spot.

• The city council wants to tear down Grandma J.’s house

  in order to build a playground.

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