Fiction Review

At the restaurant we were offered a variety of beverages, like milk and ice tea.

• bread

• silverware

• drinks

• milk

Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street

• crosswalks

• walkers

• stoplights

• parrots

His mother gets anxious if he stays outside after dark.

• nervous

• silly

• happy

• sleepy

The sweltering weather made the baseball game very uncomfortable. We tried using paper fans, but it didn't help much.

• rainy

• windy

• stormy

• very hot

The parade will commence as soon as it stops raining.

• to end

• to command

• to cause a delay

• to start or begin

Choose the sentence that uses the underlined word in the same way.

The ending of this story doesn't make any sense.

• Wanda lost her SENSE of smell while she had a cold.

• The birds could SENSE that there was a cat nearby.

• There was no SENSE to Tom's money-making scheme.

• Aunt Harriet has a great SENSE of humor.

Which is the correct meaning of the word bark in the sentence?
Please do not pull the bark off of the tree.

• A dog's voice

• The covering of a tree

The shallow river was usually easy for hikers to
wade across. However, the
recent heavy rains had turned it into a rushing torrent, too treacherous to cross. 

• dangerous

• wet

• muddy

• foggy

"Can you locate the state of Georgia?" my teacher asked pointing to the map. The word locate means...

• find

• destroy

• understand 

"That roller coaster was a thrill!" Chris shouted with a grin on his face. The word thrill means...

• exciting 

• sad

• annoying