CAPE Quiz

Mushrooms are a favorite wild food in Russia. In the spring and fall, people take a holiday to go mushroom picking in the countryside. The strong, earthy smell of the mushrooms rills the train when they ride home.

People enjoy this _____________.

• outgoing

• music

• production

• picture

One of the sky champions is the frigate bird. This speedy bird can fly up to 95 miles an hour. It skims along the top of the ocean looking for food. The frigate bird is _____ .

• loud

• huge

• pretty

• fast

Q: As with other sports, the new surfer must start slowly. First of all, the beginner must be a good swimmer. Learning how to get up on the surfboard—and stay up—is the next step. Surfers need _____ .

• friends

• luck

• money

• patience

Hurrying down the alleyway, Miriam glanced behind and saw a dark figure following them. Her heart sank, and then all at once bounded with relief. It was not a soldier pursuing them but Hortense! As she came nearer her anxious round face broke into smiling wrinkles.

Miriam had been __________.

• impatient

• mistaken

• unfortunate

• unreasonable

Sudden noises can make people jump. People don't expect them. They might drop something. They might shout. They are _____ .

• wild

• proud

• surprised

• bored

The poor squirrels all scampered away as if a dog were after them. This new order was terrible news for them. The nuts they had carefully hoarded for the winter had nearly all been eaten by now; and of the few that were left they had already given the Ape far more than they could spare.

• relaxed

• lonely

• tired

• distressed

An adventure alone is different than an adventure that is shared. I had journeyed into the woods because of Gray Fire's need. He had determined our destination and I had followed willingly, eagerly, trustingly, never thinking beyond our arrival. Gray Fire was my torch in the night, the hand on my shoulder, the voice that would answer when I asked a question. He knew who I was. His presence was the shelter above my head, a path home.

Gray Fire was ____________.

• thoughtful

• inspiring

• young

• cheerful

After five days the rain ceased. The sun came up in a bright cloudless sky as I began my weekly inspection of our buildings. I did not come very much for this task, but it had to be done and my father wanted me to do it. I had bene doing it now for more than a year.

It was my

• direction

• decision

• chore

• question

Alex was worried, but he was excited, too. He could chew another piece of gum and invisibly trail along for fun. The Gang wouldn't know he was there, and he'd be able to watch everything. And be around his brother, too. No one would _____ him.

• touch

• see

• harm

• consider

Napoleon was great because there was nothing of the chess player about him. He did not admit of regular, foreordained moves on the chess-board or on the board of life. He refused to consider anything impossible until he had tried it. He tells us himself that he deserved credit for crossing the Alps, not that he accomplished a difficult feat, but because he refused to believe those who declared the feat impossible.

• overstimulated

• loathed

• honest

• resolute