Story 1 Vocabulary Quiz

A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now ------- at home with his family.

• safe
• correct

• sad

• here

But Casey Hathaway told his ----------- that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold woods.

• friends

• parents

• teachers

• rescuers

The child went -------- on January 22 while playing with friends at his grandmother’s house in the southern state of North Carolina.

• missing
• to school

• to hospital

• to play

When the other children returned to the house and Casey did not, the family --------- the area for almost an hour before calling the police.

• looked

• searched

• walked

• took

Police formed a search and -------- team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods.

• football

• music

• rescue

• soccer

Police -------- ----- on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night.

• followed up
• looked up

• caught up

• hung up

They ------ him out of some briar.

• pulled
• caught

• pushed

• kicked

Casey told the rescuers that he had -------- ---- with a black bear for two days.

• looked out

• searched out

• found out

• hung out

He said Casey did not say how he was able to ------- in the woods for three days in the cold, rainy weather.

• survive
• play

• sleep

• walk

Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts, including some 600 volunteers, federal police and members of the ---------.

• team

• military

• school

• family