Ghost Moon Part 3: The Singing City

Which sentence best describes the central conflict in the story?

• The crew of the Amber Cow must figure out how to communicate with the Singers so they can warn them about the star.

• The crew of the Amber Cow struggles to load all of the junk they find in the cavern onto their spaceship.

• Alex is too afraid to rescue Granny and Edward from the hole in the cavern that they disappeared into.

• Edward leaves Granny and Alex in order to live with the Singers on the Junk Moon.

As it is used in paragraph 5, the word "abruptly" most closely means —

• carefully.

• happily.

• quietly.

• suddenly.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which line from the text lets readers know this is a science fiction story?

• "Alex felt as if she had been running forever, pounding down dead end tunnels, back to the ramp, down the next passageway, desperately trying to get to the level Granny and Edward had fallen to." (Paragraph 1)

• "They raced off at a tremendous speed along the passageway, away from the noise, as Granny and Alex struggled to keep up with them." (Paragraph 16)

• "Instead of hair, the aliens had elaborate frills flickering and fluttering from the sides of their heads." (Paragraph 24)

• "Granny slapped her forehead so suddenly it made Alex and Edward jump back in alarm." (Paragraph 48)

How do paragraphs 43-45 contribute to the story?

• They compare the Singers to other types of aliens living on Junk Moons.

• They emphasize that the situation the characters are faced with is very urgent.

• They explain why the crew of the Amber Cow felt like they were being watched.

• They reveal that the Singers used the objects left on the Junk Moon to build a city.

How was Alex finding her way to Granny and Edward?

• She used the map Edward dropped.

• The aliens showed her the way.

• She followed Edward's singing.

• She followed the tracking device on Edward.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Edward and Granny were saved by...

• Alex

• Ghosts

• Aliens

• Robots

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was in the Great Cavern?

• trash heaps

• a city

• nothing

• a forest

The singers saved Granny and Edward because....

• they wanted the Amber Cow for themselves

• Edward had met them before

• Edward sang like they do

• Alex paid them money

Why hadn't the crew seen the aliens earlier?

• The aliens were invisible.

• The aliens were excellent hiders.

• It was too dark in the caves.

• The aliens could blend in with the surroundings.

Why did ganny pull out the translator?

• So she could thank them for saving them.

• To ask them where the junk was located.

• To warn them about the attack from the other aliens.

• To warn them about the moon being pulled into the star.