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What is another name for "soothsayer?"

• villager
• fortune teller
• business owner
• storyteller

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After 7 days of solid rain, the _____ behind our house now looks like a mighty river!

• recoup
• recoil
• staccato
• rivulet

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What is a "Barrack?"

• A bench
• A kind of baseball bat
• Our president
• A type of house

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Fast runners won all the awards at the track meet.

• verb

• adjective

• interjection

• preposition

• conjunction

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Measles is a childhood disease that was eradicated in the USA 20 years ago, but it has returned to sicken people in several states because not all children have received vaccinations against it. The word eradicated means:

• frightening

• discovered

• completely eliminated or destroyed

• irrational

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What does the word "inu" mean?

• Cat

• Lobster

• Dog

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Holden says, "I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him" (Salinger 26). What does "chew the rag" mean?

• eat a snack

• have small talk

• discuss important matters

• do homework

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lend - lent -

• lended

• lented

• lent

• lend

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Which word means "not to win at something"

• loose

• lose

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Choose the best definition of the word from the context of the story:

tranquil (paragraph 3)

• peaceful, calm

• in a trance, dazed

• nervous, uneasy

• uncaring, indifferent

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