First Day of Summer Vacation

Heading off to the kitchen, her slippers shuffleing softly across the light

gray carpet, Angela growled, “What a wonderful first day of summer."

1. What does the word vary mean in paragraph 4?

• bring

• change

• feel

• keep

What is the relationship between Muffy and Angela in this story?

• Muffy depends on Angela.

• Muffy is Angela's friend

• Muffy is afraid of Angela

• Muffy takes care of Angela

Read this question carefully. Then write your answer in the box below. It is Angela’s first day of summer vacation. Why is this important? Support your answer with information from the passage

Read this group of words from the passage: This is very possible. Angela keeps remembering these words because she —

• keeps fixing her bed

• wants her cat to be quiet

• is trying to get to sleep

• wants to tell herself why she is awake

Based on the events in the story, what is Angela most likely to do next? Choose a answer that are correct.

• go back to work the next morning

• attempt to go to sleep

• give Muffy more food and water

• prepare herself for a restful night

• check the rest of her house for noise

The author of the story “First Day of Summer Vacation” uses the language in paragraph 4 to create a ―

• peaceful voice

• frustrated voice

• confident voice

• disappointed voice

How does Angela’s home setting contribute to the plot of the story?

• Angela loves her home.

• Angela's home shows why she is not at work.

• Angela is at her home when she tries to sleep.

• Angela's home has been around for a long time.

The author would like to put the ideas of the second and third sentences of paragraph 8 together. In the box below, write a new sentence that puts these ideas together in a clear and effective way

(a)