The One and Only Ivan Vocabulary

At the Big Top Mall, a creaky-music carousel spins all day, and monkeys and parrots live amid the merchants.
What does carousel mean?

• merry-go-round

• ball

• light

• swing

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CCSS.RI.4.4

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

They have grumbling lions with gleaming teeth and a snaking line of elephants, each clutching the limp tail in front of her.
clutching means______

• holding tight

• hitting with an open hand

• biting lightly

• hiding from

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4

My drawings seem pale and timid next to Julia's.
What does timid mean?

• not bold or confident

• bold and confident

• dark and scary like a nightmare

• silly and ridiculaous

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

I grabbed at colors--the crimson flower just out of reach, the ebony bird streaking past.
What does crimson mean?

• the color that comes from mixing red with a little purple

• strong smelling with a smell that makes your head hurt

• beautiful and very detailed

• poisonous, deadly

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which words from the text help the reader understand what the word imagination means?

• ponder our futures

• have a point

• the way Julia draws

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING DEEPLY AND CAREFULLY

• LINGER

• PONDER

• MIGRATE

• CUNNING

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

AN AREA THAT IS OVERSEEN BY ONE RULER; WHERE IVAN LIVES

• CANOPIES

• SHACKLES

• DOMAIN

• PARASITES

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

I grabbed at colors--the crimson flower just out of reach, the ebony bird streaking past.
What does ebony mean?

• deep shiny black

• loud and annoying

• fast and graceful

• a deep red with a little bit of purple

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Our circus doesn't migrate. We sit where we are, like an old beast too tired to push on.

Migrate most likely means

• market

• travel

• ring

• praise

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

For a long time no one knew what to call Bob. Now and then a mall worker would try to approach him with a tidbit. "Here, doggie," they'd call, holding out a French fry.

Tidbit most likely means

• repeat

• strong

• gum

• scrap

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4