Of Missing Persons - Jack Finney

Charley Ewell told the travel agent that he wanted to

• take a vaation to Maine

• travel around the world

• go to paradise

• escape

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In Verna, people lived

• simple, peaceful, happy lives,

• in fancy houses filled with modern inventions

• in fear of a world war

• in fear of poverty and crime

The travel agent opened a drawer and gave Charley a

• round-trip ticket to Verona

• a one-way ticket to Ventura

• a letter admitting Charley to Venus

• one-way ticket to Verna

Charley ran out of the barn and as the barn door slid shut behind him he saw

• the travel agent smiling at him

• the blue folder that said Welcome to Verna

• a tree covered valley and a patch of beach

• a glorious sunrise welcoming him to his new home

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What happened first in the polt of "Of Missing Persons"

• Charley searched the storefronts for the street number the stranger had given him.

• The travel agent returned $11.17 to Charley.

• The barn door slammed shut.

• The bus driver moved down the line punching everyone's ticket.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which group of words best characterizes Charley Ewell?

• cheerful, confident, wealthy

• lonely, young, unhappy

• popular, fearless, pleased

• angry, unpredictable, intimidatiing

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

He said it is possible to draw in a breath here on Earth and exhale it on Verona. The word exhale means

• save

• deliver

• increase

• breathe out

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Charley could tell that on Verna people liked their work and their leisure time, too. The expression leisure time means time when one is

• extremely busy

• extremely lazy

• not busy; free time

• troubled or upset

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The forest was covered with miles of green, majestic trees. The word majestic means

• pale and colorless

• grand and splendid

• ruined and damaged

• small and dainty

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The date had passed, so Charley could no longer use the ticket; it was punch and void. The word void means

• too expensive

• difficult to read

• blank and empty

• not in effect or useless

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4