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WorksheetsIndigo - Central Ideas and Theme
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who are the main characters in Indigo?
Martha Glimmer, Eli McGill and Trevor McGill
Martha Stewart, Else Mills, Toto the dog
Susie Lawrence, Gretchen Hardy, Hildy Swoon
What do the people of Oak Grove fear the most?
fire
going to the beach
water
ten minute showers
"The town of Oak Grove hadn't heard the way the sea can call to you on a hot July day when wave after wave beckons and the water is endless and clear." Which clues in the sentence did the author use to help you figure out the word beckons?
The town of Oak Grove
a hot July day
the way the sea can call to you wave after wave
endless and clear
Why do the town of Oak Grove dread water?
Some people died from drinking the water.
They had a terrible history of flooding.
Something terrible came out of the water and terrorize the town.
Use the picture above and the sentence to figure out the meaning of the word confided. "Susie Lawrence, who worked at the Sweet Shoppe, confided to her customers that the boys threw away any candy their mother bought them.
denied and rejected
whispered and gossiped
told and revealed
kept a secret
Most of Oak Grove noticed the strange habits in Eli and Trevor McGill. Which details below describe the McGill brothers' strange habits?
They have dark hair and sea-green eyes.
They did not like candy
They lived on a diet of fish and love drinking salt water
What evidence from the story include to show Martha hate the town of Oak Grove?
She hated Hildy Swoon, who's is trying to replace he mother.
She hated that the people are never welcoming.
She hated that it never rained in Oak Grove.
He hated people who pitied a girl like herself, who'd lost her mother.
Hildy Swoon fixed terrible tasting concoctions made out of rice and peas, canned soup and potatoes. Which clues did the author use in the sentence to help you figure out the meaning of concoctions? Choose the best two answers.
fixed
terrible tasting
made out of rice and peas,
canned soup and potatoes
Use the context clues in the sentence to help you figure out the meaning of the word gawky. Martha's legs were now so long and gawky that she often tripped over her own feet. choose the best two answers.
awkward
clumsy
graceful
skillful
what is the synonym of the word abide? choose the best two answers.
stand for
accept
reject
disallow
