Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Derelle's father used just one match to ignite the charcoal grill.

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Gabby tried to start the campfire, but it just sputtered.

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Messiah's brother is painstaking in his preparations to go hiking.

Which word is a synonym for gratified in the sentence below?

Willow was gratified to learn that her painting had been selected for the school art competition.

Directions: Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the word below:

ar as in sparks

Directions: Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the

word below.

er as in person

Directions: Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the word below.

or as in before

Directions: Choose the word that has the same r-controlled vowel sound as the boldfaced word.

ar as in sharp

The word below that contains the same r-controlled vowel sound as the word mystery is —

“That would be wonderful, Alisha,” said her father. “But explorers need to know how to navigate, which means it might be time to learn how to interpret a compass of your own. And I know just what we can use.” Her father got up and left the room. Alisha could not wait. She watched excitedly as her father came back with something in his hand.

Who is telling the story?

Okay, I headed north, then turned east, thought Alisha. So Mrs. Fairbanks lives to the east of us. When I turn back, I will head west and then south.

What do the italicized words show the reader?

“Okay—here I go,” said Alisha. Holding the compass flat in her hand, she set off. As she walked, she looked down at the compass, watching the needle carefully. As she passed Mr. Martin’s house, she stopped. Alisha then turned and headed toward Mrs. Fairbanks’s house.  

 Okay, I headed north, then turned east, thought Alisha. So Mrs. Fairbanks lives to the east of us. When I turn back, I will head west and then south.

The narrator tells us only Alisha’s thoughts and not the other character’s thoughts because —