WorksheetsOf Missing Persons - Jack Finney
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Charley Ewell told the travel agent that he wanted to
take a vaation to Maine
travel around the world
go to paradise
escape
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
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.
Which group of words best characterizes Charley Ewell?
cheerful, confident, wealthy
lonely, young, unhappy
popular, fearless, pleased
angry, unpredictable, intimidatiing
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
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
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
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
Clues in the passage suggest that the travel agent
came from Verna
didn't like Verna
knew very little about Verna
had never heard about Verna
In what way were Charley and the stranger he'd met alike?
Each gave the travel agent $11.17
Each wanted a chance to get to Venus
Each worked as a teller in a bank
Each missed the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to Verna
When Charley was in the barn, he thought the travel agent had cheated him because the
travel agency looked unlike any agency Charley had ever seen.
agent had acted so suspiciously and questioned everyone on the bus.
the agent had asked for an received all of Charley's money, and he begged him to let him keep some.
everyone was waiting in a dark, damp barn with the door closed and nothing indicated they were going to Verna.
At the end of the story Charley must have felt
disappointed
relieved
satisfied
still hopeful
