My memories before the age of 3 are pretty______ .

My blind uncle's seeing-eye dog is his constant _________; the two go everywhere together.

Marco is a_______ learner; he'd much rather see how something is done than read the instructions.

After the age of 70, people's health problems usually _________.

Which of the following is an example of the word access?

Someone who liked to sky-dive (with a parachute) would most likely crave

On which day is it most common for people to cause mischief?

Which of the following is an example of the word oasis?

Which of these is a document?

I stood in the center of the oasis on the desert planet of Kurbul, surrounded by shops. My companion robot, K5, stood next to me. We were lucky to have found this place. After two days of walking through the desert, I was beginning to think it was curtains for us. The robot, K5, is most likely the narrator's

We had made the emergency landing a few days earlier after our spaceship was shot down. The details 

of the landing were hazy. I remembered getting shot at by space pirates, but nothing after that. The next thing I knew, I woke up surrounded by sand. My spaceship was nowhere to be found. Luckily, old K5 was there to help me. He took a visual reading of the planet and discovered this oasis. We set out across the desert, sticking to the shade during the day. Now that we were here, all I wanted was water. 

Which of the following best describes the narrator's memory of the landing?

K5 and I wandered into the nearest restaurant and sat down. Immediately, I had a funny feeling. A giant Martian sat behind the bar, giving me the evil eye. I didn't like this fellow or the way he was looking at me. I thought he might be up to some ________. He came out from behind the bar and walked over to us.

Choose the word that best fills in the blank.

"What do you boys want?" he asked suspiciously. 

"I'm craving a glass of water," I said. "Think you could help me out?" 

"Didn't you read the sign outside?" he asked. "We don't serve humans." 

"Then give it to my robot," I joked. 

I didn't like where this was headed. The last thing I needed was for tempers to______. This guy didn't know he was talking to the most famous swordfighter in the galaxy. And I've been known to do some stupid things when I'm thirsty. 

Choose the word that best fills in the blank.