Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

• The children were amazed that they did not have
  homework yesterday.
• Surprised
• Fooled

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Answer

• The children were amazed that they did not have
  homework yesterday.
• Surprised

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Vocabulary

• The teachers instruction bewildered the
  students.
• aided
• confused

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Answer

• The teachers instruction bewildered the
  students.
• b. confused

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Vocabulary

• Grandfather would like to travel back to his
  homeland.
• Clubhouse
• Native country

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Answer

• Grandfather would like to travel back to his
  homeland.
• b. Native country

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Vocabulary

• Mike longed to travel to Disney World.
• Wanted
• Expected

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• Mike longed to travel to Disney World.
• Wanted

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Vocabulary

• Sandy looked up at the towering skyscraper.
• High
• modern

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Answer

• Sandy looked up at the towering skyscraper.
• High

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Vocabulary

• Tim built a sculpture made out of clay.
• statue
• chair

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Answer

• Tim built a sculpture made out of clay.
• statue

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Vocabulary

• The ocean water was still.
• calm
• direct

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Answer

• The ocean water was still.
• calm

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Comprehension

• What happened first in the story?
• The authors Grandfather traveled in the United
  States.
• The authors Grandfather got married.

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Comprehension

• What happened first in the story?
• The authors Grandfather traveled in the United
  States.

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Comprehension

• Why was Grandfather both bewildered and amazed by
  the sights of North America?
• Grandfather never seen the mountains before.
• The US was much different from Japan.

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Comprehension

• b. The US was much different from Japan.

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Comprehension

• Which detail suggests that the authors
  grandfather liked his trip through North America?
• He never thought of traveling home.
• He walked for ever.

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Comprehension

• He never thought of traveling home.

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Comprehension

• Why was the village not a good place for
  Grandfather to raise his daughter?
• It was not safe.
• It was small and quiet.

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Comprehension

• b. It was small and quiet.

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Comprehension

• Why did Grandfather raise songbirds?
• To make him not miss home.
• To sell to travelers.

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Comprehension

• To make him not miss home.

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Comprehension

• When did Grandfather return to his native
  (childhood) village to live for the last time?
• Before he left Japan.
• After the war.

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Comprehension

• b. After the war.

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Comprehension

• Why was California Grandfathers favorite place
  to visit?
• Mountains and Rivers reminded him of Japan.
• He met really nice people from different
  cultures.

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Comprehension

• Mountains and Rivers reminded him of Japan.

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Comprehension

• What happened last?
• Grandfather visited California.
• The author missed his old friends.

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Comprehension

• The author missed his old friends.

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Comprehension

• When did the author write this story?
• After his grandfather passed away.
• During the war.

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Comprehension

• After his grandfather passed away.

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Comprehension

• The title of this story is Grandfathers Journey.
  Why is this a good title for the story even
  though only the beginning is about the trip?
• The journey affected the grandfather and the
  authors lives.
• The journey gave the grandfather a chance to see
  new things.

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Comprehension

• The journey affected the grandfather and the
  authors lives.

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