Marvin

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Marvin

• Comprehension and Vocabulary

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Vocabulary

• Another word for immense is
• Ancient
• Enormous
• shallow

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Answer

• Enormous

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Vocabulary

• A grizzly is what type of animal?
• Bear
• Tiger
• fox

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Answer

• Bear

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Vocabulary

• The secretary takes care of the payroll.
• a. record of customers and their orders.
• b. database of shipping companies and their
  routes.
• c. list of employees and their salaries.

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Answer

• c. list of employees and their salaries.

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Vocabulary

• Happy is to Glad as Dismay is to
• Courage
• Worry
• surprise

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Answer

• Worry

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Vocabulary

• A cord is
• Gallon of gas
• Pound of meat
• Amount of firewood

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Answer
Amount of firewood
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Comprehension

• Which sentence is an opinion?
• The lumberjacks walked in the moonlight.
• The men looked like a pack of grizzly bears.
• Marven Lasky went to the camp to work as a
  bookkeeper.

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Answer

• The men looked like a pack of grizzly bears.

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Comprehension

• Why did Marven want to say a broche, or blessing,
  on his first morning?

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Answer

• He did not want to have to wake the lumberjacks.

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Comprehension

• Why did the author describe the lumberjacks
  dancing?
• To introduce each of the men to Marven.
• To explain why the men could not wake up in the
  morning.
• To show what the men did for entertainment.

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Answer

• To show what the men did for entertainment.

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Comprehension

• Because Maven was Jewish, he was not allowed to
  eat
• Baked goods
• Meat with dairy products
• Beef products such as steak

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Answer

• Meat with dairy products

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Comprehension

• The author showed that Marven was intelligent by
  telling that he
• Enjoyed watching the lumberjacks dance.
• Went skiing when he finished his work early.
• Made up a system for paying the men

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Answer

• Made up a system for paying the men

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Comprehension

• Which event from the selection happened first?
• Marven arrived at the logging camp.
• Marvens family moved to the United States.
• The lumberjacks danced to fiddle music.

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Answer

• Marvens family moved to the United States.

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Comprehension

• Which of the following is an opinion?
• Jean Louis wiped the tear from Marvens face.
• Jean Louis spoke French and English.
• Jean Louis had a laugh that was as powerful as
  his ax.

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Answer

• Jean Louis had a laugh that was as powerful as
  his ax.

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Comprehension

• Which of these is a main idea from this
  selection?
• a. Marvens home was in Duluth.
• b. There were bearskins on the beds.
• c. Lumberjacks cut wood for a living.

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Answer

• c. Lumberjacks cut wood for a living.

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Comprehension

• Which word best describes how Marven probably
  felt when he returned to the camp with Jean Louis
  and the other men?
• Excited
• Cheerful
• Nervous
• depressed

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Answer

• Cheerful

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Comprehension

• How was Marvens life in Duluth like his life at
  the lumber camp?

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Answer

• He used skis to get around in the snow.

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Comprehension

• Which detail from the selection best supports the
  main idea that Marven is good at doing things on
  his own?
• He went skiing in the woods.
• He organized the payroll.
• He thought Jean Louis was a bear.

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Answer

• He organized the payroll.

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Comprehension

• The author stated that Marven always had a good
  head for figures. What does this mean?
• Marven was good at math.
• Marven had and excellent memory.
• Marven could draw well.

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Answer

• Marven was good at math.

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The End!

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