The Stranger

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The Stranger

• Vocabulary Quiz

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Vocabulary

• Terror also means
• a. fear
• b. concern

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Answer

• A. Fear

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Vocabulary

• A Parlor is a
• a. hotel room
• b. sitting room

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Answer

• B. Sitting Room

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Vocabulary

• Another word for fascinated is..
• disturbed
• amazed

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Answer

• B. Amazed

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Vocabulary

• A draft is..
• Current of air
• Pleasant smell

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Answer

• a. Current of Air

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Vocabulary

• To be timid is to be
• Active
• fearful

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Answer

• B. Fearful

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Vocabulary

• To etch is to
• Carve
• leaned

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Answer

• a. Carve

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Vocabulary

• Frost is..
• a. powdered ice
• b. deep snow

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Answer

• a. Powdered ice

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Comprehension Questions

• What should the mercury in the doctors
  thermometer have done?
• Boiled
• risen

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Answer

• B. Risen

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Comprehension Questions

• What is one way the stranger was different from
  most people?
• The sun did not set when he was there.
• The rabbits were not afraid of him.

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Answer

• B. The rabbits were not afraid of him.

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Comprehension Questions

• What was the most likely reason the author
  pointed out that the stranger never tired when
  working in the fields?
• To show how special the stranger was.
• To explain why Mr. Bailey hired the stranger.

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Answer

• a. To show how special the stranger was.

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Comprehension Questions

• What was the first clue that the weather should
  have been changing?
• The trees stayed green.
• A flock of geese flew south.

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Answer

• B A flock of geese flew south.

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Comprehension Questions

• Which event showed that the stranger was
  harmless?
• He learned how to use a pitchfork.
• He watched the sun set with Katy.

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Answer

• a. To show how special the stranger was.

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Comprehension Questions

• If the stranger had been a hermit, how would he
  have acted?
• He would have invited his friends over to meet
  the Baileys.
• He would have been uncomfortable around the
  Baileys.

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Answer

• b. He would have been uncomfortable around the
  Baileys.

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Comprehension Questions

• Why did the pumpkins on the Bailey farm grow
  larger and larger than ever?

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Answer

• The weather was warmer than usual.

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Comprehension Questions

• What was different about the trees to the north
  of the Bailey farm?
• They lost their leaves.
• They had much larger leaves.
• The had red and orange leaves.

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Answer

• c. The had red and orange leaves.

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Comprehension Questions

1. Which of these events happened first in the
   selection?
2. The stranger realized something was wrong.
3. The stranger became a member of the Bailey
   family.
4. The stranger climbed the highest hill on the
   Bailey farm.

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Answer

• b. The stranger became a member of the Bailey
  family.

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Comprehension Questions

• Which event from the selection could never really
  happen?
• Mr. Bailey hit the stranger with his truck.
• The flock of geese flew in a V formation.
• The leaves changed colors in one day.

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Answer

• c. The leaves changed colors in one day.