The Stranger Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Terror also means… a. fear b. concern

Answer A. Fear

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

Answer B. Sitting Room

Vocabulary Another word for fascinated is.. disturbed amazed

Answer B. Amazed

Vocabulary A draft is.. Current of air Pleasant smell

Answer a. Current of Air

Vocabulary To be timid is to be… Active fearful

Answer B. Fearful

Vocabulary To etch is to… Carve leaned

Answer a. Carve

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

Answer a. Powdered ice

Comprehension Questions What should the mercury in the doctor’s thermometer have done? Boiled risen

Answer B. Risen

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.

B. The rabbits were not afraid of him. Answer B. The rabbits were not afraid of him.

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.

a. To show how special the stranger was. Answer a. To show how special the stranger was.

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

B A flock of geese flew south. Answer B A flock of geese flew south.

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

a. To show how special the stranger was. Answer a. To show how special the stranger was.

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.

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

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

The weather was warmer than usual. Answer The weather was warmer than usual.

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.

Answer c. The had red and orange leaves.

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

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

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.

c. The leaves changed colors in one day. Answer c. The leaves changed colors in one day.