5th Grade Vocabulary
5th Grade Questions
6th Grade Vocabulary
6th Grade Questions
Grammar
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providing with weapons
arming
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At the beginning of the story when the rebels first arrive, why does Katie leave her hiding place?
She doesn't think it is right to let John Warren and Reuben Otis (rebels) destroy her house and things.
100
a group of attendants or associates, as of a person of rank or importance
entourage
100
What does Tree-ear imagine himself creating if he were given a chance to make a piece of pottery?
a prunus vase. He thinks it is the most elegant of all the shapes.
100
What is the subject of this sentence? The flowers grew wildly in the field.
flowers
200
ferocious
fierce
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Which side of the war is Katie's family on? Are they on the American side or the British side?
The British side. They are known as Tories.
200
a fashion or mode of dress
garbed
200
Where do Craneman and Tree-ear stay during the winter?
They stay in a dugout on the edge of the village.
200
What is the predicate of this sentence? The first movies were different from today's films.
were different
300
people related by blood or marriage
kin
300
What were the rebels looking for?
money
300
shameless or impudent
brazen
300
In chapter 6, Craneman tells Tree-ear that a royal emissary is coming. What is the royal emissary wanting to do?
He is going to assign pottery commissions for the palace. He will pay people to make pottery for the palace.
300
What is the subject of this sentence? The viewer looked into a special machine.
The viewer
400
nervous and jumpy
skittish
400
Why did the men leave Katie's house and not find her?
The Tories were coming.
400
to make an effort or attempt to achieve or reach a goal
endeavor
400
What is so wonderful about Kang's work?
He figured out that if you paint slip on before you fire it, the slip will change colors. He painted flowers on his pottery.
400
What is the predicate of this sentence? One film from early times showed only a sneeze!
showed
500
honorable and fair
just
500
What does it mean when Katie says "He (John Warren) left one seam of goodness there, and were all tied to it"
John Warren had found Katie and didn't want her to get hurt, so he lied to the men to get them out of the house. He also left the trunk open so Katie could breathe.
500
nimble, skillful, clever
deftly
500
What are the "shards" that Tree-ear sees in the yard one day?
They are the smashed vases. Min smashed them himself.
500
What is the predicate of this sentence? Thomas Edison helped invent the movie camera.
helped
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