Vocabulary from Story
Vocabulary from Workbook
Questions
Grammar
100
frames attached to shoes and used for walking across snow
snowshoes
100
to overturn; to bring about the fall or end of something; to defeat
overthrow
100
Why is Marven sent away from his parents?
His parents do not want him to catch the influenza.
100
I _____________my singing career at the age of ten (begin)
began
200
huge, very large
immense
200
having to do with an idea rather than an object
abstract
200
What jobs does Marven have at the logging camp?
He is to keep the books and wake the lumberjacks after the third bell.
200
My brother ______________me to a radio station. (drive)
drove
300
people who chop down trees and haul the wood to a sawmill
lumberjacks
300
without troubles
carefree
300
At what time were the lumberjacks considered "late"?
after the third bell or at 4:25
300
I had _________________ my song with me. (bring)
brought
400
a stretch of land
landscape
400
polite, thoughtful, or considerate behavior
courtesy
400
What languages can Marven speak at the beginning of the story?
Russian and English. He knows only one word in French.
400
I ____________ the station director about my song. (tell)
told
500
measure for stacks of cut wood
cords (of wood)
500
easy to see
noticeable
500
Where is Marven from?
Duluth, Minnesota
500
Then I __________it for her in a loud voice. (sing)
sang
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