Vocabulary
Which vocabulary word means "an empty space?" For example: The teacher dropped the undone homework into the --?-- of the waste basket.
What is void?
What is the first important event in the story "The ACES Phone?"
What is Martin finding a phone and dialing 5?
Which story element? "The ACES Phone" takes place in the city in the present, and the story is filled with all types of emotions.
What is setting?
Which vocabulary word means "a rushing stream of water"? For example: The rain created a --?-- .
What is torrent?
What does the word deactivate mean in this sentence? The workers had to deactivate the security system.
What is make it not active?
What vocabulary word means "loud noises?" For example: The --?-- of the barking dog made it hard to hear on the phone.
What is clamor?
What are Martin's two most important character traits?
What are determined and responsible?
What genre of literature is "The ACES Phone"?
What is science fiction?
Which vocabulary word means "rotated around a point; turned?" For example: The chair --?-- when she sat down in it.
What is swiveled?
What does the word transfer mean in this sentence? "Her family will move to New York since her father received a transfer."
What is relocate?
What vocabulary word means "mournful?" For example: I gave my friend a --?-- look when she announced she was moving.
What is doleful?
How is the problem of Mrs. DeSalvio being too old to do the job well resolved in the story?
What is Martin takes the ACES job and Mrs. DeSalvio retires?
Which story element? Determination and bravery can help us tackle scary tasks.
What is theme?
What confuses Martin at the beginning of the story?
What is he doesn't understand what he is hearing when he dials 5?
What does the word decode mean in this sentence? "We were determined to decode the secret message in order to open the treasure chest."
What is make sense of?
What vocabulary word means "persuaded?" For example: I --?-- my scared cat out of the carrier at the vet.
What is coaxed?
What two things make Martin most happy at the end of the story?
What is Martin has a dog and a larger apartment?
Which story element? Martin is not sure if he can handle all of the sad feelings that come with the phone.
What is internal conflict (character vs. self)?
What feeling does this excerpt convey? " The phone rang only once. Then there was a click and a brief silence. And then came a sound unlike anything he'd heard before. (frustration, sadness, suspense, or unfairness?
What is suspense?
What does the prefix de- mean?
What is remove or undo?
What vocabulary word means "gathered in a bunch?" For example: The students --?-- together on the playground.
What is clustered?
What is the main problem when Mrs. DeSalvio is showing Martin how to find the dogs?
What is Martin not knowing whether he can handle the sad feelings?
Which part of the plot is this event? Martin and Mrs. DeSalvio end up at the apartment building where the abandoned dog is.
What is climax?
What is the tone of this sentence? "The stone in his chest felt like a load of bricks now, attached by a chain to his heart." (outrage, growing distress, slight curiosity, determination)
What is growing distress?
What does the prefix trans- mean?
What is across?