Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Grammar
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something actual or real
What is reality?
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to be slow in leaving
What is lingered?
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Why did the author write the selection?
He wanted to tell the readers about his family and life in Vietnam.
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How is the narrator's grandfather different from his grandmother?
The grandfather is shy and quiet.
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Which word in this sentence is a noun? The hippo charged forcefully.
The noun is hippo.
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supported by something under or against
What is propped?
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as far as one can judge by the way things appear
What is apparently?
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What is the main topic of the first part of the selection?
Learning about where the narrator once lived. (Vietnam)
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Why does grandmother sigh when she first sees Faithful One on stage?
Grandmother sighs because she believes it means bad fortune for one year.
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What is the proper noun in this sentence? Paris is a wonderful place to visit.
The proper noun is Paris.
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to take for granted
What is assumed?
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influence
What is inspire?
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What animal was most feared in the hamlet?
The horse snake was most feared in the hamlet.
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Why is the selection titled, "The Land I Lost?"
The narrator's boyhood home is lost when he goes away to study.
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What is the direct object in this sentence? The dog chewed a bone in the yard.
The direct object is bone.
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fit to eat or safe to eat
What is edible?
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to treat in a cruel and unjust way
What is persecuted?
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Why did homes in the hamlet have trenches around them?
The trenches were used to keep out thieves and wild animals.
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Why was the grandfather treated with respect?
They thought he was good at karate.
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What is the action verb in this sentence? The dragonfly darted in and out of the cattails.
The action verb is darted.
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a way of thinking about something
What is logic?
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unfairly
What is unjustly?
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Who is the narrator of this selection?
The narrator is a man who remembers his boyhood.
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What are some clues that indicate the grandmother's death at the end of the selection?
Clues are that she wants to visit the graveyard and she states, at his gravestone, that she will join the grandfather soon.
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What is the linking verb in this sentence? The children on the playground became very excited.
The linking verb is became.
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