Key Ideas and Details
Where are the Bush people located?
Southern Africa
What point is the poet making with the comparison in the first stanza?
Life without dreams is cold and barren.
How are the busybody neighbour and the honest old woman different?
The honest old woman acts out of selflessness while the busybody neighbour acts out of self-interest.
How is The Great Round World organized?
Chronological Order
If the underlined word was changed to untidy, how would the connotation of the sentence change?
The reader would think that Noah’s room was disorganized, but not extremely dirty
What do we know about how the Egyptian pyramids were built?
Not much–they have only theories
What is the author’s tone toward the Martians?
He is impressed by their intelligence and planning.
How would this story be different if the busybody neighbour was the first to receive a melon seed?
There would be no difference. The busybody neighbour would have still gotten a garden of beggars because of the way she went about getting her melon seed.
How are the paragraphs in "Bushmen" organized?
by topic
How would the connotation of this sentence change if the underlined word was changed to taxpayers?
Residents focuses on the people living in houses with their families. Taxpayers focuses on the money they pay to the government.
Why is the number of Venus Fly Traps growing in the wild getting smaller?
People picked too many of the plants from the wild.
What is the author’s tone toward the scientists of Earth?
He believes they could have been able to interpret the changes to the surface of the planet and determined what the Martians were planning. (annoyed)
Which statement contrasts with the author’s viewpoint in this poem?
There’s no harm in siblings occasionally not getting along with one another
Based on this table of contents, what can you tell about how this book is organized?
The book is organized by locations where the flowers can be found.
How does the connotation of this sentence change if the underlined word is changed to help?
Help has a positive connotation, but interfere has a negative connotation.
Who is speaking in the dialogue of this selection?
The wolf
What is the narrator’s tone toward the officers at the base?
He believes the officers are fat and greedy and don’t value the young soldiers.
How is this recipe different than a typical recipe?
This recipe is nonsense while real recipes are intended to be made.
If you wanted to find information about how to get the smell of skunk spray out of your dog’s fur, which section should you read?
Oooh, that Smell!
If the underlined word was changed to greedy, how would the connotation of the sentence change?
The reader would think of the manager as someone who wants, but does not need the leftovers.
Why does the frog scold the boys?
The boys hit the frog in the head with a rock.
From which line from the poem can you infer the narrator is disgusted with the officers?
You’d see me with my puffy petulant face, Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel.
Which statement is NOT inferred by this poem?
The speaker doesn’t like the man he describes in the poem
What does each heading in this selection tell the reader?
The main idea of the paragraphs below the heading
Based on the context of its use in this paragraph, what is the connotation of the word "facetious"?
negative