Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Vocabulary
Connotations
Miscellaneous
100
Mike and his mother had this type of relationship
What is good?
100
Mike doesn't want to visit the nursing home because
What is its upsetting to see someone you love unhealthy?
100
Germ free
What is sterile?
100
petite/runty
What is petite is positive; runty is negative?
100
When you have to use your prior knowledge and information from the story to make guesses about what is happening in the story
What is inference or drawing conclusions.
200
Mike wants to grow a mustache in order to
What is see if he can actually grow one?
200
Mike listens to the car radio very loudly on the way home because
What is he wants to drown out his thoughts about the visit?
200
lasting a long time
What is chronic?
200
neutral/impersonal
What is neutral is positive; impersonal is negative?
200
The first name of Mrs. Burke's husband
What is Freddie?
300
Mike often had these types of feelings
What is guilty?
300
Mike does this when he returns home from the nursing home
What is shave off his mustache?
300
like a king or queen
What is regally?
300
lunatic/character
What is lunatic is negative; character is positive?
300
The name of Mrs. Burke's children
What is Blake and Freddie?
400
Mike realizes that in order to forgive, you have to
What is love?
400
Mike's grandmother mistakes him for her husband because
What is because of his mustache?
400
clearheaded
What is lucid?
400
tall/big
What is tall is positive; big is negative?
400
Mrs. Burke's favorite student?
What is no one?
500
Mike tells his mother this about the visit with his grandmother
What is Nana looked great and seemed happy?
500
Mike learns something from his visit with his grandmother. WHat is it?
What is his grandparents had a troubled relationship?
500
suggesting a secret plot
What is conspiratorial?
500
Elderly/old
What is elderly is positive/old is negative?
500
Mrs. Burkes maiden name (said correctly!)
What is Duczkowski?