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100

young trees 

What are saplings? 

100

She's as fast as lightning

What is a simile? 

100

Where did the settlers travel from? 

What is the East? 

100

stables

What are buildings where horses and cattle arekept and fed 

100

to make a series of soft, fluttering sounds 

What is rustle? 

200

a request for goods 

What is order? 

200

it's raining cats and dogs 

What is a hyperbole? 

200

How did the town pay for the tress? 

What is the people collected coins at the town meeting to pay for the trees? 

200

precious

What is having great cost or value? 

200

A ______ of people came to help the flood victims within hours. 

What is brigade? 

300

in flower, or blossoming

What is blooming? 

300

The sun began to smile early this morning! 

What is personification? 

300

TOO-OOOOOOOOOOOO! is an example of...

What is an onomatopoeia? 

300

deep 

What is great in degree, or intense? 

300

Name 3 things that the townspeople wanted the trees for. 

shade, fruits, to make the town more beautiful, to climb.

400

having a tall, slender shape 

What is spindly? 

400

Her eyes were a pool of velvet chocolate. 

What is a metaphor? 

400
Why did Katie and Papa plant the flowering dogwood tree? 

What is they planted it in honor of her mom? 

400

bristles

What is to be full or covered by something? 

400

Dust devils dance during dawn on Doomsday. 

What is alliteration? 

500

a group of people organized for a specific purpose 

What is a brigade? 

500

Can I pick your brain for a second? 

What is an idiom? 

500

What did Mr. Klein use to put in the order for the trees? 

What is a telegraph? 

500

sweep 

What is to move, bring, or carry with a swift movement? 

500

a railroad station or bud terminal 

What is a depot?