Interactive Reading

Chapter 8
Practice Read: My Field Trip
to Pompeii
Vocabulary Check, page 102
A: 1. vaccinate
2. compress
3. arena
B: 1. one who visits
2. one who sells
3. one who speaks
4. one who uses a sword
Comprehension Check, page 103
A: 1. C
2. G
3. A
4. J
B: Answers will vary. Sample answer: Even though
time travel is a fantasy, the writer makes the
characters credible. The narrator is especially
believable because he is upset by the suffering he
sees in the time travel and he cannot interfere.
Utzel and His Daughter, Poverty
Vocabulary Check, page 104
A: 1. maintained
2. charitable
3. consternation
4. industrious
B: 1. full of charity
2. full of misery
3. full of wealth
Comprehension Check, page 105
A: 1. A
2. G
3. D
B: Answers will vary. Sample answer: Utzel changed
because he loved his daughter. He did not want
to work, but “it was even worse to have new
shoes and go around barefoot.”
I Never Have Enough Time
Vocabulary Check, page 106
A: 1. measly
2. procrastinate
3. priorities
B: 1. exchanging views of each other
2. the act of managing time
3. the act of assigning something
Comprehension Check, page 107
A: 1. C
2. J
3. C
4. F
B: Answers will vary. Sample answer: I would tell
my friend to keep a schedule, either an electronic
one or a notepad. I would also tell him to do the
most important activity first and save the least
important activity for last.
Ola and the Grim
Vocabulary Check, page 108
A: 1. persisted
2. mottled
3. adequate
B: 1. in a bad manner
2. in a careful manner
3. in a clear manner
4. in a concluding manner
Comprehension Check, page 109
A: 1. B
2. J
3. B
B: Answers will vary. Sample answer: Events don’t
happen the way they do in real life in “Ola and
the Grim.” Ola learns to play like a virtuoso in
three lessons—in real life it takes years of lessons
to learn how to play.
Answer Key 117