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Marvin

Marvin. Comprehension and Vocabulary. Vocabulary. Another word for immense is… Ancient Enormous shallow. Answer. Enormous. Vocabulary. A grizzly is what type of animal? Bear Tiger fox. Answer. Bear. Vocabulary. The secretary takes care of the payroll.

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Marvin

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  1. Marvin Comprehension and Vocabulary

  2. Vocabulary • Another word for immense is… • Ancient • Enormous • shallow

  3. Answer Enormous

  4. Vocabulary • A grizzly is what type of animal? • Bear • Tiger • fox

  5. Answer Bear

  6. Vocabulary • The secretary takes care of the payroll. a. record of customers and their orders. b. database of shipping companies and their routes. c. list of employees and their salaries.

  7. Answer c. list of employees and their salaries.

  8. Vocabulary • Happy is to Glad as Dismay is to… • Courage • Worry • surprise

  9. Answer Worry

  10. Vocabulary • A cord is… • Gallon of gas • Pound of meat • Amount of firewood

  11. Answer Amount of firewood

  12. Comprehension • Which sentence is an opinion? • The lumberjacks walked in the moonlight. • The men looked like a pack of grizzly bears. • Marven Lasky went to the camp to work as a bookkeeper.

  13. Answer • The men looked like a pack of grizzly bears.

  14. Comprehension • Why did Marven want to say a broche, or blessing, on his first morning?

  15. Answer • He did not want to have to wake the lumberjacks.

  16. Comprehension • Why did the author describe the lumberjacks dancing? • To introduce each of the men to Marven. • To explain why the men could not wake up in the morning. • To show what the men did for entertainment.

  17. Answer • To show what the men did for entertainment.

  18. Comprehension • Because Maven was Jewish, he was not allowed to eat… • Baked goods • Meat with dairy products • Beef products such as steak

  19. Answer Meat with dairy products

  20. Comprehension • The author showed that Marven was intelligent by telling that he… • Enjoyed watching the lumberjacks dance. • Went skiing when he finished his work early. • Made up a system for paying the men

  21. Answer Made up a system for paying the men

  22. Comprehension • Which event from the selection happened first? • Marven arrived at the logging camp. • Marven’s family moved to the United States. • The lumberjacks danced to fiddle music.

  23. Answer Marven’s family moved to the United States.

  24. Comprehension • Which of the following is an opinion? • Jean Louis wiped the tear from Marven’s face. • Jean Louis spoke French and English. • Jean Louis had a laugh that was as powerful as his ax.

  25. Answer Jean Louis had a laugh that was as powerful as his ax.

  26. Comprehension • Which of these is a main idea from this selection? a. Marven’s home was in Duluth. b. There were bearskins on the beds. c. Lumberjacks cut wood for a living.

  27. Answer c. Lumberjacks cut wood for a living.

  28. Comprehension • Which word best describes how Marven probably felt when he returned to the camp with Jean Louis and the other men? • Excited • Cheerful • Nervous • depressed

  29. Answer Cheerful

  30. Comprehension • How was Marven’s life in Duluth like his life at the lumber camp?

  31. Answer He used skis to get around in the snow.

  32. Comprehension • Which detail from the selection best supports the main idea that Marven is good at doing things on his own? • He went skiing in the woods. • He organized the payroll. • He thought Jean Louis was a bear.

  33. Answer He organized the payroll.

  34. Comprehension • The author stated that Marven “always had a good head for figures.” What does this mean? • Marven was good at math. • Marven had and excellent memory. • Marven could draw well.

  35. Answer Marven was good at math.

  36. The End! Good Luck with your test!

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