2. Which would you tinker with, a car engine or a pet snail? When you tinker with something, you try to fix or adjust it.

3. Should you trust a hoaxer? Why or why not? Someone who tries to trick people is a hoaxer.

4. What happens to things that are trampled? Give an example. If you trampled something, you stepped on it very hard and damaged it.

5. If you forged some musicians into an excellent band, what did you do? If you forged something together, you did it with great effort and you hope it lasts a long time.

6. What is a skill that you do fairly well now, but would like to perfect? Explain. To perfect something is to improve it so that it is the best it can be.

7. Describe a quest that an explorer might go on. A quest is a journey with a specific purpose.

8. Name two barriers to living at the bottom of the ocean. Barriers are objects or people that keep you from moving ahead.