1. Name:________________________ Date:_________
A Day’s Wait (p. 455)
Vocabulary
1. Impending
2. Purgative
3. Sleet
4. Slithered
5. Quail
6. Slack
7. Covey
a. Purging or tending to purge
b. To hover impedingly; menace
c. To move by sliding your entire body
back and forth
d. A kind of small bird that is often hunted
e. A small flock of birds
f. Not stretched or help in a tight position
g. Frozen or partly frozen
Think It Through
1. What mistaken idea about his illness did the boy have? Why?
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2. What clues does the author use to indicate that the boy believes his condition was fatal?
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3. How did the boy spend the entire day? Do you think that the hours passed rapidly or
slowly for him? Explain.
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4. How did the boy show courage and consideration?
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5. Why do you think he cried easily over insignificant things the following day?
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6. What is the message of the story?
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