Question

7 tim nodded, his face down. “yeah,” he admitted. “it was harder than i thought.” tim slowly rejoined the group, where his friend megyn patted him on the back.
8 three other kids tried jumping over the wall as well, but they were unsuccessful. some kids started getting frustrated.
9 “this is impossible!” becca muttered angrily. “how can they expect us to climb a flat wall? there’s nothing to hold on to!”
10 “well, obviously, it’s possible,” replied diego. “you’re just mad because you don’t know how to do it.”
11 suddenly, everyone started talking at the same time. there was a lot of arguing, and nobody was listening to anyone else. tim looked back at the wall. he knew the instructor wouldn’t ask them to try something they would fail at doing.
12 “maybe we should just give up,” megyn said to him. “without a ladder, there’s just no way.”
13 but something she said made tim pause. he glanced at the wall again. they didn’t have a ladder, but what did they have? he looked at his group members. then a light bulb went off in his head.
14 “we don’t have a ladder, but we have each other!” tim said excitedly. everyone stopped talking and stared at him. “during the safety talk, the instructors told us to use our resources to make it through the course. we are the resources!”

1. which word from the story contains a prefix, root word, and suffix? shade the correct answer.

motioned unsuccessful interrupted resource

1. what will tim’s group likely do next?

a. they will vote for tim as the president of the team.
b. they will walk to the second obstacle in the ropes course.
c. they will form a plan to complete the obstacle using tim’s method.
d. they will try running and jumping over the wall.

1. a student asks this question after reading the story.

what strategy did the group use to get someone safely over the wall?
which paragraph can answer this question?
a. paragraph 5
b. paragraph 8
c. paragraph 14
d. paragraph 15

Explanation:

For question 5, "unsuccessful" has the prefix "un -", root word "success", and suffix " - ful". For question 6, after Tim's realization in paragraph 14 about using group members as resources, the next logical step is forming a plan using Tim's method. For question 7, paragraph 14 directly addresses using resources (group members) to get over the wall.

Answer:

1. unsuccessful
2. C. They will form a plan to complete the obstacle using Tim's method.
3. C. paragraph 14