The Mystery of Saint Mathew Island

He bleached his hair.

• dyed
• curled
• straightened
• whitened

Vultures flew above the carcasses.

• craters
• bodies of dead animals
• coast
• skeletons of tiny insects

His suspicions were correct. 

• methods
• feelings
• conclusions
• ideas accepted without question

They died of starvation.

• hunger
• old age
• illness
• accident

The puppy was scrawny. 

• awkward
• uneasy
• bony
• timid

The buildings were in a state of decay.

• wearing away
• being restored
• tilting sideways
• being purchased

She hiked across the tundra.

• snow-covered island 
• vast, frozen lake 
• ice-covered valley
• cold, flat, treeless land 

The steppes of eastern Asia are very cold.

• caves
• mountains
• plains
• valleys

The czar did not like it when people disobeyed his orders.

• emperor
• owner
• supervisor
• customer

The mall’s new parking lot is mammoth. 

• smooth
• huge
• covered
• small