The Houdini Box

A magician came to our school.

• person who writes for magazines.

• person who performs tricks.

• person who studies animals.

• person who manages businesses.

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Do not let him escape!

• look around

• come in

• fall down

• break loose

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The shoppers were bustling.

• scurrying

• arriving

• quarreling

• chattering

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A crow appeared in my garden.

• decided to nest

• perched on a branch

• stayed in one place

• came into view

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We visited the monument.

• headquarters

• memorial

• lookout

• museum

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The wood crumbled.

• stuck to the floor

• fell to pieces

• turned to stone

• burnt to a crisp

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The clouds vanished.

• divided

• descended

• disappeared

• darkened

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What did Victor and Houdini have in common?

• They liked to perform magic tricks.

• They wanted to travel to foreign lands.

• They asked people a lot of questions.

• They had a box with their initials on it.

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Victor was upset because he could not...

• visit his Aunt Harriet.

• do the things that Houdini did.

• locate his mother at the train station.

• find the box with initials carved on it.

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Right after Victor learned about each one of Houdini's tricks, he...

• wrote a letter to Houdini.

• got stuck in his Aunt Harriet's trunk.

• tried to do what Houdini had done.

• told his Aunt Harriet the secret.

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