1 . Ms. Petosa told us a little about who she was. It was boring stuffy about where she originally came from, and how she always wanted to reach, and she left her job on Wall Street about six years ago to pursue her “dream” and teach kids.

A．especially

B．initially

C．sarcastically

D．giggly

2 . Kids would take the longest way around me to avoid bumping into me in any way, like I had some germ they could catch, like my face was contagious.

A．infectious

B．deformed

C．brand-new

D．relieved

3 . “That’s not true,” she said. “I can’t believe you would just cut it off like that,” she added snottily, and then practically slammed my bedroom door shut as she left the room.

A．knocked

B．switched

C．locked

D．banged

4 . Up till a few days before, we still weren’t sure I would be going to school at all. After my tour of the school, Mom and Dad had reversed sides on whether I should go or not. Mom was not the one saying I shouldn’t go and Dad was saying I should.

A．hesitated

B．shocked

C．exchanged

D．paused

5 . “Okay, guys, you can talk about Star Wars stuff at recess,” said Ms. Petosa cheerfully. “But let’s keep going. We haven’t heard from you yet,” she said to Jack. Now it was Jack’s turn to talk, but I admit I didn’t hear a word he said.

A．break

B．routine

C．attendance

D．coincidence

6 . Henry kept trying to open his lock but couldn’t do it. He was getting frustrated and kind of cursing under his breath.

A．motivated

B．fainted

C．annoyed

D．scared

7 . “Only dorks take leadership,” Julian interrupted. “Julian, you’re being so obnoxious!” said Charlotte, which made Julian laugh.

A．unpleasant

B．steady

C．weird

D．guilty

8 . I’m not exaggerating when I say this, but my heart literally started beating like I’d just run the longest race in the world. The laughter I had inside just poured out of me.

A．whispering

B．shuffling

C．doodling

D．overstating

9 . I like when mom tells this story because it makes me laugh so much. It’s not funny in the way a joke is funny, but when Mom tells it, Via and I just start cracking up.

A．laughing

B．crying

C．screaming

D．shrugging

10 . Next week I start fifth grade. Since I’ve never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally and completely petrified.

A．confused

B．frightened

C．amazed

D．impressed