DAZE 1 - A Change of Plans

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7 questions

Instructions

Fill in the blank to complete the story. You have 3 minutes to answer as many as you can. 

The afternoon was cooling off as the dinner hour approached. The family was sitting in the __________ of a beautiful garden at Hot Springs State Park in Wyoming. Shannon, who __________ going into the fifth grade, was __________ to make plans for the next __________. Billy, who would be in the __________ grade, was still thinking about the __________ herd they had visited that morning.

“They had the __________ beards, Dad,” Billy said. “And they __________ enormous. I didn't expect them to __________ so huge.”

“They are certainly very __________ beasts. There's no doubt about it,” their __________ replied. Shannon said she really liked the __________ calves as well, but she wasn't as __________ in bison as her brother. She had __________ else on her mind. She was __________ that if she didn't get everyone __________ about tomorrow, her mom and dad __________ come up with something boring to __________ on their last day at the __________. Shannon asked her parents what they __________ on everyone doing for the rest of their __________ at the park.

After thinking about it for a __________, Dad suggested that a soak in the __________ springs' mineral water might be nice. Billy and Shannon __________ each other a familiar look. Billy __________ began complaining about the plan. Shannon __________ another approach. She explained that while a __________ might be fun for her parents, she and her __________ would rather do something more active. 

To Billy and Shannon's __________, their mom agreed. She said that since they __________ be spending a lot of time in the __________ in the next few days, some __________ activity would be a good idea. She __________ going to the Dinosaur Museum. There they __________ see partial dinosaur skeletons that had __________found in the park. Even better, a __________ ranger had told Mom that visitors __________actually dig for dinosaur fossils near the __________!

Everyone decided that a trip to the museum __________ the perfect plan, especially since the Mesozoic __________, when dinosaurs lived, was one of Billy and Shannon's __________ school subjects. During this time, many __________ of years ago, dinosaurs had been __________ common in Wyoming. Conditions around the __________ springs were perfect for the dinosaurs' __________ to fossilize, or turn into rock-like __________. At the museum, workers would show the __________ where and how to dig for the __________ results. 

Shannon thought that sounded way __________ than soaking in a pool, and Billy __________ convinced of it, too. He figured that __________ he could find a real dinosaur __________, he would be able to go __________ to school with the best summer __________ report ever. He didn't want to __________ another moment. He was ready to __________ to the museum right away!