1. Understanding the Story

Answer these questions.

1. Where do Ruri and her family live?

2. Why do they have to leave their home?

3. Where is Ruri’s father?

4. How many possessions can the family take with them?

5. Where is Ruri’s family assigned to live?

6. Why is Ruri upset when she loses the bracelet? What does the bracelet mean to her?

7. How does Ruri’s mother comfort her when Ruri loses the bracelet?

2. Vocabulary Comprehension

Choose the word from the following list that best completes each sentence below. Do not use the same word more than once.

piled	irises	suspected	enormous
abandoned	elegant	oval	cots
drapes	droop	stall

1. Flowers begin to droop if you don’t give them enough water.

2. We just bought new___________________________ to hang on the large living room window.

3. Dressed in her beautiful white satin wedding gown, the bride looked _______________________.

4. My dining room table is in the shape of a(n) ______________________, almost like an egg.

5. At the racetrack, each horse is kept in a(n) before the race.

6. When I was a child at summer camp, we didn’t have any regular beds. We slept on_____________.

7. In wartime, people of foreign birth are often unfairly ______________of being spies for the enemy.

8. The mother told her son, “Please hang your clothes in the closet. They are _______________ up on your bed.”

9. Ann’s husband was unfaithful for a long time, and he finally ______________ his wife and children.

10. are beautiful purple flowers that bloom in the spring.

11. Limousines are often so that they can’t be parked in a typical parking space on a city street.

3. Word Forms

Complete the chart by filling in the various forms of the following words taken from “The Bracelet”. An X indicates that no form is possible. Use your dictionary if you need help.

Note: There may be more than one possible word for the same part of speech.

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
dangle		dangling	X
droop
thrust			X
	drapes		X
X		elegant
abandon			X
pile			X
suspect			X

Using some of the adjectives and verbs from “The Bracelet,” write a description of Ruri’s “Apartment 40” after her mother fixed it up.