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Daily 
Warm-Up
14
Fiction: Mystery/Suspense/Adventure
State Fair
“McKenzie?” Lidia glanced around for her friend and 
their brothers, Eli and Fernando. The commercial 
exhibits were crowded, and the four of them had agreed 
at the outset that they should stay together. Lidia 
couldn’t imagine how they’d disappeared during the 
one or two minutes she’d paused to examine a display 
of jewelry.
Noise echoed off the concrete floor as fairgoers and 
hawkers competed to make themselves heard in their 
individual conversations. Lidia turned around in a 
complete circle, slowly, scanning the crowd for a 
glimpse of her companions. Walking more quickly, she 
examined faces as she moved through the throng, 
hoping to see someone familiar. “Eli? Fernando?” 
Lidia’s concern grew, as she felt particularly responsible 
for her younger brother, hoping he had not, in turn, 
become separated from the other two.
A shaft of bright light guided Lidia to the outside 
entrance of the building, and she stepped into the 
sunshine. Confused, she looked up and down the 
walkway, not recognizing her surroundings. “This isn’t 
where we came in,” she muttered. “Which way should 
I go to get back to where we started?” It appeared as 
though more people congregated to the left, so she 
headed in that direction, unsure where to begin 
looking. Was she decreasing her chances of finding 
them by leaving the building?
Lidia approached a crossroads and looked around in 
dismay. Streams of people were entering a building, 
apparently the same building she had just exited.
Perhaps the others were waiting for her by the main 
entrance. A sense of urgency propelled her forward, 
but out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a vendor 
selling outlandish hats with feathers. “If I wasn’t afraid 
of missing them, I’d stop and get one,” she told herself.
“Then this wouldn’t happen again.”
Text Questions
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 1 . How did Lidia become separated from her companions?
a. She couldn’t hear them talking to her.
b. She stopped to examine a display of jewelry.
c. She left the building through a different door.
d. She stopped to buy a hat.
 2 . Which statement gives a clue as to the setting of the story?
a. She examined faces as she moved through the throng.
b. Fairgoers and hawkers competed to make themselves heard.
c. It appeared as though more people congregated to the left.
d. Lidia approached a crossroads and looked around in dismay.
 3 . Which words best describe the main feeling in the story?
a. concern, anxiety, panic
b. excitement, enjoyment, pleasure
c. loneliness, isolation, sadness
d. fear, helplessness, dread