During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at
another one of Tanner's baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base.
When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn't say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner's face.
"Did you tag the runner?" she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her
decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision
What is the theme of this passage?
A)
You should cheat to win.
B)
It pays to be honest
Always work hard
D)
Teamwork is best

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.