"Winter Dreams"

Blatantly means

• with a modern style
• at a rapid speed
• in a false manner
• in an obvious way

To precipitate is to 

• bring about
• use up
• wish for
• push around

Luxury has a _______connotation

• positive
• negative
• neutral
• boogers

What motivates Dexter to attend a famous school in the East?

• He feels too old to continue as a caddy.
• His father refuses to pay his way at the state school.
• He wants to have the best of everything.
• His associations with rich people become bothersome

The scene with Judy and her nurse at the golf course helps you predict (foreshadows) that Judy will: 

• become a good golfer
• usually do whatever she wants
• run away from home
• change when her beauty fades

Sad has a _____ connotation.

• positive
• negative
• neutral
• green eggs and ham

Why is Dexter upset at the end of the story to learn what has happened to Judy?

• He thinks he could have made her happy now that he is wealthy.
• Judy had promised to marry him, but now she never can.
• He worries that her husband is a cruel man.
• Judy no longer exists as his dream of perfection for him to possess.

Turbulence has a ____ connotation.

• negative
• positive
• neutral
• chimichangas

A precarious situation  is

• interesting
• challenging
• risky
• expected

Lines 4190421 tell readers that "whenever one [of Judy's admirers] showed signs of dropping out through long neglect, she granted him a brief honeyed hour, which encouraged him to tag along for a  year or so longer."  Which story event does this sentence help you predict/foreshadow?

• Judy's actions  on the night that Irene is ill.
• Judy's treatment of the man who is waiting at her house while she is boating.
• Judy's explanation of why she could not marry the poor man.
• Judy's behavior at her first dinner with Dexter.