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So as the crowd began to disperse, a small group of us followed the farmers out to the scene of the crime. (a)  

• Spread out
• Yell obscenely
• Fight
• Exit quietly

By the start of the second round, everyone at our table is dispersing among the crowd.

Colleen Hoover -- Slammed

The underlined vocab word is part of speech phrase?

• verb phrase

• adverb phrase

• adjective phrase

• Balzer phrase

They ran scared, and as they fled through the dispersed caribou herds the deer finally reacted, and the stampede of frightened animals which I had been expecting to witness all that afternoon became something of a reality.

Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf

The underlined vocabulary word is what part of speech as used in this sentence?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

• Noun

I give him a look, and he says, "I was thinking a diversion might help."

Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave

A synonym for the underlined word is:

• Distraction

• Idea

• Division

• Variety

I’ll create a diversion.

Frank McCourt -- Angela’s Ashes

The underlined vocab word is used as what part of speech in this sentence?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

• Verb

I want diversion, and I have done with men and women.

Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

What sentence structure is the vocabulary word found in?

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound Complex

...suddenly he caught her face between his two hands and kissed her, before really she could evade him.

Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy

The correct definition for the underlined word is

• escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery

• avoid giving a direct answer to (a question)

• escape paying (tax or duty)

• defeat the intention of (a law or rule), especially while complying with its letter.

"That’s exactly the kind of topic Haymitch told me to steer clear of," I say evasively,

Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

Derived from the vocabulary word evade, the underlined word is what part of speech?

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Noun

If he is in superior strength, evade him.

Sun, Tzu -- The Art of War

What sentence type is the underlined vocab word found in?

• Compound

• Complex

• Simple

• Compound-Complex

Then she doesn’t know that I flagrantly disregarded orders, ripped out my earpiece, and gave my bodyguards the slip?

Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay

The underlined vocab word is what part of speech?

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun