TMR Chapter 17

" A thick silence followed the thunderous rumble of the door closing.." Thunderous means.....

• tumultuous, booming, roaring

• silent, inaudible

• imperceptible

• bright in color

"a veil of darkness seemed to cover the sky..." define veil

• a thing that disappears

• a thing that conceals, disguises, or obscures something.

• a thing that is almost extinct

• a thing that resembles a zombie

"....as if even the sun had been frightened away by what lurked in the Maze." What does lurked mean?

• hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.

• extremely loud and noisy

• something so small that you can barely see it

• aloof, uninterested

Twilight had fallen, and the mammoth walls looked like enormous tombstones in a weed-infested cemetery for giants. Define mammoth...

• invisible

• tiny, small in size

• huge, enormous, gigantic

• a four-sided shape

Twilight had fallen, and the mammoth walls looked like enormous tombstones in a weed-infested cemetery for giants. Define enormous...

• hidden from view, concealed

• dull and gray

• bright and vibrant

• huge, vast, immense, gigantic

Twilight had fallen, and the mammoth walls looked like enormous tombstones in a weed-infested cemetery for giants. Define tombstones...

• flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave

• flat sheet of paper

• flat sheet of steel or metal

• flat piece of land

"Thomas leaned back against the rough rock.....Filled with terror at what the consequences might be." Define consequences....

• deserted land

• result, upshot, outcome, effect

• requirement

• fallen

"Thomas took a closer look at the collapsed boy and realized just how bad things were." Define collapsed

• to change one's mind

• to change direction

• to rise up

• fall down or in; give way.

I was cringing at the constant negativity of their comments and conversation....define cringing.

• cower, shrink, recoil

• stand tall

• invisible

• blind

I was cringing at the constant negativity of their comments and conversation....define cringing.

• the expression of criticism of or pessimism about something.

• the expression of happiness