ALWTW VOCABULARY QUIZ CH 13 - 15

“If that didn’t work, he would talk to them earnestly and try to persuade them."

What does "earnestly" mean in this quotation?

• shocked

• in a serious manner

• danger

• to search for food

“Stunned, Salva realized that being forced under the water had probably saved his life.”

What does "stunned" mean in this quotation?

• shocked

• in a serious manner

• danger

• to search for food

“Every group had stories of terrible peril...”

What does "peril" mean in this quotation?

• shocked

• in a serious manner

• danger

• to search for food

“Some preferred to spend their time scavenging for food, or for items that could be traded for food.”

What does "scavenging" mean in this quotation?

• shocked

• in a serious manner

• danger

• to search for food

“The soldiers were forcing some of them into the water, prodding them with their rifle butts...”

What does "prodding" mean in this quotation?

• a confusing mass, a jumble

• great suffering, wretchedness

• a station on the line of a public carrier, as in a city center or at an airport, where passengers embark or disembark and where freight is received or discharged

• to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed

“The rain, the mad current, the bullets, the crocodiles, the welter of arms and legs, the screams, the blood...He had to get out somehow.”

What does "welter" mean in this quotation?

• a confusing mass, a jumble

• great suffering, wretchedness

• a station on the line of a public carrier, as in a city center or at an airport, where passengers embark or disembark and where freight is received or discharged

• to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed

“After two years of misery at Kakuma, Salva left the camp.”

What does "misery" mean in this quotation?

• a confusing mass, a jumble

• great suffering, wretchedness

• a station on the line of a public carrier, as in a city center or at an airport, where passengers embark or disembark and where freight is received or discharged

• to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed

“The glass doors of the airport terminal slid open.”

What does "terminal" mean in this quotation?

• a confusing mass, a jumble

• great suffering, wretchedness

• a station on the line of a public carrier, as in a city center or at an airport, where passengers embark or disembark and where freight is received or discharged

• to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed

“The frigid air hit Salva’s face like a slap.”

What does "terminal" mean in this quotation?

• a confusing mass, a jumble

• great suffering, wretchedness

• extremely cold

• to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed