Long Walk - Chapter 1 - Vocabulary Review

"Nya could switch the handle from one hand to the other, swing the container by her side, or cradle it in both arms."

What does cradle mean?

• an infant's bed or crib

• to hold gently and protectively

• a framework on which a ship or boat rests while being repaired

• a place of origin (ex: the cradle of civilization)

Read the following passage and choose the correct meaning for the underlined word.

By making his lunches and saving his lunch money, Alex was able to amass enough to pay for his first semester of college.

• a large body of material

• to lose

• a body of land surrounded by water on three sides

• to gather together over a period of time

Most of the time, Salva was glad to be able to go to school. But some days he wished he were still back at home herding cattle.

What does herding mean?

• listening to

• keeping or looking after

• separating

• scattering

I am disappointed, but I have nothing more to say. I will leave you to contemplate how your mother will react to this news.

What does contemplate mean?

• to think about carefully

• to attempt to forget

• to become angry or frustrated

• to believe

Kristin was so audacious as to take the pen out of the businessman's pocket and begin writing the check for him.

What does audacious mean?

• to be timid or shy

• to be fearful and cautious

• showing a lack of understanding

• showing a lack of respect

The teacher droned on with the lesson...He [Salva] already knew the lesson, which is why he let his mind wander down the road ahead of his body.

What does droned mean?

• to make a continuous, low humming noise

• to be attacked by a flying, robotic device

• to speak in a dull, monotonous tone

• to be dynamic and exciting

Though all of the other children had either a cold, a flu, or both, Robert had developed an immunity to these illnesses and his play was unaffected.

What does immunity mean?

• a large portion of society

• the ability of an organism to resist illness or infection

• to show an understanding of a concept or idea

• to create a cure or treatment

"Go quickly, all of you," the teacher said, his voice low and urgent. "Into the bush. Do you hear me? Not home. Don't run home. They will be going into the villages. Stay away from the villages -- run into the bush."

What does bush mean in this passage?

• a large shrub or plant

• an area with a large population

• the water

• the wilderness

Brian thought that parties were a waste of time, money and energy, so he shunned these social events.

What does shunned mean?

• welcoming and open-minded

• attended

• avoided or rejected

• loved

The war had started two years earlier. Salva didn't understand much about it, but he knew that rebels from the southern part of Sudan, where he and his family lived, were fighting against the government, which was based in the north. Most of the people who were Muslim lived in the north, and the government wanted all of Sudan to be a Muslim country -- a place where the beliefs of Islam were followed.

What does rebels mean?

• Muslims

• people who serve their government with great loyalty

• owners of vast amounts of cattle

• people who rise against an established government or ruler