Fever Vocabulary - Chapters 1-4

“An old man who lives across the alley is rumored to be sick in bed, but you know how these stories catch fire. It’s strange though. She was a healthy girl, robust. Never

saw her so much as sneeze before.” (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does "robust" mean?

• big

• fat

• healthy

• fragrant

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“Matilda, are you well?” asked Mother. “She looks peculiar, don’t you think, Eliza? Are you feverish?” (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does "peculiar" mean?

• not normal

• pretty

• sick

• hungry

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“It’s the source of a deadly miasma, a foul stench, indeed. There are noxious fumes all around the district." (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does the word "noxious" mean?

• black

• lively

• bad smelling

• ugly looking

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"It was going to be

another hot August day. Another long, hot August day. Another long, hot, boring, wretched August day." (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does "wretched" mean?

• fun

• enjoyable

• hot

• miserable

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"Mother abhorred mice." (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does "abhorred" mean?

• hated

• loved

• caught

• killed

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"No more dawdling. I had to get dressed." (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does "dawdling" mean?

• wasting time

• sewing

• cooking

• reading

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"I faced the rather dead mouse and wrinkled my nose. Picking it up by the tail, I carried the corpse to the front window." (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does "corpse" mean?

• a furry animal

• a dead body

• a toy

• a flower

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"She quickly tied a bonnet under her chin and left, the back door closing behind her with the sharp sound of a musket shot." (Fever 1793)

In this context, what does "musket" mean?

• a hammer

• a drum

• a pot

• a gun

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"I tied a disreputable straw hat atop the cap, one I could never wear in the street." (Fever 1793)

In this context, which definition does NOT mean the same as "disreputable"?

• Shabby or raggedy

• attractive

• not considered respectable

• ugly and embarrassing

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"If not for Eliza’s fine victuals,

and the hungry customers who paid to eat them, we’d have been in the streets long ago."(Fever 1793)

In this context, what word could be used instead of "victuals"?

• food

• rituals

• jewelry

• coffee

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