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1. What does the word peer mean in this sentence?

I peer behind me, half-believing that Devon is with me, that he juststopped to tie his sneaker.

• a quick look

• to look hard at something

• to run quickly

• to eat fast

2. What does this phrase mean in the following sentence: lump in my throat.

I’ve barely managed to swallow the lump in my throat when a voice callsout.

• a sore throat from being sick.

• to swallow without chewing properly.

• a tight feeling in the throat caused by strong emotion, as if you're about to cry.

• bent forward and down because you are laughing or in pain.

3. What does the word dungeon mean in the following sentence...

I’d rather be in a haunted dungeon than be here . . . in the teachers’bathroom!

• an underground prison in a castle.

• walk unsteadily

• a cozy home

• look hard at something.

4. What does the word stagger mean in the following sentence...

I stagger through the hallway and pull open the first door I find.

• walk quickly

• walk with a limp

• walk unsteadily

• look hard at something

5. What does the phrase double over mean?

He laughs harder. I picture him doubled over, tears pouring from hislaughing face.

• a tight feeling in the throat.

• walk unsteadily

• an underground prison in a castle

• bent forward or down because you are laughing or in pain.