Where the Red Fern Grows Vocab. Ch. 13-16

to climb with hands and feet; to climb with difficulty

"I __________up and looked over to the fight."

• clambered

• protruded

• sulked

• sloughed

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

causing sickness of the stomach

"A ______________ sickness spread over my body."

• doused

• mackinaw

• slough

• nauseating

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

to thrust forward, to jut out

"Turning around, I saw his hands were curled around the ______blade as if he himself had tried to pull it from his stomach."

• nauseating

• protruding

• mackinaw

• uttering

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

short coat of thick wool, usually plaid

"He was sitting humped over, with his hands jammed in his pockets of his patched and worn _______."

• mackinaw

• slough

• utter

• droning

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

behaved in a silent, ill-humored manner, pouted, moped

"Yes, Mama,' I said, and _______ off to my room."

• clambored

• sulked

• uttered

• faltered

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

to speak or pronounce

"I was so surprised at what Grandpa had said I couldn't _____a word."

• drone

• douse

• utter

• falter

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

a dull, low, monotonous sound

"I stood and listened to the ____tones of his deep voice."

• droning

• sloughing

• dousing

• faltering

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

a soft muddy place, a swamp like place

"I didn't know for a long time,' I said 'until one day when I was hoeing corn down in the field by the old ______."

• swamp

• slough

• utter

• bottom

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

hesitated or wavered

"Regardless of all the discouraging talk, the love and belief I had in my little red hounds never _________."

• doused

• faltered

• uttered

• sulked

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

to plunge into water or to splash with water

"We could tell they were coming back so we doused all the fires and, sure enough, they came right through the camp."

• doused

• uttered

• sulked

• clambered

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4