Touching Spirit Bear #2

What does the underline word mean?

Cole knew these words guaranteed him a terrible beating the next time he was alone, but still he taunted, or challenged, his father with a smirk.

• smiled

• provoked

• eye roll

• laugh

What does the underline word mean?

Peter's lawyer had asked for the feather. "All your life you've lied, manipulated people, and tried to avoid consquences," she said. "There is absolutely no reason to believe that you have truly changed inside."

• tricked

• false

• protected

• hurt

What is the closest definiton for the underlined word?

Circle Justice is something First Nation people have done for hundreds of years. Cole could undergo a vision quest of sorts, and extended time alone to face himself and to face the angry spirits inside of him.

• n. larva usually of a fly found in decaying matter

• adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste

• n. an experience where one seeks to interact with a guardian spirit

• adj. lacking any obvious principle or organization

What is the closest definiton for the underlined word?

The maggots were all over the roadkill.

• n. larva usually of a fly found in decaying matter

• adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste

• n. an experience where one seeks to interact with a guardian spirit

• adj. lacking any obvious principle or organization

What is the closest definiton for the underlined word?

That was how he felt inside--empty. There was no beauty. For two hours his mind roiled with turbulent thoughts before he fell into a restless, tortured sleep.

• v. to suffer violent involuntary contractions in the muscles

• adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste

• n. an experience where one seeks to interact with a guardian spirit

• adj. moving unsteadily or violently

What is the closest definiton for the underlined word?

The bear waited calmly as if part of the landscape, like a tree or a boulder, not conceding one inch of space.

• v. surrendering or yielding to something or someone

• v. to control or influence a person or situation unfairly

• n. an experience where one seeks to interact with a guardian spirit

• adj. moving unsteadily or violently

What word is the closest synonym to the underlined word?

The gluttonous seagulls had brazenly eaten chunks torn from his chest and were now on to something else--a herring or a clam.

• timidly

• boldly

• meekly

• cautiously

What word is the closest synonym to the underlined word?

Cole crawled through the haphazard debris of his shelter to find some embers that he could coax into a flame.

• neat

• organized

• disorganized

• purposeful

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The rain and wind paused and an acrid smell like burning wire filled the air.

• adj. having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant smell

• v. to watse in a reckless and foolish manner

• adj. moving unsteadily or violently

• adj. lacking any obvious principle or organization

Which is the closest synonyms to the underlined word?

All of his life he had squandered his choices, wallowing in revenge and self-pity, keeping himself down.

• use wisely

• wasted

• kept

• lacked