PTI 9-15 Vocabulary & Themes

A person who lacks experience, wisdom, or judgment is a ________ person.

• naive

• monotone

• pummel

• delirious

Match the word with a definition or picture.

• opposite or deny

• Pummel

• to beat with the fists

• Naive

• in a state of wild excitement

• Monotone

• showing a lack of experience

• Contradict

• no change

• Delirious

A person who lacks experience.

Naive or Expert

(a)  

A state of happiness.

Naive or Delirious

(a)  

Monotone means ______ tone.

• one

• two

• three

• none

_______ means to be about to happen.

• pummel

• impend

• mutilate

• none

_______ means to cause severe damage to (the body of a person or animal).

• pummel

• impend

• mutilate

• none

What theme is the following sentences?

“Okay, Arnold,” Dodge said. “Where did you learn this fact? On the reservation? Yes, we all know there’s so much amazing science on the reservation.” (Part Time Indian Ch. 12)

• Education

• Poverty

• Family

• Friendship

What theme is the following sentences?

"If they didn’t come, I’d start walking.

Hitchhiking in the opposite direction.

Somebody was usually heading back home to the rez, so I’d usually catch a ride."(Part Time Indian Ch. 12)

• Education

• Poverty

• Family

• Friendship

What theme is the following sentences?

" Indian families stick together like Gorilla Glue, the strongest adhesive in the world. My mother and father both lived within two miles of where they were born, and my grandmother lived one mile from where she was born.."(Part Time Indian Ch. 12)

• Education

• Poverty

• Family

• Friendship