Wordly Wise Lesson 17 Review

This is not a tale of great adventures or bravery in battle. There are no (blank) deeds in this simple story of African village life.

• valiant

• forlorn

• hearty

• deprived

Even though he was rich, the tajiri was too mean to give anything away. he was so (blank) he hated to part with the smells from the kitchen.

• hearty

• wafty

• stingy

• valiant

The tajiri ate the finest foods that his cooks could prepare. The maskini lived on much more modest (blank).

• merit

• fare

• forlorn

• address

The maskini made himself comfortable outside the rich man's kitchen. He was waiting for the smell of food to come (blank) through the window.

• approving

• depriving

• escorting

• wafting

We know that the tajiri was rich and the maskini poor, but we don't know their ages. The story doesn't tell us which was the (blank) of the two.

• elder

• fare

• merit

• forlorn

The maskini had not expected to spend the night in jail. He was (blank) there by the tajiri's servants

• approved

• escorted

• addressed

• wafted

The maskini may not have wanted to go to the court, but he had no choice. A person who was (blank) had to show up in court.

• addressed

• escorted

• summoned

• forlorned

The tajiri looked sure of himself because he believed there was no doubt he would win. The maskini looked (blank) because he expected to lose.

• elder

• valiant

• forlorn

• hearty

The tajiri demanded that he be given the maskini's goat. He would have (blank) the poor man of the only thing he owned.

• escorted

• wafted

• addressed

• deprived

The maskini must have been a rather shy person. Even though he was given the chance, he chose not to (blank) the court.

• address

• waft

• approve

• deprive