Password 3 Chapter 16 Using Target Vocabulary A

Gil Conchas does research and writes about what he learns. Do research means

• spend time talking.

• crazy but lucky.

• shy and nervous.

He helped his parents and other relatives, too. Your relatives are

• people in your family.

• your friends.

• people at your job.

Gil was smart and a hard worker, so he did well in school. Smart means

• crazy but lucky.

• shy and nervous.

• good at learning.

Gil worked hard and had great success in school. Success means

• a good end to what you tried to do.

• a variety of problems.

• projects and other things to do.

Gil succeeded in building a life for himself that was better than his parents. Succeeded in means

• had trouble with.

• did very well in.

• only dreamed about.

Many boys aren't like Gil. They fail to make good lives for themselves. Fail to do something means

• not be able to do it.

• receive or accept it.

• be confident doing it.

In the books he writes, Gil explains what he finds out from his research. Explain something means

• make it easy to understand.

• order it.

• have fun doing it.

Gil's brother was part of a crowd that had a fight in the street. A crowd is

• a situation.

• an emergency.

• a large group of people.

Gil wonders, "What made our lives so different?" He wonders means

• he gives advice.

• he promises.

• he asks himself.