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WorksheetsVocab for "Barney"
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 27mins
The intention or desire to do evil
Malice
Condone
Monastic
Earnest
To accept and allow bad behavior to continue
Condone
Monastic
Earnest
Reproach
Relating to monks, nuns or others living religiously
Monastic
Earnest
Reproach
Antagonism
Showing extreme seriousness
Earnest
Reproach
Antagonism
Commence
The expression of disapproval or disppointment
Reproach
Antagonism
Commence
Insurmountable
Active hostility or opposition
Antagonism
Commence
Insurmountable
Facilitate
Begin; start
Commence
Insurmountable
Facilitate
Replenish
Too great to overcome
Insurmountable
Facilitate
Replenish
Malice
To make an action easier (fancy word for "to help")
Facilitate
Replenish
Malice
Condone
To fill something up again
Replenish
Malice
Condone
Monastic
Rodents like rats or roaches
vermin
malice
vile
monastic
stonework
masonry
facilitate
malice
reproach
Why was Tayloe "sacked"?
He was doing unethical experiments with his guinea pigs
He was thought to have poisoned Barney
He didn't believe the glutamic acid treatments were working on Barney
He was discovered to have faked his college degree
What does it mean that "the monastic life here must have become too much for" Tayloe?
Tayloe wanted to pursue religion instead of science
Tayloe hated religion and couldn't stand being on the island any longer
Tayloe hated the quiet and isolated life on the island
Tayloe no longer wanted to "play god" and experiment on rats
What animal did Tayloe experiment on?
Guinea pigs
Rats
What made Barney smarter?
Glutamic acid treatments
Being around the scientisits
He did not get smarter; the scientist just wanted to prove his experiments were successful
The poison that Tayloe gave him
What happened that led the scientist to declare "Barney has won the first round"?
Barney tore pages out of the scientists books
Barney trapped the scientist in the well
Barney framed Tayloe
Barney dropped the vault key into the well.
What evidence DOES NOT suggest that Barney wrote the final journal entry?
There were many misspelled words
It asked multiple times for only "female rats" to be sent to the island
It says that the island should not be visited and is to become a shrine to Barney
The entry begins by declaring Barney dead
What was ironic about the scientist claiming that Barney saved his life?
Barney was actually attempting to trap the scientist in the well
Barney is just a rat and his squeaks meant nothing
Barney had already murdered Tayloe
Barney had already saved the scientists life before
Why did the scientist assume that Tayloe was drunk?
He stopped doing all of his scientific experiments
There were beer cans hidden in his laboratory
The attempt to "poison Barney" was done sloppily
Tayloe was slurring his speech often
