My First Free Summer
The country the main character of the story immigrates to
What is America?
full of scabs
What is scabby?
The gender that NORMALLY carries the water bucket
Who are the boys?
Largeness or enormousness
What is enormity?
to get used to, or change to fit a new situation
What is adapt?
The reason the main character works hard in school
What is "to have a free summer with no summer school?"
deer meat
What is venison?
The sport that the students excited to play every recess
What is softball?
A book that is filled with lots of general facts about the world, listed in alphabetical order
What is an encyclopedia?
extremely cold in temperature
What is frigid?
special circumstances
What are extenuating circumstances?
deserves pity/empathy
What is pitiful?
Miss Ralston did this to prove that girls were just as capable as the boys
What is "hit a home run"?
To annoy, torment, or harass
What is bedevil?
an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster
What is a catastrophe?
abundantly supplied, plentiful
What is replete?
The animal the main character is trying to save
What is a kitten?
The name of the town Miss Ralston was from
Where is River Hibbert?
Anger or annoyance because of unfair treatment
What is indignation?
control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly or unfairly
What is manipulate?
strict or restrictive, oppressive
What is repressive?
The name of the local veterinarian
Who is Dr. Milk?
The name of ONE of the two girls that carry the water at the end of the story
Who are Alma Niles and Joyce Shipley?
smallest or slightest
What is merest?
unsure, uncertain, not positive, hesitant
What is tentative?