"The Bet" Vocabulary
"Rain..." Vocabulary
"The Bet" Facts
"Rain..." Facts
Mystery
100
What is a word that means unpredictable?
capricious
100
This word means to comfort.
console
100
Which man was in the room, and which man was free for most of the story?
lawyer- room banker- free
100
What were the first and last names of the husband and wife who invited their neighbors to a town fair?
George and Lillian Wright
100
Who wrote "The Bet"
Anton Chekhov
200
What is a word that means wrong behavior?
immoral
200
This word means peacefully.
serenely
200
How much money was at stake?
2 million
200
What were the "weird" neighbors called? Last name for credit.
Sacharos
200
Who wrote "Rain, Rain, Go Away?"
Isaac Asimov
300
Teachers do not like it when students___________call out in class, since they never seem to stop.
incessantly
300
The dark, gray clouds loomed ______________overhead, threatening to pour.
ominously
300
What did the lawyer ask to be done if he correctly wrote in different languages?
A gun was fired.
300
What did the "weird" neighbors eat a lot of at the fair?
cotton candy
400
The boy felt such___________when he realized that tomorrow was Christmas.
rapture
400
People who feel there is no hope may approach life______________.
despairingly
400
What was the exact date (year, month, and day) that the bet began?
November 14, 1870.
400
What type of torture was mentioned in the story?
chinese water torture
400
What word means sadly?
dolefully
500
This word is an antonym for the words "modern" and "useful."
Obsolete
500
This word is an antonym for the word "sadly."
jubilantly
500
Name one author that the lawyer red in his cell.
William Shakespeare Lord Byron
500
What reason in class was given for the author choosing the neighbors' last name?
Sacharo sounds like words that mean sweet in other languages
500
What word means without end?
interminably
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