Vocab. Chps. 1-10
If the principal bellowed down the hall to get the child to stop running, we know that they...
yelled / called loudly
Coax and convince are both synonyms for the word...
persuade.
How does Palmer's mother feel about Palmer's new friends and how do we know?
She strongly dislikes them, based on how she refers to them. (calling them hoodlums, etc.) She does not want them around
When Palmer runs away from Pigeon Day, what does he scream?
"I need to go to the bathroom!"
If two ideas contradict each other, it means that they...
Are opposites
To stare at something in wonderment means to stare with...
amazement, awe, etc.
How do we know Palmer is traumatized by the Pigeon days he attended as a child?
He has bad dreams about them, he thinks about the day often, he avoids the park, and he runs away from the most recent event.
What do the boys do to bully Dorothy? (multiple correct responses)
Call her fishface, leave debris at her house, tree-stump her, etc.
To be extremely confused is to be:
bewildered
A moment of loud, upset chaos is called an
uproar
Why does Dorothy begin to ignore Palmer?
He didn't invite her to his birthday party AND he participates in bullying her, just because his new friends do.
We know that Palmer's dad feels Palmer is responsible / feels proud of his son because he gives Palmer...
his toy solider collection, which was passed down to him from his father.
If someone told you they were dreading the quiz tomorrow, you would know that they felt...
scared / anxious, and did not want to go.
If someone is giving a presentation, and they move their hand to point to something on their slides, they are making a...
gesture
How do we know that Beans, Henry, and Mutto aren't actually good friends to Palmer?
The gifts they get him, the name they give him, the way they pressure him, the way they pull him away from Dorothy, etc.
It appears that all the boys got their nicknames when they...
formed their group and began acting up.
The teacher nodded gravely when the student asked if their throwing pencils was making them a nuisance in class. What do the bolded words mean?
The teacher nodded very seriously when the student asked if their throwing pencils was making them a annoying in class.
What is the difference between an uproar and an ambush?
An ambush is an attack, while an uproar is just a loud, chaotic moment. There might be an uproar during an ambush, but there is not always an ambush during an uproar
Why does Palmer not want to play with the toy soldiers, after he runs away from Pigeon Day?
The weapons they hold remind him of the violence of Pigeon Day. They were also given to him by his dad, who he just found out used to be a shooter.
Palmer is able to look past the poor-quality gifts and the bad nickname, because he is just so happy that...
he is finally a part of the group / he finally has friends.