Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Bad Boy 1
Bad Boy 2
Bad Boy 3
100
An account of one's personal life and experiences; autobiography.
Memoir.
100
To imitate or copy in action, speech, etc.
Mimic.
100
Walter is sent to Knickerbocker Hospital because . . .
He ate to many red ice pops.
100
What happens to Manuel Bonilla?
Walter punches him.
100
The name of the magazine that Walter's mama reads to him.
True Romance.
200
Extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing.
Excruciating.
200
An outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scene, characters, situations, etc.
Scenario.
200
Walter opens the stitches from his operation by . . .
He rides his bike.
200
This person enters Walter's life unexpectedly.
George Myers.
200
Walter shows this to his mother at the end of the "Bad Boy" chapter.
A poem he wrote.
300
A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
Tenement.
300
Charming.
Charismatic.
300
Walter gets in trouble as a child for . . . (Something he did to his sister . . .)
Breaking his sister's watch.
300
This person teaches Walter to read.
His mother.
300
Mrs. Dodson tells Walter's mother that Walter should not . . .
read comic books.
400
To anger or enrage.
Provoke.
400
Violation of a law, command, etc.
Transgression.
400
Walter will get a beating at home if he . . .
Gets a poor conduct grade.
400
Walter's fifth-grade teacher discovers his talent in . . .
Writing.
400
Walter categorizes his friends in these two categories . . .
Athletes and everyone else.
500
Demanding or requiring vigorous exertion.
Strenuous.
500
An investigation or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
Inquiry.
500
When insulted, Walter usually responds by . . .
Hitting the person.
500
Walter says the main source of entertainment for young people in Harlem is . . .
The movies.
500
In Mrs. Conway's class, whom does Walter throw a book at for laughing at his speech problem?
Johnny Brown.