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comprehension
comprehension
comp/voc
vocabulary
vocabulary
100
What did Thomas have with his parents on his birthday?
What is black coffee
100
How did Mr. Small feel about making an inventory of the cavern contents?
He found it exciting
100
What was one of Thomas' hobbies?
Whittling
100
opaque roan
not letting light through a horse with a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
100
a porch along the outside of a building the state of being decayed or destroyed
veranda desolation
200
Who caught Thomas exploring around the house after dark on the first day?
Mr. Pluto
200
What did Thomas think after the first church service?
The community was not friendly.
200
Why did slaves retur willingly to bondage?
To take money and give help to other slaves wanting to flee.
200
senseless talk adjust or accustom to, bring into harmony
poppycock attune
200
ta colorless oil made from the sap of pines deeply absorbed in thought
turpentine bemused
300
What made the "ahh" sound?
Mr. Pluto's bellows
300
What was Pesty's job in the treasure room?
Dusting glassware
300
Stealthily subdue
moving or acting in a secret manner hold within limits and control
300
very good to follow a winding and turning course
keen meander
300
irritated or resentful furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
peeved forge
400
What did Thomas and his father find in Mr. Pluto's cave? State 3 things
treasure cavern, tapestries and glassware
400
Who helped clean up the vandalized kitchen?
Mayhew Skinner
400
specter flourish
a ghostly-appearing figure a showy gesture
400
split, divided a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
cloven bellows
400
to trickle though a permeable surface difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight.
percolate cumbersome
500
Who did Mr. Small try to see after the vandalism? Who attacked Pluto?
Mr. Pluto Thomas
500
Why was Thomas sure he would never be an actor?
The trick they played on the Darrows caused him great fear.
500
runagate fume
a deserter be mad, angry
500
a large entrance or reception room or area rich in decorative detail
vestibule ornate
500
lacking even the least amount of courage a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
craven aloofness