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Vocabulary
Give Me A Reason
Who Am I?
All About Marcus
Define This...
100

It is another word for "suggested".

What is advised?

100
It is why Marcus carried an address in his pocket.
What is to find the people who could help him?
100
I clean the kitchen floor every time the boarders leave the apartment in the morning.
Who is Mrs. Segal?
100
It is what Marcus's mother gave him.
What is advice?
100
To "take someone under your wing" means this.
What is to help someone by sharing your own experiences?
200

It is a high-priced pleasure.

What is a luxury?

200
It is the one way Marcus is like the other immigrants.
What is because they both started off with nothing?
200
I wished I had taken my mother's advice to bring a heavy coat.
Who is Marcus?
200
After Marcus sold all his candy he did this.
What is eat at a Romanian restaurant?
200
"Most new immigrants had to struggle to get by." is an example of a.....
What is a generalization?
300

If you "moved along" very quickly to get out the door, you would have done this...

What is hustled?

300
It is the reason Marcus was ashamed of being a peddler.
What is because he expected to have a more important job?
300
We are the "strangers" that Marcus met on his first evening.
Who are the boarders?
300
It is the amount of money that Marcus started to sell his candy for.
What is a nickel?
300
To be "on your way" means you are going to be this...
What is successful?
400

Those who move from another country to live here can be called this.

What are immigrant?

400
It is the reason Marcus had never seen a banana before.
What is because they were not imported into Romania?
400
I am the man who took Marcus under my wing and showed him how to move through the crowds to peddle his goods.
Who is the man selling tablecloths?
400
Nine years after coming to America, Marcus did this.
What is graduate from college (University of Missouri)?
400
To "elbow your way" means to do this.
What is push your way through a crowd?
500

A person who sells small goods to others can be called this.

What is a peddler?

500
It is the most likely reason that Marcus traveled alone to New York.
What is because his family probably could not afford to send anyone else?
500
I chased Marcus to another corner when he was trying to sell his candy.
Who was the policeman?
500
Later in life, this was Marcus's profession.
What is a journalist (writer)?
500
It is what people in New York called a new immigrant.
What is a "greenhorn"?