Vocabulary 11-15
Chapter 16-17
Vocabulary 16-20
Chapters 18 -20
Mixed Bag
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What is to shake and shiver?
Quiver
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What is to strike a trail?
find a trail
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What is submerged?
under the surface of water or other substance
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What is who does Billy give the gold cup to?
little sister
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What is dormant?
inactive, lying asleep
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What is A very sad event that causes sadness
tragedy
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What is the reason why contestants decide to move a few miles downstream?
Wanted to move away from all ready hunted land
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What is gingerly?
in a careful manner
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What is the place that Little Ann sleeps the night Old dan dies?
snuggled up close to Old Dan on the porch
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What is the name of the person who died while running with an axe?
Rubin
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What is a circular movement of water
eddy
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What event resulted in everyone laughing during the hunt?
Grandpa stepped on loose rock and fell into the cold water.
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What are entrails?
intestines
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What is the reason why Billy doesn't like hunting bobcats?
Useless--- only good was getting rid of a predatory animal
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What does Billy use to make Little Ann look good for the beauty contest?
Butter and Brush
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What is animal furs
pelts
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What did the judge say to indicate that he thought it would be wise to give up the hunt?
The lives of three men were not worth giving up. Might freeze to death
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What is winding in a continuous curve?
spiral
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What else does Billy get as a prize in a box?
almost three hundred dollars
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In Chapter 4 how do we know Billy is poor?
no shoes, overalls ripped, never saw his own reflection in a mirror.
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What is something that is boring because it is always the same
monotonous
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What is the number of coons that run out of the hollow tree?
three
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What is defiant?
uncooperative, obstinate
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What is the significance of the title " Where the Red Fern Grows" ?
It was an old Indian legend about a little Indian boy and girl who had frozen in a blizzard and in the spring a beautiful red fern had grown between their two bodies. Only an angel would plant the seeds of a red fern, the spot was sacred.
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Who wrote the book, "Where the Red Fern Grows"?
Wilson Rawls