CHAPTERS 17-20
STUDENT WORKSHEET PACKET ANSWER KEY

 

VOCABULARY

1. expecting good stock market figures:  expecting or producing good results, especially rising stock market prices
2. anticipating falling prices:  conducive to or characterized by selling rather than buying stocks or commodities in anticipation of falling prices
3. photographic copy of something
4. liner for shoe:  a foot-shaped piece of leather, sheepskin, or synthetic material worn inside a shoe or boot to provide a better fit or added warmth
5. escaping from or avoiding somebody or something by cunning, skill, or resourcefulness
6. explosive substance:  a substance that is burned to give upward thrust to a rocket
7. a small card or metal plaque such as a doorplate, with a name or some other piece of writing on it
8. illness:  a physical or psychological disorder or disease
9. wanting somebody else's property:  having a strong desire to possess something that belongs to somebody else
10. greedy person:  somebody who eats and drinks to excess
11. control somebody or something deviously:  to control or influence somebody or something in an ingenious or devious way
12. legal:  complying with the law, or under the law
13. calculate wrongly:  to calculate something incorrectly; make wrong assessment:  to judge or assess something incorrectly, or form false expectations as to the consequences of an action
14. broken piece of glass:  a sharp broken piece of glass or metal

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. The clues provide a formula for the explosive; the left over letter spell OTIS
2. Answers may vary
3. He wants Chris to try a new medication
4. Otis suggested he bombed his own place so nobody would suspect that he bombed the coffee shop
5. He gives her a pair of innersoles that provide her with immediate comfort
6. Crow's ex-husband's name is the same as Grace's maiden name: Windkoppel
7. Sydelle Pulaski
8. She noticed the transcript of the interview was with a woman named Sybil, not Sydelle
9. She concludes that Sam is still angry about their daughter committing suicide because Mrs. Westing (Crowe) pressured Violet to marry another man

 

 
CHAPTERS 17-20
STUDENT QUIZ ANSWER KEY

 

VOCABULARY

1. bullish
8. propellants
2. covetousness
9. legitimate
3. innersole
10.manipulated
4. miscalculation
11.shard
5. placard
12. eluding
6. bearish
13. photostats
7. malady
14. glutton

WRITTEN EXPRESSION

1. Bullish: expecting good stock market figures:  expecting or producing good results, especially rising stock market prices and Bearish: anticipating falling prices:  conducive to or characterized by selling rather than buying stocks or commodities in anticipation of falling prices
2. Otis suggested he bombed his own place so nobody would suspect that he bombed the coffee shop
3. The clues provide a formula for the explosive; the left over letter spell OTIS
4. Answers may vary
5. Crowe: She concludes that Sam is still angry about their daughter committing suicide because Mrs. Westing (Crowe) pressured Violet to marry another man

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