CHAPTERS 5-8
STUDENT WORKSHEET PACKET ANSWER KEY

 

VOCABULARY

1. to give an estimate of how much money something is worth
2. special wardrobe for a bride
3. to give up, release,or surrender something
4. can be heard
5. intense, involuntary muscular contractions
6. caused severe mental or physical distress to somebody
7. gruesome, grisly
8. freedom from acceptable standards
9. close, careful, searching examination or inspection
10. lacking the skills, qualities, or ability to do something properly
11. to feel excited, hopeful, or eager about something that is going to happen
12. composure; state of being calm and collected
13. to state that something is better, worse, larger, more common, or more important than is true or usual
14. unconventional, especially in a whimsical way
15. filled with horror or dismay
16. examination of the dead to determine the cause of death
17. sudden, unexpected good fortune
18. feelings of deep respect or devotion
19. having an excessive sense of self-importance, usually displayed through exaggerated seriousness or stateliness in speech or manner
20. showing or possessing intelligence, insight, and sound judgment, especially in business or politics

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Answers will vary: rich, chairman of paper company, likes disguises and fireworks
2. Answers will vary
3. She thinks she is liberal when she shakes Judge Ford 's hand, wears her furs at the hearing, snubs Flora
4. Answers will vary
5. She smiles even when she is blinking away tears
6. Wears gaudy clothes, paints her crutches for attention, talks in a loud voice about herself
7. 16 heirs are paired together, given $10,000 and a set of clues
8. The money can be spent only after both partners sign the check, object is to win
9. "To win"

10. $200,000

11. Madame Hoo-Jake, Crow-Otis, Turtle-Flora, Theo-Doug, Denton-Chris, Sydelle-Angela, Sandy-J.J. Ford, Grace Wexler-Mr. Hoo
12. Answer will vary
13. Answers will vary
14. She took notes at the meeting and no one else has a copy

15. She assumes that it is a tricky game and he is really alive and is trying to punish someone who need protecting

 
CHAPTERS 5-8
STUDENT QUIZ ANSWER KEY

 

VOCABULARY

1. appraisal
11. anticipating
2. trousseau
12. poise
3. relinquish
13. exaggerated
4. audible
14. eccentric
5. convulsions
15. appalled
6. afflicted
16. autopsy
7. morbid
17. windfall
8. liberalism
18. reverence
9. scrutiny
19. pompous
10. incompetence
20. shrewd

 

WRITTEN EXPRESSION

1. $10,000
2. To win

3. Answers will vary
4. Answers will vary (i.e. low self-esteem
5. Invest in stock
6. The work "brother". She thinks this is a slur against her since she is black
7. Answers will vary

 

Matching: Who is paired with whom

____ 1. Angela Wexler
a. Flora Baumback
____ 2. Grace Wexler
b. Doug Hoo
____ 3. Chris Theodorakis
c. Sydelle Pulaski
____ 4. Turtle Wexler
d. Otis Amber
____ 5. J.J. Ford
e. Mr. Hoo
____6. Berthe Crow
f. Sandy McCrouthers
____7. Theo Theodorakis
g. Madame Hoo
____ 8. Dr. Wexler
h. Dr. Denton Deere

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