- 1. (noun) flat piece of wood on which meat is served or carved
A) trenchers B) artisan C) venerable D) mode
- 2. (noun) – a particular type or form of something
A) mode B) hearth C) breeches D) crucible
- 3. (verb) – to feel or cause to feel worry, annoyance, or discontent
A) crucible B) breeches C) parasitic D) fretted
- 4. (adjective) like a parasite that feeds off or lives off other living creatures, flea-like, tic-like, blood sucker
A) venerable B) parasitic C) gig D) fretted
- 5. (noun) a person skilled in an applied art
A) crucible B) mode C) artisan D) parasitic
- 6. (noun) the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone or brick, the fireside
A) crucible B) trenchers C) mode D) hearth
- 7. (adjective) - worthy of respect because of great age
A) parasitic B) artisan C) venerable D) mode
- 8. (noun) – a container used for heating substances, such as metals, to high temperatures
A) crucible B) mode C) gig D) hearth
- 9. (noun) – a light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse
A) gig B) artisan C) trenchers D) parasitic
- 10. (noun) – knee-length trousers for men
A) fretted B) trenchers C) breeches D) hearth
- 11. Mr. Lapham was always telling him to give God thanks who had seen fit to make him so good a/an _____________________.
A) venerable B) hearth C) artisan D) mode
- 12. ‘And, boy, don’t you go get all _________________ up over what’s after all nothing but an order for silver.’
A) gig B) mode C) hearth D) fretted
- 13. It was indeed old-fashioned, more elaborate than the present _________________.
A) trenchers B) gig C) mode D) fretted
- 14. Johnny noted the Hancock arms on the door of the ________________.
A) crucible B) gig C) hearth D) mode
- 15. Mrs. Lapham was already scraping the __________________ clean, getting on with her work.
A) crucible B) trenchers C) breeches D) artisan
- 16. Mr. Lapham, as befitted his _________________ years and his dignity as master of the house, sat in an armchair at the head of the table.
A) hearth B) parasitic C) venerable D) crucible
- 17. I’d like to get you in a __________________, thought Dove, and melt you down.
A) crucible B) gig C) mode D) artisan
- 18. Whatever a ‘pig-of-a-louse’ was, it did describe the whitish, __________________ Dove.
A) artisan B) fretted C) parasitic D) venerable
- 19. Johnny was already in his leather ____________________, pulling on his coarse shirt, tucking in the tails.
A) mode B) gig C) breeches D) hearth
- 20. In the kitchen he could see his formidable mistress bent double over the ______________________________.
A) venerable B) crucible C) parasitic D) hearth
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