- 1. __________- to move with a slight shaking motion “He pulled till I saw the big muscles of his haunches flatten and start ______________.”
A) squeamish
B) quivering
C) commotion
D) staggered
- 2. _________- moving unsteadily, almost but not quite falling over “He reeled and _____________ like he couldn’t see where he was going.”
A) stench
B) staggered
C) carcass
D) hulk
- 3. _________-a scene of noisy confusion or activity “I’d just started back when I heard a ______________ in the house.”
A) quivering
B) evidently
C) commotion
D) considerable
- 4. ________- used to indicate that something is undoubtedly true “; and _____________________that scent told him for certain what I was only beginning to suspect.”
A) considerable
B) turpentine
C) evidently
D) hulk
- 5. ______- the dead body of an animal “Also, the ________________ lay too close to the spring.”
A) hulk
B) staggered
C) carcass
D) squeamish
- 6. ________________- a great amount “; and even with wood handy, it took __________ time to drag up enough for the size fire they had going.”
A) turpentine
B) considerable
C) commotion
D) stench
- 7. ___________- a foul lingering smell “The heat and the ________________ of burnt hair and scorching hide drove us back.”
A) carcass
B) stench
C) evidently
D) squeamish
- 8. _________- easily made to feel sick “Mama had always been __________ about lizards and snakes, and bugs and things, and you could tell that is just made her flesh crawl to have to touch this one.”
A) staggered
B) squeamish
C) commotion
D) quivering
- 9. .____________- a big, powerful, and often clumsy person or animal “Mama happened to look up and see the dark ___________ of him come bounding toward them across a little clearing.”
A) staggered
B) carcass
C) hulk
D) stench
- 10. ______- a colorless, flammable, strong smelling essential oil used in paint and medicine “But, when she poured____________ into the place, I couldn’t hold still.”
A) turpentine
B) hulk
C) commotion
D) squeamish
|