Thursday, 1/28/99
Vocabulary Quiz:
  1. He worked slow and ____________(ly) until he was finished with the job.
  2. I t is highly ___________ that your dog ate your homework, again.
  3. The pitch was too fast for me, and I just __________(ed) at it and missed.
  4. Both Tom Sawyer and Hand Clap are very good at ___________(ing) the truth.
  5. He had a deep, ____________ voice that could be heard throughout the house.
  6. "I looked ___________(ly) at the wings." I didn't think they would support my weight.
  7. When someone does you a favor, you should ______________.
  8. With a candle inside, the jack-o-lantern was very ___________.
  9. Finally, in ______________(ion), I gave up.
  10. "Don't give your __________(ing), mealy-mouthed answers!"
  11. He has a very __________ personality; he is easily influenced by other people's opinions.
  12. Robin __________(ed) out of the room, waving her arms and stomping her feet.
  13. It would be very __________ for you to study for a test.
  14. A raisin is merely a _________ grape.
  15. amiable : sullen : : likely : ________
wizened, flounce, improbable, exasperate, amiable, flourish, luminous, resonant, embroider, methodical, simper, flail, prudent, malleable, dubious, reciprocate, goad, benevolent

Chapter 5 and 6

  1. "It eats at them; it eats at us."(p83) Who is talking? What is going on? What does he mean?
  2. Why is the chapter called "Windrider’s Claws"?
  3. Why wasn't MS mad at Black Dog for beating him up?
  4. What four (4) choices did Windrider have after the beating of MS?
  5. What effect does the killing have on the lives of Father and MS?
  6. Draw a sketch of a stereopticon. What modern-day toy is it similar to?
  7. Who/what is the Stove King?
  8. What gift(s) does Uncle give MS and Father?
  9. How will Father and MS get by without the Company?
  10. What is MS’s expectation of what the "demoness" will look like? What is the reality?
  11. How do the Tang and demon ideas about dragons differ?
  12. EC: What does MS think Ms. Whitlaw's cookies look like?
  13. EC: After MS eats all the cookies, Father compares MS to ________.