Vocabulary Test. Write "exempt" and skip if you are exempt. unorthodox, conjure, peremptory, plethora, wily, rampant, babel, prerogative, paroxysm, convalesce (You will use words more than once; you will not use them all.)

1. PREROGATIVE, PEREMPTORILY (2) It's Mrs. Negranti's ______________, as dictator of Negrantiland, to ___________(ily) make whatever laws she finds necessary.
2. CONVALESCE stubborn : obdurate :: recuperate : 
3. BABEL placate : appease :: cacophony : ___________
4. RAMPANT skill : prowess :: uncontrolled : ___________
5. PAROXYSMS "Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the moose would be driven into ________(s)  of rage."
6. BABEL "Men were shaking hands, it did not matter with whom, and bubbling over in a general incoherent ."
7. PREROGATIVE Mercedes thought that it was her ___________ to ride on the sled.
8. CONJURE The master chef could __________ a delicious meal out of almost nothing.
9. WILY ordinary : unorthodox :: clueless : __________

1. BROKEN RIBS What happened to Buck in the course of saving Thornton from the river?
2. TO GO EAST WHERE NO ONE HAD BEEN YET Why did Thornton and his partners need the money Buck won for them?
3. WHETHER BUCK HAD TO BREAK OUT THE SLED HIMSELF What was there a debate about before Buck attempted his pull?
4. 3-1 What were the odds against Buck after that debate?
5. ZERO How many people (besides Thornton and Co.) took the bet that Buck could do it?
6. $1300 How much money did Thornton and Co. bet on Buck?
7. $1600 How much did they win?
8. FLOUR SACKS What was the 1000 lbs. made up of?
9. (quote) What does Thornton say to encourage Buck when he pulls the 1000 lb. sled?
10. Explain what the last sentence of Chapter 6 means.
11. ATTACKS BLACK BARTON, SAVES JOHN FROM THE RIVER, PULLS THE SLED, ALWAYS COMES BACK FROM HIS WILD OUTINGS, TRIES TO JUMP OFF THE CLIFF WHEN JOHN TELLS HIM TO(3) Give three(+) examples from Chapter 6 that show why it is called "For the Love of a Man."