1. The salesman was very ________, and finally made the sale. (Latin: "present")  a) adjacent  b) reluctant  c) posed  d) persistent  e) inclined
2. The sum of squares of the _______ sides of a right triangle equals the square of the other side. (Latin: "lie next to")  a) albeit  b) adjacent  c) intrinsic  d) invoke  e) forthcoming
3. The album is a ________(ation) of all my greatest hits. (Latin: "plunder")  a) forthcoming  b) incline  c) invoke  d) manual  e) compile
4. The author read excerpts from her ______ book, due out in June. a) adjacent  b) nonetheless c) scenaraio  d) forthcoming  e) persistent
5. The words albeit, notwithstanding, and nonetheless are all ________(s) that have a similar meaning.  a) adjective  b) conjunction  c) adverb  d) pronoun  e) verb
6. That whole idea was badly _____(ed) from the start; I knew it would fail. (Latin: "to take in.") a) pose  b) invoke  c) persist  d) conceive  e) incline

1. After Charlotte asked to be a part of the crew, they _____ amongst themselves, and decided that if she climbed to the royal yard, she would be allowed to sign on.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) thwarted  e) cowed
2. Are we lost? By my __________(ing) we should have been home hours ago.  a) reckon  b) brusque  c) edify  d) tract  e) caucus
3. The teacher _______ the students into being quiet by threatening to use the Quiet Stick.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) brusqued  e) cowed
4. Jaggery _______ Charlotte's efforts to apologize.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) brusqued  e) cowed
5. People say New Yorkers are very ____- almost rude, and always in a hurry.  a) thwart  b) edified  c) cowed  d) gumption  e) brusque
6. Jaggery told Hollybrass to whip Zachariah "with strength," or else to "stand aside for someone who has the _____."  a) brusqueness  b) maelstrom  c) edification  d) gumption  e) thwart
7. People read both for pleasure and _____.   a) brusqueness  b) tracts  c) edification  d) gumption  e) reckoning
8. The Women's _______ is a political group that promotes issues that are important to women.  a) maelstrom  b) gumption  c) edification  d) caucus  e) brusqueness
9. Before they walked on the field, the team was already _____ by the thought of how big and intimidating the other team was.   a) brusqued  b) cowed  c) edified  d) rebuffed  e) reckoned
10. Some true believers think that the final __________(ing) is near, and God will reward them, and punish the non-believers.  a) reckon  b) brusque  c) edify  d) tract  e) maelstrom
11. His attempt to climb Mt. Everest was _______ by bad weather, which forced him to turn back.  a) brusqued  b) rebuffed  c) thwarted  d) caucused  e) edified
12. The real estate tycoon owned huge _______(s) of land.  a) reckon  b) brusque  c) caucus  d) tract  e) maelstrom
13. There is only ONE adjective on this week's list. Which word is it?  a) edify  b) rebuff  c) caucus  d) brusque  e) maelstrom

1. What is Jaggery's main argument against Charlotte?  a) That she hated Hollybrass.  b) The she is unnatural.  c) That Hollybrass had her handkerchief in his hand.  d) That she was trying to get back at Jaggery.  e) None of the above.
2. Jaggery uses all of these as evidence against Charlotte, except... a) it was her knife.  b) that she cut off her hair.  c) that she worked with the crew  d) that Hollybrass was holding her handkerchief  e) He used all of these.
3. At least several of the men end up testifying against Charlotte.  a) True  b) False
4. Jaggery gives Charlotte a chance to get out of trouble by going back to being a passenger.  a) True  b) False
5. At the end of chapter 18, how long does Charlotte have to live?  a) 12 hours  b) 2 hours  c) no more than 24 hours  d) Until the end of this watch.  e) The captain hasn't said yet.

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