Vocab in Context: "Ain't I a Woman?"

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. The bus driver told us to stop making such a racket.

• peace

• noise

• an instrument for tennis

Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say. I eagerly obliged when he asked me to help him build a boat.

• grateful

• annoyed

• release

...the women at the North, all talking about rights. Freedom of speech is a right of all Americans.

• disadvantage

• wrong

• liberty

I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! The lash of the whip made the horse run faster.

• to strike

• a bit

• weight

Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! He had servants and carriages always available to him.

• beds

• transportation

• buildings

I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! She was not able to bear the weight of the roof.

• take

• give

• refuse

When I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! Her grief over her friend's death lasted many months.

• cheer

• comfort

• great sadness

Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? (Member of audience whispers, "intellect.") My philosophy teacher has a powerful intellect.

• knowledge

• reason

• inability

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. Otherwise the balance between nature and humans goes out of kilter.

• meaning

• order

• quilt