The beach near Elisenda and Pelayo's house is muddy and covered with rotten shellfish, and their courtyard is marshy, like a ___, because of the heavy rain.
Vocabulary Lesson

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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
Margaret Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
grimace
visage
bayou
vibrant
whimsically
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The old man has the ___ of a sailor. Elisenda and Pelayo guess from his face that he is a castaway from a foreign ship wrecked by the storm.
grimace
mentor
axiom
bayou
visage
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Because the old man has wings and cannot speak Spanish, Elisenda and Pelayo are not ___ toward him. They turn away and leave him lying in the mud.
indomitable
amiable
malleable
melodramatic
whimsical
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
They do not try to change the old man in any way, so they do not know if he is ___. With encouragement he might have adapted to their household.
amiable
indomitable
whimsical
malleable
melodramatic
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Because the old man is ___ in the face of bad treatment, Pelayo and Elisenda begin to ignore him, believing that he can withstand anything.
indomitable
whimsical
malleable
amiable
melodramatic
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Garcia Marquez is a master of portraying odd and fanciful stories. They seem to come alive, much like a ____ painting.
melodramatic
indomitable
malleable
vibrant
whimsical
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Elisenda and Pelayo hope that the old man does not ___ to illness and die because they do not know how to dispose of a body in their marshy area, which is like a ______.
grimace ... bayou
succumb ... bayou
succumb ... visage
grimace ... visage
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