The Stranger Vocabulary

"Buck did not attack, but circled him about and hedged him in with friendly advances." The word "advances" means:

• a movement towards something

• progress in science, technology, or human knowledge

• an attempt to catch something

• a development

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

lacking brightness, dull

• parlor

• etched

• mercury

• fascinated

• drab

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

cut or carved a drawing or design on metal or glass

• parlor

• etched

• mercury

• fascinated

• drab

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

“Outside the gate stood the hearse. __________________, glossy, and oblong, it reminded me of a pencil box.”

• Abscessed

• Varnished

• Vigiled

• Destitute

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

“In the little mortuary he told me that he’d come to the home because he was _____________________”

• Destitute

• Varnished

• Modest

• Abscessed

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

“In Paris, they keep vigil over the body for three, sometimes four days. But here you barely have time to get used to the idea before you have to start running after the hearse.” In this sentence "vigil" means:

• Grief

• Mourning

• Devotional watching

• Devotional praying

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Define the bold-faced word. “First he lit his paraffin lamp, then he took a pretty dubious-looking bandage out of his pocket and wrapped it around his right hand.”

• to call upon

• to recognize

• to lack clarity

• to be uncertain

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Define the word in bold: “The cop told him to knock it off and said that the girl was to go and he was to stay in his room and wait to be summoned to the police station.”

• to stop or prohibit

• to call upon

• to leave voluntarily

• to apprehend

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In the novel 'The Stranger', the word 'absurd' is often used. What does 'absurd' mean in this context?

• A) Logical

• B) Reasonable

• C) Meaningless

• D) Predictable

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word 'vigil' mean in the context of 'The Stranger'?

• A) A period of sleep

• B) A period of wakefulness

• C) A period of eating

• D) A period of exercise

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4