The Flowers Vocab

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A "plow" is used on a farm to ____________________.

feed the animals.

hang plants.

turn over soil.

save water.

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"The air held a keenness" means the air was ________________________.

strong, sharp, piercing.

stale, rotting.

old, ancient.

deadly.

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When the author talks about the man's clothes had "rotted away", she means the clothes_______________________.

were weak from decay.

were out of style.

were not becoming to a dead man.

were old from being worn.

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When something is "vague" it is not__________.

clean.

clear.

open.

available.

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A "sharecropper" is someone who ______________________.

sells crops.

does not have to pay to live on a farm.

lives in a cabin.

pays as rent a share of the crop.

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A "noose" is___________________________.

when something is too tight.

a part of the body that is used for smell.

what Myop uses to tie her flowers together.

a piece of rope used for hanging and tightens as it is pulled.

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A "pigpen" is________________________.

a pen for writing.

a place for keeping farm equipment.

a place for keeping pigs.

a pen for keeping all animals.

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"The stick clutched in her dark brown hand and the tat-de-ta-ta-ta of accompaniment."

"Accompany" means________________.

to make a stick.

to play with a stick.

to join a company.

to join in action.

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"Myop watched the tiny white bubbles disrupt the thin black scale of soil..."
To "disrupt" means to cause__________.

disorder.

death.

a lie.

eruptions.

10.

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Myop "pushed back the leaves and layers of earth and debris..."

"Debris" is _____________________________.

the process of cleaning the earth.

anything that is old.

many different kinds of soil.

the remains of anything broken down or destroyed.

11.

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"Along the shallow banks pigs rooted."
"Rooted" means__________________.

to eat tree roots.

to pull, tear, or dig up by the roots.

to explore the woods.

to find or save water.

12.

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The "fragrant" buds refers to the buds__________________.

having no odor.

smelling good.

smelling bad.

being of the wrong color.

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