Vocabulary Practice:
1.a. sidewalks
b. dissatisfied
c. ashamed
d. on an impulse quiting
2. a. respect
b. wandered
c. worthwhile
d. registered.
e. resembled
Questions:
1.George didn't finish his school. "he had quit high school" ; his mother died " Their mother was dead." His family was poor " his father was poor "
2. George cleaned the house , stayed in his room , listened to the ballgame , read magazines, sometimes an old copy of encyclopedia and from time to time walks around the neighborhood.
3.The story took place in New York.
4. a. He would like to have a girl to go with. b. He would like to have some dough (expenses money)
Page 19 :
Vocabulary Practice :
1.drunk ; 2.hesitated 3. Earnestly 4. Urge 5. Wondered 6. Embarrassed 7. Approval 8. Appreciate
Questions:
5. He worked in a change booth.
6. Mr Cattanzara read the New York Times.
7.Mr Cattanzara's weakness is the alcohol.
8. George told Mr. Cattanzara that he's going to read a lot in home in order to pick up his education in addition to that he told that he planned on reading one hundred books this summer.
Page 21 :
Vocabulary Practice :
1 – e
2 – f
3-a
4-b
5-c
6-d
Questions.
9. George felt guilty uncomfortable for his sayings and actions.
10.He treated him` with a joke like kid a little boy because he found out that he cannot stand on his word as a man and do what he said that he will do.
11. George felt really terribly bad ,embarrassed, he felt agony.
12.He ran away from everything and everyone locked himself in the room hiding and not facing the reality facts running away from the world.
Page 23 :
Vocabulary Practice
1.disgrace ; 2. Figured. ; 3. Confidence ; 4. Accidentally ; 5. Trembling
Questions :
13.The neighbors treated George nicely with sense of respect .
14. The lie that George told his neighbors was that he already finished reading so many books.
15. At the end of the story George ran from his house to the library counted 100 books sat on the table and