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Fill in the blank using the most appropriate terms. The word banks are separated by text and there is no
crossover. There are four sentences that relate to each reading, which means that six terms from each
word bank will not be used. There are no repeated terms.
The Wife of Bath's Tale
abominable

annex

bequeath

borough

condemn

contempt

deject

demur

preamble

sovereignty

1. The other travelers ask the Wife of Bath to tell her tale without _____________________.
2. King Arthur's wife, the Queen, originally treated the knight with _________________ because
he was a sinner who raped a maiden.
3. The knight thought that the old woman was a(n) _______________________ creature.
4. When the old woman scolded the knight, she suggested that gentility is not _______________
in nature to possession.
In a Scattered Protest, Saudi Women Take the Wheel
admonish

amoral

cleric

confiscate

detained

enliven

fatwa

inception

meted

mundane

1. The news article informs us that activities that United States citizens find _________________,
like driving, may be a source of controversy in certain parts of the world.
2. Many women who participated in the driving protest were ____________________by police.
3. However, a few women were fortunate enough to be simply __________________ against
driving and escorted home.
4. In the wake of Ms. Sharif's arrest, the royal family of Saudi Arabia ____________________
passports from 47 activists.

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Mallam Sile
abhorred

boisterous

cynicism

extricate

famished

incense

kiosk

naivete

pugnacious

rascal

1. In the beginning of the short story, the people of Zongo Street __________________ Mallam
Sile because he was an ugly and weak man.
2. Despite his shortcomings (pun intended!), Mallam Sile owned a popular and
________________ tea shop.
3. Mallam was hesitant to collect his debts because he felt sympathy for the ________________
and desperate in his community.
4. Samadu was weaker than Abeeba and could not _________________ himself from her
powerful grip.
The Men We Carry in Our Minds
acrid

discredit

emblem

finicky

ironclad

maim

marginal

sassafras

savvy

tedium

1. Scott Russel Sanders remembers that prisoners in labor camps were forced to breathe in
__________________ dust and boll-weevil poison.
2. He goes on to compare the prison labor to slavery, stating the white and black men became a(n)
_________________ of racial hatred.
3. Scott Russel Sanders only knew who worked with their hands and, therefore, viewed politicians
and ________________ lawyers as unreal.
4. The men the author carries in his mind were limited to tedious, ____________________
routines.