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Where The Red Fern Grows
Where The Red Fern Grows Ch. 6-9 "fill in the blanks"
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5th Grade
03/25/2014

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weather
Definition
I would _______ the storm.
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nestle(ed)
Definition
It looked clean and neat and peaceful, _______ there in the foothills of the Ozarks. Yes, on that night I was proud of our home.
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boom(ing)
Definition
The _______ voice of my father shook me from my trance. He said, 'Well, what have you got there?'
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query(ing)
Definition
With a ________ look on his face, he said, I'm afraid I don't understand.
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sober
Definition
In a _____ voice my father said "Some day you may have to live in town."
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keen
Definition
Boy, that's a ____ way of getting out of a fire," I said.
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hamper(ing)
Definition
With the _________ help of my sisters I made the little doghouse.
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wiley
Definition
I just couldn't catch the old _____ coons.
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woe
Definition
He smiled as he listened to my tale of ___.
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bore
Definition
Find a good solid log close by and ____ a hole down about six inches.
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gouge
Definition
The sharp ends of the nails will _____ into his paw and he's caught.
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peculiarity
Definition
"You know," he said, a coon has more than one __________ about him."
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churn
Definition
My mother had an old _____.
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dasher
Definition
"It was one of those kind with a small hole in the lid for the ______."
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deliberately
Definition
"I don't think your grandpa ____________ lied."
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lope
Definition
"He dropped the harness, jumped over the rail fence, and in a long ____, started for me."
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frazzle
Definition
"If you ever scare me like that again, I'll take a switch and wear you to a _______."
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cross
Definition
"I didn't mean to be _____, but you did scare me. I thought a rattlesnake had bitten you."
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vicious
Definition
"You wouldn't think anything so small would be so _______."
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sportsmanlike
Definition
"I don't think this is very _____________."
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overrun
Definition
"Old Dan would get so eager and excited, he would _______ a trail."
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persistence
Definition
"I had a time with this part of their training, but my ___________ had no bounds."
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limber
Definition
"He just lay there in the sunshine, all stretched out and ______ as a rag."
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pipe(d)
Definition
"Sure they know Billy's going hunting," piped the little one, "and I know why."
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streak(ed)
Definition
"I turned them loose, saying, "Go get em." They ________ for the timber."
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jar
Definition
"The deep tones of Old Dan's voice ______ the silence around me."
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dandy
Definition
"The next trick the old fellow pulled was a _____."
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bewilder(ed)
Definition
"Old Dan, with a __________ look on his face, stood for a moment looking after her."
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domain
Definition
"Like a king in his own ______, it towered far above the other trees."
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breather
Definition
"while taking a ________, I saw I was making more progress than I thought I would."
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rave(d)
Definition
"She _____on. You can't possibly cut it down today, and what are you going to do when it gets dark?"
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whiskery
Definition
"He drove up with a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his ________ face."
Term
dumplings
Definition
Grandpa laughed. "Speaking of meals," he said, "your ma is having chicken and _________ for supper. Now we don't want to miss so let's get busy."
Term
convince(d)
Definition
"There was that serious look on Grandpa's face. That was all it took. I was firmly _________."
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flabby
Definition
"We stuffed the loose ______ clothes with grass and leaves."
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holler(ed)
Definition
Papa ________ from the porch, "Come on in. We've been waiting supper on you."
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backtrack(ing)
Definition
"It's called the ____________ trick." he said. "He _________(ed) on his original trail."
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hastily
Definition
"Oh, he's there, Mama" I _______ replied. "I know he is."
Term
fad
Definition
"I heard there was a ___ back in the New England states. Seems like everyone is going crazy over coonskin coats. Now if this is true, I look for the price of coon hides to take a jump."
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liniment
Definition
"Mama made me take a hot bath. Then she rubbed me all over with ________ that burned like fire and smelled like a civet cat."
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sympathy
Definition
"Old Dan seemed to understand. He showed his ________ by muzzling me with his head."
Term
muzzling (muzzle)
Definition
"Old Dan seemed to understand. He showed his sympathy by ________ me with his head."
Term
droning (drone)
Definition
"I was trying to rewrap my hands so I could go back to work when I heard a low _______ sound."
Term
momentum
Definition
"With one final grinding, creaking sigh, the big sycamore started down. It picked up ________ as the heavy weight of the overbalanced top dove for the ground."
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plunge
Definition
"In its downward ______, the huge limbs stripped the branches from the smaller trees."
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yelp(ing)
Definition
"_______ with pain, she shook him off and he streaked for the river."
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savage
Definition
"It was ______ and brutal."
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brutal
Definition
"It was savage and ______."
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while(d)
Definition
"I thought of the hours I had ______ away staring at its beauty and hard it had been finding the right name for it."
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full-fledged
Definition
"Along about then I decided I was a __________ coon hunter."
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bounds
Definition
"I had a time with this part of their training, but my persistence had no ______."
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