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Where The Red Fern Grows
Where The Red Fern Grows Ch. 1-5 "fill in the blanks"
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Literature
5th Grade
11/13/2013

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residential
Definition
"just another dogfight in a _______section."
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boil(ed)
Definition
"They ______ out of an alley,"
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squall(ing)
Definition
"It was too much for him and he took off down the street, _________"
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scald(ed)
Definition
"like a _______ cat"
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cur
Definition
"A big ugly ___ tried his luck."
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wade(ed)
Definition
"Taking off my coat, I _____ in."
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rind
Definition
"The pads were worn down slick as the ____ on an apple."
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crude
Definition
"I guessed that the _____, scribbly letters had probably been written by a little boy."
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dormant
Definition
"It's strange indeed how memories can lie _______ in a man's mind for so many years."
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gratitude
Definition
"To show my _________, I took hold of his collar and said, 'Come on boy, let's go home and get something to eat.'"
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twilight
Definition
"As I watched him disappear in the ________ shadows, I whispered these words, 'Good-bye, old fellow. Good luck, and good hunting!'"
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drastic
Definition
"I figured something _______ must have happened in his life, as it is ver unusual for a hound to be travelling all alone."
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romp
Definition
"The kind (of dog) a boy can ____ and play with, even eat and sleep with."
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fare(d)
Definition
"I went to Mama. I _____ no better there."
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canyon
Definition
"It nestled at the edge of the foothills in the mouth of a small ______,"
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aromatic
Definition
"In the spring the ________ scent of wild flowers, redbuds, papaws, and dogwoods, drifting on the wind currents, spread over the valley and around our home."
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switch
Definition
"I'd take a ______ and sweep them all away."
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commotion
Definition
"If this didn't cause a _________!"
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bawl(ing)
Definition
"My sisters started _______ and calling for Mama."
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yowl(ed)
Definition
"He spit and ______ and dared anyone to get close to him."
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stout
Definition
"Mama was good and _____."
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pester(ing)
Definition
"I started _________ Mama again."
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bay(ing)
Definition
"I heard the deep ______ of a coon hound."
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bore
Definition
"His voice seemed to ____ its way through the pillow and ring in my ears."
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muzzle
Definition
"...he would have put a ______ on his hound."
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fester(ed)
Definition
"the old sore would get ________ up and start hurting again."
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hoe(ing)
Definition
"It all started one day while I was ______ corn down in our field close to the river."
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prowl
Definition
"It was always a pleasure to _____ where fishermen had camped."
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kennel
Definition
"The advertisement was from a ______ in Kentucky."
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mull(ed)
Definition
"I ______ them over in my mind."
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haunches
Definition
"A big swamp rabbit hopped out on the trail, sat on his ________"
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scamper(ed)
Definition
"(The rabbit) stared at me, and then _________ away."
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urgency
Definition
"They seemed to sense the _______ in my voice..."
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wares
Definition
"...(They) always bought my _____."
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quaver(ing)
Definition
"In a _________ voice, he said..."
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outfit
Definition
"'Well,' he said, 'the first thing we have to do is write this ______.'"
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adoration
Definition
"I was well paid by the love and _________ I saw in the wide blue eyes of my three little sisters."
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half-hearted
Definition
"With a ____________ laugh, my father said, 'Well, now, I don't know but it's a pretty good ways.'"
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glare(ed)
Definition
"I ______ at her."
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intend(ed)
Definition
"I fully ________ to tell him that evening."
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riffle
Definition
"I crossed the river on a ______ somewhere in the Dripping Springs country."
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pang(s)
Definition
"Feeling the _____ of hunger gnawing at my stomach, I decided I would stop and eat at the next stream I found."
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bolt(s)
Definition
"There in the window was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen; everything under the sun; overalls, jackets, _____ of beautiful cloth..."
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wince(d)
Definition
"I took one look at my bare feet and ______."
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amends
Definition
"Here was a chance to make ______ for leaving home without telling anyone."
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gawk(ed)
Definition
"He ______ at me."
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mill(ing)
Definition
"They were _______, running and jumping."
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spurt(ed)
Definition
"'Out of the hollow pipe _______ a boy.' He sailed through the air and lit on his feet."
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flail(ing)
Definition
"Arms ________ the air, I zoomed out and up."
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grit(ted)
Definition
"As I started down, I shut my eyes tight and _______ my teeth."
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nerve
Definition
"On arriving at the depot, my _____ failed me."
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muster
Definition
"He looked friendly enough but I still couldn't ______ up enough courage to go in."
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smother
Definition
"Well, I guess dogs can be carried that way same as anything else, but we'll have to cut a couple of holes to stick their heads through so they won't _______."
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whimper(ing)
Definition
"The other one was waddling around and __________."
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reception
Definition
"I hadn't gone far before I realized that the _________ I got wasn't what I thought it would be."
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snicker(ed)
Definition
"People began to stop and stare, some even _________."
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roost
Definition
"I don't know where they come from, but like chickens coming home to _____, they flocked around me."
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shock
Definition
"His _____ of yellow sunburst hair bobbed up and down as he skipped and jumped to the rhythm of the 'dog boy' song."
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stance
Definition
"As I turned around to face the mob, I doubled up my fist and took a Jack Dempsey ______."
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anvil
Definition
"I closed my eyes. I felt a hand as big as an _____ clamp on my shoulder."
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rugged
Definition
"There was a smile on his wide ______ face."
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outrage(d)
Definition
"I saw an ________ look come over the marshal's face."
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hesitation
Definition
"Seeing my __________, he said, 'This strawberry looks pretty good."
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waddle
Definition
"They would ______ up to the front of the cave, look at the fire, and come scampering back to roll and play in the soft leaves."
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venture(d)
Definition
"Once he went around the fire and ________ out into the darkness."
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runt
Definition
"She must have been a ____ in the litter."
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beady
Definition
"Their _____ little eyes bored into the darkness beyond the cave."
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wee
Definition
"In the ___ hours of the morning, he gave up..."
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stalk
Definition
"he gave up and left to _____ other parts of the mountains."
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