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The Scarlet Ibis
Book Quiz Monday Sept. 24th 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Caul | membrane, sometimes covers babys heads at birth. |
| Marquisette | thin, netlike fabric. |
| Palmetto fronds | fanlike leaves of a palm tree. |
| Doodlebug | larva of a type of insert, also a train that goes back and forth between stations. |
| Piazza | large covered porch. |
| Paris green | poisonous green powder used to kill insects. |
| Brogans | heavy ankle-high shoes. |
| Iridescent | rainbowlike ; displaying a shifting range of colors. |
| Vortex | something resembling a whirlpool. |
| Dog's-tongue | wild vanilla. |
| imminent | near , about to happen. |
| infallibility | inability to make a mistake. |
| doggedness | stubbornness. |
| reiterated | repeated. |
| Precariously | unsteadily. |