UPPER 1 READING FINAL EXAM REVISION by Mark Tuan Huu� Nguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw KEY VOCABULARY/PHRASES AND GUIDED QUESTIONS en-us 2021-12-13 00:57:56 UTC 2026-02-12 15:36:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Ambitious (adj), p. 332 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943405406 2021-12-13 01:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943405406 2. Cause (n), p. 327 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943406040 2021-12-13 01:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943406040 3. Confession (n), p. 326, 328 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943406912 2021-12-13 01:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943406912 4. Discourage (v), p. 332, 334 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943407341 2021-12-13 01:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943407341 5. Fate (n), p. 322 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943407752 2021-12-13 01:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943407752 6. Literacy (n), p. 318, 328, 335, 336 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943408535 2021-12-13 01:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943408535 7. Profession (n), p. 332, 334 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943412761 2021-12-13 01:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943412761 8. Reputation (n), p. 321, 335 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943413371 2021-12-13 01:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943413371 9. Drafted (v), p. 332 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943416883 2021-12-13 01:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943416883 10. Miniscule (adj), p. 332 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943417302 2021-12-13 01:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943417302 11. Social workers (noun phrase), p. 332 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943417897 2021-12-13 01:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943417897 12. Dragging you down (phrase), p. 333 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943418655 2021-12-13 01:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943418655 13. Sap your energy (phrase), p. 333 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943419157 2021-12-13 01:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943419157 14. Arrogant (adj), p. 347, 357 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943422612 2021-12-13 01:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943422612 15. Assume (v), p. 346 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943423054 2021-12-13 01:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943423054 16. Constant (adj), p. 355, 356 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943423613 2021-12-13 01:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943423613 17. Disgusted (adj), 352, 356 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943424263 2021-12-13 01:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943424263 18. Prodigy (n), p. 346 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943424813 2021-12-13 01:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943424813 19. Recall (v), p. 344, 357, 359 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943425644 2021-12-13 01:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943425644 20. Shame (n), p. 352 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943426136 2021-12-13 01:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943426136 21. Standard (n), p. 344, 349 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943426826 2021-12-13 01:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943426826 22. The means by which I obtained (phrase), p. 344 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943430350 2021-12-13 01:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943430350 23. Spokane Indian Reservation, p. 344 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943430997 2021-12-13 01:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943430997 24. Minimum-wage job (phrase), p. 344 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943432095 2021-12-13 01:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943432095 25. Government-surplus food (phrase), p. 344 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943433515 2021-12-13 01:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943433515 26. Avid (adj), p. 344 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943433931 2021-12-13 01:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943433931 27. In a fit of unemployment-inspired creative energy (phrase), p. 345 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943436004 2021-12-13 01:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943436004 28. Foreign (adj), p. 345 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943436378 2021-12-13 01:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943436378 29. With a sudden clarity (phrase), p. 345 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943436775 2021-12-13 01:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943436775 30. Genetics (n), p. 346 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943437226 2021-12-13 01:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943437226 31. An oddity (n), p. 346 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943439262 2021-12-13 01:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943439262 32. Ridiculed by (verb phrase), p. 347 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943439991 2021-12-13 01:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943439991 33. Subverted them (verb phrase), p. 347 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943441480 2021-12-13 01:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943441480 34. Powwow songs (n), p. 347 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943441995 2021-12-13 01:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943441995 35. Were monosyllabic (phrase), p. 347 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943442708 2021-12-13 01:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943442708 36. Submissively (adv), p. 347 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943443230 2021-12-13 01:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943443230 37. Bulletin (n), p. 348 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943443851 2021-12-13 01:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943443851 38. Tribal offices (n), p. 348 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943444372 2021-12-13 01:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943444372 39. With equal parts joy and desperation (phrase), p. 348 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943445092 2021-12-13 01:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943445092 40. Pediatrician (n), p. 348 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943445672 2021-12-13 01:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943445672 41. Sullen (adj), p. 348 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943446168 2021-12-13 01:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943446168 42. With theatrical precision (phrase), p. 348 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943446847 2021-12-13 01:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943446847 43. Resist (v), p. 349 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943447304 2021-12-13 01:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943447304 44. Hold (verb), p. 349 marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943447756 2021-12-13 01:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1943447756 45. What did Curtis decide to do in third grade that would change his life? (p. 318-319) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952849478 2021-12-17 01:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952849478 46. What does the idiom "I was floored" really mean? (p. 319) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952850314 2021-12-17 01:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952850314 47. How did Curtis fake being smart? (p. 319) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952853459 2021-12-17 01:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952853459 48. What did Curtis do when he met a teacher who wouldn't fall for his scam? (p. 320) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952862416 2021-12-17 01:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952862416 49. Why was it difficult for teachers to fail Curtis during high school years? (p. 320) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952863622 2021-12-17 01:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952863622 50. Why wasn't Curtis happy when he received a college scholarship? (p. 321) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952865889 2021-12-17 01:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952865889 51. What happened at his first job after college? (p. 322) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952868144 2021-12-17 01:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952868144 52. How did Curtis run his business without being able to read? (p. 323) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952874085 2021-12-17 01:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952874085 53. Why was it difficult for Curtis to have a social life? (p. 324) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952876009 2021-12-17 01:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952876009 54. How did the TV ad from Literacy Volunteers of America attract Curtis's attention? (p. 324-325) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952878974 2021-12-17 01:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952878974 55. What did he do when he returned to his hometown, Conyers? (p. 326) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952880997 2021-12-17 01:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952880997 56. What mistake did Curtis make during a TV show? (p. 327) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952885427 2021-12-17 01:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952885427 57. Why was Curtis's screwup considered one of the best television moments ever? (p. 327) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952888059 2021-12-17 01:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952888059 58. What does literacy, the ability to read and write, really mean to Curtis? (p. 328) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952890007 2021-12-17 01:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952890007 59. What are visuals, captions, and text boxes? (p. 330) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952893713 2021-12-17 01:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952893713 60. What does Magic Johnson say about the chances of someone playing in the NBA? (p. 331) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952896219 2021-12-17 01:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952896219 61. What does Johnson mean when he says "negative people can sap your energy so fast"? (p. 333) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952898787 2021-12-17 01:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952898787 62. What is Johnson's final advice for teenagers? (p. 334) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952900749 2021-12-17 01:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952900749 63. How does Alexie describe his family living conditions as? (p. 344) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952928717 2021-12-17 02:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952928717 64. How did Alexie develop a love for books? (p. 345) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952930818 2021-12-17 02:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952930818 65. How did Alexie connect a paragraph to life? (p. 346) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952935182 2021-12-17 02:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952935182 66. Why is Alexie considered an oddity but not a prodigy? (p. 346) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952937789 2021-12-17 02:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952937789 67. How do other Indian kids at school react to Alexie's talent for reading? (p. 347) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952940876 2021-12-17 02:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952940876 68. What did Alexie refuse to do? How did he do it? (p. 347) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952942659 2021-12-17 02:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952942659 69. According to Alexie, what is one thing that could save his and other Indian kids' lives? (p. 348) marktuanhuunguyen https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952945824 2021-12-17 02:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/marktuanhuunguyen/5ml181z9x7ldklqw/wish/1952945824