2. Give corresponding verbs to the following nouns:

acknowledgement	intrusion
protection	mixture
stew	settlement
groan	stuff

3. Explain these expressions in English:

to blurt something foolishly –

to dog somebody –

to bring up one’s grades –

to spill one’s guts to somebody –

to stew in anger–

to build a wall around oneself–

to resume one’s search –

to wear a phony grin –

to turn over a new leaf –

to stab in the back –

to get the chip off one’s shoulder–

4. Answer the following questions:

How does violence in the family influence children?

What do you think can gun help Tyray solve his problems?

TEST TO CHAPTER 5

Name__________________ Group ________________

1. State whether the idea is true (T) or false (F):

a.____Tyray asked Lark to help him buy a present for his mother.

b.____Tyray’s mom was under a lot of pressure because of her sister’s illness.

c.____Tyray’s mother spent much time cooking because Tyray’s father enjoyed it.

d.____Tyray’s mother graduated from the university.

e.____The misery of the last weeks changed Tyray and made him talk about his father.

f.____Tyray missed his older brother Warren.

g.___ The police caught Warren when he and his friends held up a grocery store.

h.____No matter how much Warren had changed, Tyray loved him.

i.____Tyray hated intimidating smaller kids.

j.____Darrel wanted to show everyone at Bluford that he was a bigger man.

2. Give corresponding verbs to the following nouns:

sound	complain
eye	exclamation
surprise	hesitation
confession	idol

3. Explain these expressions in English:

an idea struck him

to be flattered by one’s attention

to be under a lot of pressure

to cheer up someone

to caress a cheek with the hand

she stuck in a low-paying job

to be surprised at one’s own honesty

to bust one’s back

to be hard on someone

to bully the household

to hold anger back

his grades dropped

to get into trouble left and right

to be sentenced to three years in jail

to set an example for someone

to sit behind the bars

4. Answer the following questions:

Why did Tyray’s mother marry his father?

What are the three things that kept Warren from going crazy?

TEST TO CHAPTER 6

Name__________________ Group ________________

1. State whether the idea is true (T) or false (F):

a.____Lark’s friends wanted her to give money to Tyray.

b.____Lark was not sure whether Tyray wanted to buy a present to his mom.

c.____Tyray was sure that Lark believed him.

d.____Lark gave him twenty dollars.

e.____The money Tyray got from Lark felt like a bundle of guilt over his heart.

f.____Tyray was not sure if his Dad would allow him to go out at 11:00 p.m.

g.____Tyray was very calm the night he was going to get a gun.

h.____Tyray’s father was enraged when Warren was arrested.

i.____ Tyray concluded that his father’s heart was full of anger, nothing else.

j.____ Tyray could not go out to buy a gun because his father stayed up late.