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THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
COPY MASTER
Vocabulary Practice
abscond
aperture
immolation
preclude
repose
impunity
subside
termination
A. Directions: Write the word from the box that correctly completes each sentence.
1. Seeing the guard lying in ________________ at his post, the thieves drew
closer.
2. They turned to ________________ with the jewels, but a sudden alarm startled
them.
3. The traffic sounds outside seemed to ________________, but the noise inside
grew louder.
4. Thrusting the jewels into an ________________ in the wall, the thieves pressed
the elevator button.
5. They might have walked off with ________________ but for a strange twist of
fate.
6. A squirrel had chewed through the box that held the ________________ point
for all of the building’s electrical wires.
7. The poor squirrel’s unexpected ________________ had set off the fire alarms
for the building.
8. The resulting blackout would ________________ the thieves’ from being able
to escape in the elevator for several hours, during which time the theft was
noticed and they were captured.
B. Writing Option: Describe Montresor’s crime in a statement that could be used
to support a charge of murder against him. Use at least three words from the box.
70 Unit 3
Grade 9
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