Worksheet for Chapters 15 and 16

Match the following words to their correct partners below by putting the correct letter in the blank.
a. mush  b. dutch-oven  c. jinx   d. pruned  e. superstition   f. monotonous  g. baying  h. eliminations  i. discouraging  j. gingerly

___1. to lose hope or confidence

___2. going on and on with the same thing

___3. very carefully; cautious

___4. a soft breakfast food made from corn

___5. to bark or howl with long, deep sounds

___6. to trim bushes

___7.  take out or leave out

___8.  kettle with a lid that you can cook over an open fire with

___9. a belief or fear that something bad might happen

___10. means you will have bad luck