"Soldier's Home" - Vocabulary

Question 1

atrocity

Answer 1

ruthless or cruel action, situation or object; extreme evil

Question 2

apocryphal

Answer 2

false of counterfeit; of dubious authority, something you can’t trust

Question 3

intrigue

Answer 3

a cliffhanger, suspense or mystery

Question 4

setting of Soldier’s home

Answer 4

Kreb’s home and hometown in Oklahoma in 1919, after the war

Question 5

point of view

Answer 5

third person omniscient

Question 6

note

Answer 6

• his excuse for being late was “apocryphal”,
• trickery
• (intrigue) suspense or mystery
• apocryphal (untrue, bogus)
• (NOT correct) the apocryphal abductions that were occurring each week stunned the small town