Acceleration, Chapters 11-15

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What do people in the Jungle dream of on summer nights? Money A better house Air conditioning Fire Where do the boys find reprieve from the torturous summer heat? School The pool The Warehouse The library What do serial killers leave behind when they kill? DNA A personality fingerprint A trophy A calling card What makes a serial killer? Cruelty to animals, bed-wetting, and fire starting Cruelty to animals, assault charges, and bed-wetting Assault charges, fire starting, and cruelty to animals Fire starting, car theft, and cruelty to animals How do the police treat Duncan and his story about a potential serial killer? They start working on the case immediately They don’t believe him because he’s rude to them They don’t take him seriously They threaten to arrest him What does the bold word mean in context?“First rule of surveillance you pick up from any cop show: see, but don’t be seen.” Continuous ignoring of something Continuous observation of something Continued silence Continued attacks on something What does the bold word mean in context?“Surreal is the word for how things feel right now. I’ve spent the last couple of hours fumbling around trying to find one particular psycho in a city that must have hundreds of them.” Nonfiction Unreal Fun Scary What does the bold word mean in context?“He stood up and started pacing around behind me. It’s a small room for all that agitated energy.” Calm Tranquil Sleepy Disturbed What does the word in bold mean in context?“Mason Lucas has a name for this “escalation of increasingly destructive aberrant behavior,” this demented growth pattern moving from pets to fires to people.” Conforming Departing from the norm Welcoming Organizing in a specific way What does the bold word mean in context?“Mason Lucas has a name for this “escalation of increasingly destructive aberrant behavior,” this demented growth pattern moving from pets to fires to people.” Insane Happy Funny Lame Neutral Surveillance Surreal Default Acceleration Hypothetical Hieroglyphics Negative Carnage Agitated Aberrant Demented Arraigned Agitated (Antonym) Calm Annoyed Emotional Disturbed Surveillance (Synonym) Obliviousness Watchfulness Ignorance Annoyance Default (Antonym) Automatic Thoughtless Selected Evasion Surreal (Synonym) Realistic Phantasmagoric Nonfiction Real Demented (Antonym) Harebrained Disgusted Distressed Sane Match the prefix with it's meaning Hypo- meaning under, beneath; deficient, less than. Ab- meaning from, away from.