The Keeping Quilt

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Key Vocabulary for Test

1.             border: a part that forms the outside edge of something

2.             gathering: a coming together of people

3.             needles: small, thin tools used for sewing

4.             scraps: leftover bits of cloth

5.             sewn: fastened with stitches using a needle and thread

6.             threaded: passed thread through the eye of a needle

 

Extra Practice

7.             hauling: pulling or carrying

8.             artificial: not real or natural; fake

9.             babushka: a woman’s scarf; from the Russian word meaning “grandmother”

10.        challah: a loaf of white bread, often braided, that traditionally is eaten at special Jewish celebrations

11.        linen: cloth made from fibers of the flax plant

12.        handkerchief: a square piece of cloth used for wiping the face or nose; a scarf

13.        huppa: canopy under which traditional Jewish weddings are performed

14.        poverty: being very poor

15.        bouquet: a bunch of flowers