Deck 8: Keeping Secrets

Question 1

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
When America's first colony of English settlers mysteriously disappeared from Jamestown, Virginia, circa* 1586, they left no clues behind except for the word CROATOAN scratched into a tree.

Answer 1

cryptic

Question 2

Illicit means

A)troubled
B)underhanded
C)faked

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
Throughout Queen Elizabeth's reign, her political enemies constantly
against her.

Answer 3

intrigued

Question 4

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
The detectives searched the drug dealers' hideout, looking for the criminals'
of cocaine.

Question 5

Guise means

A)inward feeling
B)pretense
C)false name

Question 6

Pretext means

A)evil
B)working as a group to commit a crime
C)pretense

Question 7

Cache means

A)hidden store of goods
B)disguise
C)ghost story

Question 8

Cryptic means

A)plotting to cause trouble
B)dark
C)purposely difficult to understand.

Question 9

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
The thieves who stole the Van Gogh paintings from a museum in Amsterdam worked in such complete
no one saw or heard anything unusual.

Question 10

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
During wartime, can carry the death penalty.

Question 11

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
Under the of defending him, the company's CEO made it clear to the board that her vice-president was to blame for the marketing disaster.

Question 12

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
The agent tried to catch the leader of the smuggling ring by assuming the _ of a drug dealer.

Question 13

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
President Richard Nixon resigned after tapes of conversations revealed that he was involved in the cover-up of activities arranged by members of his administration.

Question 14

Pseudonym means

A)stranger
B)hidden meaning
C)assumed name

Question 15

Stealth means

A)dishonesty
B)mystery
C)secrecy

Question 16

Intrigue means

A)plot
B)lie
C)code

Question 17

Covert means

A)double
B)secret
C)lonely

Question 18

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
In the larger cities, gangs have taken over the drug trade.

Question 19

Espionage means

A)lying
B)using a false name
C)spying

Question 20

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
covert
illicit
pretext
intrigued
cryptic
espionage
guise
pseudonym
stealth
cache
The former government official wrote best-selling mystery stories under a .