| A | B |
| cafeteria | a restaurant where people serve themselves |
| demonstration | a hands-on show or display |
| diary | a book used to record daily actions, thoughts, and feelings |
| racket | a loud noise |
| switch | a device that controls the flow of an electric current |
| triggered | caused to start |
| alternating | happening by turns |
| anticipation | state of looking forward to something |
| cemetery | graveyard; burial place |
| darted | moved suddenly and quickly |
| faith | belief without proof |
| retraced | went back over one's steps; traced over |
| scent | a distinct smell or odor |
| withdrew | took out; removed |
| awe | a feeling of wonder |
| bitter | showing pain or grief |
| determined | set or fixed in one's mind; firm |
| horrified | filled with horror or shock |
| panicked | acted as if it were an emergency without having real cause |
| select | to choose |
| suspicious | not trusting someone |
| challenging | calling in question; doubting |
| corridors | long hallways |
| custodian | janitor |
| cut | dismissed |
| valuable | worth something |
| applied | made a request; asked |
| community | all the people living in the same place and subject to the same rules or laws |
| council | group of people with rule-making authority |
| in-between | being at a middle place or stage |
| project | group of apartment buildings built and run as a unit especially with government support |
| resident | of or about a person living in a place |