1. A Boy Called Slow Vocabulary I can identify and use key vocabulary words accurately.

2. Custom (noun) Each tribe had its own language and customs.

3. Custom (noun) Cus-tom Usual way followed by people of a particular group

4. Determination (noun) His name now meant determination and courage to those who knew him.

5. Determination De-ter-min-a-tion The quality of being firm in carrying out one’s plans

6. Extended (adjective) So the parents of this boy and the other relatives in his tiyospaye, his extended family, watched the first son of Returns Again closely.

7. Extended (adjective) Ex-tend-ed Enlarged; made to include more

8. Inherited (verb) Slow, too, inherited some of his father’s gift.

9. Inherited (verb) In-her-i-ted Received something from an ancestor

10. Raid (verb) When the Crows raided our village, the others were ready to retreat, but your father was the one who returned.

11. Raid (verb) Raid An attack for the purpose of taking property.

12. Reputation (noun) By the time Slow reached his seventh winter, he had gained a reputation as one of the strongest of the boys.

13. Reputation (noun) Rep-u-ta-tion What others think about the character and behavior of someone.

14. Respect (noun) “The best way,” Returns Again told him, “to gain the respect of your people is to be both brave and wise.”

15. Respect (noun) Re-spect Feelings of admiration and approval