1In the short story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, Roger performs a serious misdeed when he takes Mrs. Jones’s purse. 2He soon finds out that he has seriously underestimated this lady. 3His insensitive behavior could have been severely punished. 4Readers might expect her to distrust Roger after the incident. 5Instead, she surprisingly shows some sympathy for the mis-responsible boy. 1. Which is the best definition for the word misdeed as it is used in sentence 1?

1In the short story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, Roger performs a serious misdeed when he takes Mrs. Jones’s purse. 2He soon finds out that he has seriously underestimated this lady. 3His insensitive behavior could have been severely punished. 4Readers might expect her to distrust Roger after the incident. 5Instead, she surprisingly shows some sympathy for the mis¬responsible boy. 2. Use your knowledge of the prefix in- and the context of sentence 3. Which of the following things would an insensitive person most likely do?

1In the short story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes, Roger performs a serious misdeed when he takes Mrs. Jones’s purse. 2He soon finds out that he has seriously underestimated this lady. 3His insensitive behavior could have been severely punished. 4Readers might expect her to distrust Roger after the incident. 5Instead, she surprisingly shows some sympathy for the mis¬responsible boy. 3. Misresponsible, in sentence 5, is not a real word. Which of the prefixes below creates a valid word and can replace mis-?