Root word - use what other words can be made from this root ?

Review the passage from “the listeners.” for he suddenly smote on the door, even louder, and lifted his head: — "tell them i came, and no one answered, that i kept my word," he said. based on this passage, what is the best inference about the man?

The description of the house in this excerpt gives an example of

Brendan is playing in the backyard.