One of the possible words here would be "wrong". Whether that's the one H would have used i don't know. but in 1600 they didn't have access to geology, fossils, or big bangs
He panics when the teacher gives out a test and works himself into frenzy and tries to cheat. The kid he tries to cheat off of fails and he realizes he might of passed if he didn't cheat. He now has to sit out the game he really wanted to play in too.