ALWTW Vocab Warmup #3 (Ch. 5-8)

ALWTW Vocab Warmup #3 (Ch. 5-8)

By Antoinette Murray

The following slides have vocabulary words from chapters 5-8 of A Long Walk to Water. Use the slides and definitions provided to help you answer the multiple choice questions.

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Ch. 5-8 Vocab

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Inhabited- Occupied or lived in.

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​Makeshift- (n) a temporary substitute for something else; (adj) crude, flimsy, or temporary.

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​Solemn- serious, formal, dignified, sad

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Wailing-a long, loud cry as if in grief or pain​

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Ch. 5-8 Vocab

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Monotonous-continuing in an unchanging tone

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​Gauge- to measure

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​Ferried -transported, carried

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​Gingerly- very carefully or cautiously

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Multiple Choice

She could hear her poor cat ____ in the waiting room of the veterinarian's office

• Solemn

• Gingerly

• Wailing

• Gauge

Multiple Choice

The woods are ____ by many wild animals.

• inhabited

• ferried

• makeshift

• solemn

Multiple Choice

She thought her voice on the video was ______ and boring, so she rerecorded her speech.

• makeshift

• monotonous

• wailing

• gingerly

Multiple Choice

The refugees had been living in ____ tents for a year.

• gauge

• inhabited

• ferried

• makeshift

Multiple Choice

Use a thermometer to ____ the temperature.

• Ferry

• inhabit

• gauge

• makeshift

Multiple Choice

The football team was ____ after they lost the last game of the season.

• monotonous

• gingerly

• wailing

• solemn