The Circuit Vocabulary Quiz

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text:

The more dents and nicks the big iron pot acquired, the more Mama liked it.

• Obtained or gained

• An understanding

• Extra portions, leftovers

• Moving on a yearly path

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text:

We completed a comprehension check by answering questions about what we read.

• Obtained or gained

• An understanding

• Extra portions, leftovers

• Moving on a yearly path

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence:

We had a surplus of strawberries that we delivered to the local orphanage.

• Obtained or gained

• An understanding

• Extra portions, leftovers

• Moving on a yearly path

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text:

Panchito tells of his early years as part of a family of migrant farm workers.

• Obtained or gained

• An understanding

• Extra portions, leftovers

• Moving on a yearly path

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text: After the man went in, Mama clasped her hands and hurried back to the car.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

What does the highlighted word mean in the following sentence from the text:

It was an old large galvanized pot she had picked up from an army surplus store in Santa Maria.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

I waited as the school secretary jotted down the information I gave her.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

Ito, the strawberry sharecropper, did not smile for the season of picking was over.

• A tenant farmer who works for a share of the crops

• Quickly sketched or written down

• Coated with zinc to prevent rusting

• Held tightly

That night, by the light of a kerosene lamp, we unpacked and cleaned our new home.

• Shyly or carefully

• Helpfully or agreeably

• A type of oil based fuel

• Based on the author's life

"It's alright," my teacher Mr. Lema said understandingly, "You can read later."

• Shyly or carefully

• Helpfully or agreeably

• A type of oil based fuel

• Based on the author's life