Lunch Money Vocabulary Quiz

Which of the following is the best meaning for the word profit?

• to be the best at a sport.

• to be artistic.

• to lose money.

• to make money in a business venture.

What does the word amateur mean?

• a beginner at something.

• the opposite of smart.

• to be an actor.

• to be a silly person.

How would you define the word empire used in the book Lunch Money?

• the power that Darth Vader stole from the Jedi.

• to fail as a business.

• a powerful and successful business.

• a group of people that run the government.

In Lunch Money, Greg starts a comic book production. What does the word production mean in this sense?

• like a Broadway play.

• to produce something or manufacture.

• to advertise a product.

• to make money.

to be conceited is to...

• think you are the best at everything.

• think you are funny.

• be smelly.

• be the worst at everything.

Throughout Lunch Money, Greg shows great initiative. What does that mean?

• to be greedy.

• the inability to complete a task.

• a lack of empathy.

• the ability and drive to do things.

Greg starts a comic business and he describes his process as a full blown operation. The best way to describe operation in this sense is...

• to have surgery in a hospital.

• the process used to create something.

• a secret mission to space.

• the different math strategies he uses in Mr. Z's class.

Mrs. Davenport says "But before I go on, I have to make a confession." What does the word confession mean?

• to deny something that you did wrong.

• to have a conference call.

• to make a cake.

• to admit to something.

"Everyone agrees that its right to get paid for work that's done well. These kids are asking for the same privilege, plus they've volunteered to donate a percentage of all their profits to the school library-which no book club has offered to do."

What does the word privilege mean?

• to be rich.

• the right to do something.

• to be punished.

• the correct answers on an exam.

What does the word flattering mean?

• to be complimented.

• to flatten an object.

• to make fun of someone.