Maniac Magee Vocabulary Quiz: Part I

There was a quick smatter of giggling by some people who figured the screaming kid was some part of the show, some funny animal maybe.

The word smatter means...

• wide spread

• slight knowledge or small amount

• loud or large amount

• collection

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Yet there are other theories.

The word theories in this sentence means...

• explanations

• ideas

• discussions

• mistrustful

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Abrupt

• Strong and Healthy

• Sudden or Unexpected

• Emotionless

• Very inviting

Robust

• Strong and Healthy

• Under The Surface

• An Undertaking or New Adventure

• Become Weak or Feeble

Languished

• Strong and Healthy

• To spread out

• Become weak or Feeble

• Under The Surface

a defect or flaw

• blemish
• instincts
• finicky
• solemnly

natural intuitive power

• instincts
• finicky
• solemnly
• hemisphere

fussy

• finicky
• solemnly
• hemisphere
• converged

A couple of people truly remember, and here's what they saw: a scraggly little kid jogging towards them.

The word scraggly means...

• ugly

• ragged or unkempt

• wild or disorganized

• dirty

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Three springy steps down from the risers--girls in pastel dresses screaming, the music director

lunging--a leap from the stage, out the door and into the starry, sweet, onion-grass- smelling

night.

The word lunging means...

• screaming

• walking forward suddenly

• moving forward suddenly

• clapping loudly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4