"Pulling Up Stakes" Quiz

Match the vocabulary words on the right, with their definitions on the left.

• D, A, B, C

• B, A, D, C

• A, D, B, C

• C, A, D, B

An action or judgement that is misguided or wrong

• Irresistible

• Stakes

• Mistake

• Luggage

Stake

• an action or judgement that is misguided or wrong

• suitcases or other bags in which to pack personal belongings for traveling

• fitting in well with a person's needs, activities and plans

• a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end

Fancy

• too attractive and tempting to ignore

• elaborate in structure or decoration

• a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end

• an action or judgement that is misguided or wrong

Plunging: to push or thrust quickly

• True

• False

Smoldering: An uncontrollable fire

• True

• False

Suitcases or other bags

• Paraphernalia

• Storage

• Luggage

• Belongings

Select the dictionary definition that supports the word as it is used in the statement. “Some had fancy clothing.” (97)

• adjective

  
  

  1.elaborate in structure or decoration.

• adjective

  
  

  1.of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the imagination rather than from life.

• noun

  
  

  1.a feeling of liking or attraction

• noun

  
  

  1.the faculty of imagination

“Pulling up stakes”

• is a metaphor for hard work.

• is an idiom about killing a cow.

• is a simile comparing ropes and bulls.

• an idiom that refers to moving/changing environments.

"Pulling Up Stakes" is mostly about

• an immigrant who learns to love idioms.

• a group of immigrants helping one another to survive in America.

• an immigrant assimilating into American culture.

• a lonely immigrant teenager who fantasizes about having a girlfriend.