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Of Mice and Men Vocabulary Review

Authored by Wendy Samson

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Of Mice and Men Vocabulary Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


When the girl was stricken with chicken pox, her skin was ______________ with itchy, painful spots.

dignity

gravity

mottled

imperious

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


I thought to myself, would you please shut up and stop your incessant _______________ before I clobber you over the head?

mottling

yammering

pantomiming

apprehensiving

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


As a pacifist, I avoid all ________________ people, as I do not like to interact with aggressive individuals.

pugnacious

apprehensive

imperious

recumbent

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


The policeman in the middle of the intersection _____________ which direction the cars should go in order to avoid hitting one another.

yammered

pantomimed

disengaged

recumbent

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below?


Upon seeing the teenager squalling in the middle of the parking lot, tears and snot running down his face as he sat in a pathetic heap, the woman said, "My goodness, that child lacks ____________!"

elaborate

gravity

burlap

dignity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is a synonym for gravity?

beauty

intelligence

seriousness

humanity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is a synonym for gingerly?

gorgeously

happily

hesitantly

discreetly

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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