Context clues- The Red-Headed League
Authored by Varda Tariq
English
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fleet street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope's Court looked like a coaster's orange barrow.
What does the word choked mean?
strangled
restored
hindered
jammed
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The fund was, of course, for the propagation and spread of the redheads as well as for their maintenance.
What does propagation mean?
extension
publicity
suppression
distribution
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It was pokey, little, shabby-genteel place, where a lawn of weedy grass and a few clumps of faded laurel bushes made a hard fight against a smoke-laden and uncongenial atmosphere.
Uncongenial means...
relaxing
hospitable
unpleasant
wicked
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
His brilliant reasoning power would rise to the level of intuition, until those who were unacquainted with his methods would look askance at him as on man whose knowledge was not that of other mortals.
What does the word unacquainted mean?
aware
mindful
unfamiliar
insensible
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbors, but I was always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with Sherlock Holmes.
What do you mean by oppressed here?
pleased
dejected
tortured
engaged
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When I flash a light upon them, close in swiftly. If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them down.
Compunction means...
conviction
innocence
assurance
qualm
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The four pounds a week was a lure which must draw him, and was it to them who were playing for thousands?
here, lure means...
repulse
hoax
bait
illusion
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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