IVS Chapter 20 Final Check

I was not _______(e)d with athletic ability. In a frequent nightmare, I'm still trying to pass my mandatory gym class so that I can graduate from high school. The situation always looks grim.

• endow

• expulsion

• detract

• mortified

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

For one thing, the teacher has threatened me with ______ from school if I don't pass.

• endow

• expulsion

• detract

• mortified

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Also appearing in my dream is the terrifying vault horse, the very sight of which _______s from my mental health.

• endow

• expulsion

• detract

• mortified

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I run towards the horse, leap, and nose-dive into the mat. Ignoring my despair, the rest of the gym class laughs. Once again, I am _______ by my athletic performance.

• endow

• expulsion

• detract

• mortified

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Next, a single _______ rope threatens overhead, where it hangs from the ceiling. I try to contrive some excuse to get out of climbing it. However, my excuses are so incoherent that my teacher says, "I don't understand anything you're saying. Get started."

• endow

• expulsion

• detract

• mortified

• ominous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Wondering if anyone has ever died from rope burn, I struggle to climb it. Almost to the top, I sweat so much that I slide back to the floor, landing at the gym teacher's feet. "What a loser," the teacher mutters with an expression of total _______.

• disdain

• averse

• elation

• divulge

• nullified

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Because I've always been ________ to square-dancing, that too appears in the nightmare. Having forgotten my sneakers, I'm forced to dance in my socks. I slip, rather than dance, around the polished floor. During one high-speed turn, I go sliding ---- right into the men's locker room, where the smell causes me to pass out.

• disdain

• averse

• elation

• divulge

• nullified

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The only pleasant part of the dream comes near the end. With amazement and ______, I learn that I will graduate after all. I smile, thinking I'll never have to face the rigors of gym class again.

• disdain

• averse

• elation

• divulge

• nullified

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

But then, the principal _______s the terrible truth. I haven't managed to pass gym.

• disdain

• averse

• elation

• divulge

• nullified

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

My graduation depends on my agreeing to take four more years of gym when I get to college. If I don't, my high school diploma will be _______.

• disdain

• averse

• elation

• divulge

• nullified

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4