Context Clues and Connotation review

"As he was as cautious as he was brave, wary, inventive, wily and resourceful, he was entrusted with a hundred soldiers and he organized a company of scouts who saved the army on several occasions during a retreat."

Based on the text, the speaker describes the character in a way that is...

• positive

• neutral

• negative

"Lieutenant," said he, "here is a dispatch from General de Lace're, who will be destroyed if we do not go to his aid by sunrise to-morrow. He is at Blainville, eight leagues from here."

Which group of words best replaces "aid" and "eight leagues" in the quote above?

• regret, eight people

• home, eight soldiers

• help, a distance

• job, a distance

"The snow, which was still falling, covered them with a white powder in the darkness, and as it did not melt on their uniforms, they were hardly distinguishable in the night amid the dead whiteness of the landscape."

Based on the text, which word best replaces the word "distinguishable?"

• cunning

• creative

• baffling

• recognizable

"A command was given in a low tone and when the troop resumed its march it left in its wake a sort of white phantom standing in the snow. It gradually grew fainter and finally disappeared. It was the echelons who were to lead the army."

Based on the text, echelons are .....

• unimportant

• higher rank

• lowest rank

• not in attendance

"The scouts slackened their pace. Something was ahead of them."

Based on the text, which word would best replace "slackened?"

• increased

• ignored

• slowed

• returned

If a person asks, "Whither are you bound?" they are essentially asking...

• Where are you going?

• What are you doing?

• Why are you here?

• When are you going?

"And she sat down. She was shaking with cold and seemed about to lose consciousness. "Lieutenant," said he sobbing, "we shall only impede your march. Leave us here."

Based on the text, what does "impede" mean?

• reroute

• expedite

• delay

• cancel

"Her father wanted to carry her, but he was too old and weak. The officer had given a command. Some men had started off. They came back with branches they had cut, and in a minute a litter was ready."

Based on the text, a litter is...

• a ramp

• a boat

• a bed

• a coat

"Another voice nearer by gave the countersign. They made another halt; some conferences took place."

The writer most likely means _______ when he writes the underlined phrase?

• a conversation took place

• a battle began

• soldiers refused to proceed

• danger was ahead

"A cold wind was driving the clouds, and innumerable stars were sparkling in the sky behind them, gradually paling in the rosy light of dawn." Without changing the meaning of the sentence, which word could replace innumerable in the sentence?

• very few

• difficult to see

• too many to count

• hidden