To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 1-7

The _____ old woman slowly made her way up the stairs.

• cantankerous

• conscience

• tranquil

• feeble

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank with a word from your assigned vocabulary list.

Atticus has a strong _____; he is an upstanding man who knows right from wrong.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

adj. irritable; difficult to deal with

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Substitute the underlined word in the following sentence:

"After I posed the strange question, Isabelle looked at me with a quizzical expression, prompting me to further explain."

• perplexed

• irked

• cantankerous

• tranquil

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to ____ her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.

• compel

• boondoggle

• tranquil

• harbor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"She was furious, and when she was furious Calpurnia’s grammar became erratic. When in tranquility, her grammar was as good as anybody’s in Maycomb" (Chapter 3).

• lacking strength

• irritable; difficult to deal with

• peaceful; at ease

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The ____ old man shooed the children with his cane.

What word best fills in the blank in the above sentence?

• irksome

• cantankerous

• compelled

• feeble

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does Miss Caroline shriek about?

• a mouse by Walter Cunningham's desk

• Boo Radley peaking through the window

• a bug in Burris Ewell's hair

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What word would NOT describe Walter Cunningham and his family?

• Poor

• Respectable

• Nasty

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is one item that the kids do NOT find in the oak tree's knothole?

• pennies

• nickels

• gum

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2