Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Vocabulary

Which word means "dull and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest?"

• Monotonous

• Mortgage

• Loitering

• Tenant

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

A legal agreement by which a bank lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the borrower's property is called what?

• Loitering

• Formidable

• Tenant

• Mortgage

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

A (a)   is a bundle of paper, hay, cotton, etc., tightly wrapped and bound with cords or hoops.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you meticulously open something you _____ open it.

• Quickly

• Carefully

• Rapidly

• Briskly

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year is called what?

• Agriculture

• Labor

• Sharecropper

• Rancher

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

(a)   is standing or waiting around without a clear purpose.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

An example of a raucous sound would be which of the following?

• Piano

• Crickets

• Thunder

• Birds chirping

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which of the following is an example of a virtue?

• Rich

• Generosity

• Selfishness

• Vice

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which word means "in a way that is uncertain or likely to fall or collapse?"

• Malevolently

• Precariously

• Ornate

• Engrossed

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

The formidable opponents were extremely intimidating to the young basketball team. What does the word formidable mean in this context?

• Powerless

• Fragile

• Intense

• Delicate

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4