The Only Road Vocabulary Quiz

If something is brittle it is...

• easy to find

• hard, yet easily broken

• solid as a rock

• bendy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which vocabulary word best describes El Gordo as a character?

• hysterical

• sweltering

• sinister

• diminutive

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

At times, Jaime and Angela's journey felt like it would go one and on forever. What vocabulary word describe this?

• perpetual

• notorious

• scruffling

• devour

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This word can have a positive or negative connotation: uncontrolled emotion.

• foreboding

• extract

• hysteria

• immortalize

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

During the day, the train car Jaime and Angela were riding in became overwhelmingly hot and [....].

• heaving

• epitomizing

• foreboding

• sweltering

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

This word can mean a short, confused fight or to move in a hurried way making a rustling sound.

• scuffle

• notorious

• gruff

• leer

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Someone who has a stern and harsh personality might be described as...

• diminutive

• gruff

• extract

• heave

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Fill in the blank: I was so hungry, I couldn't wait to [...] the food and didn't even care what was on my plate.

• devour

• epitome

• brittle

• perpetual

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

If someone is described as notorious it means they are...

• well known for being admirable

• well known for breaking a record

• well known for achieving something

• well known for a bad quality or deed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word describes Joaquin's stature (height)?

• diminutive

• foreboding

• sinister

• leer

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4