Vocabulary Quiz for Unit 6: Free Speech and Social Media

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

In the morning, when Ophelia noticed her little brother was upset, she read him his favorite story. At lunch, she shared her food with a classmate who forgot his lunch at home. After school, she volunteered at a local children’s hospital.

• Caring

• Distracted

• Artistic

• Angry

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

I felt terrible after I broke Mrs. Robinson’s favorite vase, so I bought her a new one.

• Constitute
• Dissent
• Redress
• Repair

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

My mom always agrees with the teachers when I get in trouble. She told me, “If you’re in trouble at school, you’re in trouble at home.”

• Disagree
• Ignore
• Concur
• Agree

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

Keisha could just barely make out the shadow of a man in the window across the courtyard.

• Concur

• Discern

• Dissent

• Collude

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

Frances told them Johnny definitely could not have done it because he was with her. “That’s the truth!” she cried.

• Abridge
• Prohibit
• Agree
• Contend

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

Because Ms. Siccaro had let other students make up work, she felt that she had to let Jin do so, as well.

• Precedent

• Prohibition

• Contention

• Exemption

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

Markel’s parents said the motorbike was for his use only. How dare his little sister take it out for a ride!

• Abridge
• Precede
• Infringe

• Obey

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace is usually more than 1000 pages long, but this version is only 500 pages.

• Abridged

• Contended

• Infringed

• Contest

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

Mr. Gutierrez sternly told his children, “By no means are you going to that party on Saturday.”

• Concurrence

• Discernment

• Prohibition

• Allusion

Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario:

Although eight of the Supreme Court justices agreed on one ruling, Justice Thomas disagreed.