“A Backwoods Boy” Vocabulary Quiz

Define: condense

• shorten

• silly

• lengthen

• to postpone

What word means widespread sickness?

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Homestead is a piece of land given by whom?

• one’s church

• a deceased family member

• the government

• given by winning a lottery

What word means not receiving needed attention?

• anger

• hope

• offering

• neglect

Define: recite

• to pull a large object

• to repeat memorized details aloud

• running back and forth

• writing skills

Someone who is friendly is sometimes also called:

• angry

• popular

• sociable

• chatty

Define clumsy

• clumsy; not natural or graceful

• silly

• excited

• scared

Defiantly means:

• excitedly

• roughly

• roughly

• boldly resisting

“To steer or to guide one’s way through” is the definition of:

• rearrange

• navigate

• compromise

• become official

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I hope you will ———————— me by coming to Jon’s graduation in May.

• oblige

• forget

• forget

• ignore