Granddaddy's Turn Vocabulary Test

1-5. Match each word on top with the correct definition on the bottom.

• the ability to wait without getting upse

• remembered

• believed or thought

• temper

• thought of something that occurred in th

• figured

• express a feeling of unhappiness about s

• patience

• a person's state of mind or feelings of

• complain

6. It takes a lot of ______________ to wait in line for two hours.

• complaining
• patience
• temper
• figuring

7. I'm glad you ____________________ to bring the tickets because I completely forgot them.

• figured
• had patience
• complained
• remembered

8. My teacher _________________ that I would bring my homework tomorrow as I promised, so he said, "No problem -- I won't take any points off."

• remembered
• complained
• figured
• had patience

9. I saw Big George jump down off the monkey bars, his face as red as a ripe tomato. He had completely lost his ____________ this time, and everyone ran to get away, including me.

• patience
• temper
• complaint
• figure

10. When you go fishing with me, don't ________________ too much if the fish aren't biting. That happens all the time.

• complain
• remember
• be patient
• figure

BONUS!

The narrator in "Granddaddy's Turn" woke up every morning to the sounds of his pet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and his granddaddy's tractor. He didn't need an alarm clock.