Chapter 25 Vocabulary Reading Attention Check Up

Where is the Statue of Liberty situated?

• In Boston Harbor.

• On Ellis Island.

• In Washington, D.C.

At what time do astrologers generally believe that the positions of stars most profoundly influence your future?

• At death.

• At birth

• At age 7

• Your whole life

What is pidgin?

• A type of wild bird.

• A lingua franca.

• A sharp beak.

• A celestial body.

Which statement is true about pidgin creole?

• It is vast and complex.

• It has a sharply reduced vocabulary.

• It is not a language.

• It is never spoken.

Which type of wood is common along the Gulf and Pacific Coasts and is infrequently used to build homes in moist regions?

• Cherry wood

• Oak wood

• Pine wood

• Cedar wood

What type of purchases tend to be made by shoppers when they do not plan or organize a budget or shopping list?

• Great sales

• Impulse buys

• Needs purchases

Where was the prestigious John Hopkins School of Medicine founded in 1876?

• In Rhode Island

• In Baltimore

• In Chicago

• In New York

Which American author wrote the fiction novel, Huckleberry Finn, about a runaway slave named Jim and his impulsive young friend, HucK?

• William Faulkner

• Mark Twain

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Henry James

What is the name of the isolated southwestern Pacific Maori Island where otherwise extinct bats and lizards still habitat the island?

• Bali

• New Zealand

• Hawaii

• the Galapagos

Which adjective best describes the length of the acquaintances of the two painters, Frank Duvneeck and William Merritt Chase , in Munich?

• Momentous

• Long

• Brief