Vocabulary Quiz: Of Mice and Men

What does the word 'juncture' mean?

• A) A place where things join

• B) Litter; scattered pieces of waste

• C) Spotted; marked with different colors

• D) Resting; leaning.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: 'Debris' refers to ______.

• A) A place where things join

• B) Litter; scattered pieces of waste

• C) Spotted; marked with different colors

• D) Resting; leaning.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of 'mottled'?

• Resting; leaning

• Withdrawn; gloomy; sad

• Spotted; marked with different colors

• Moved clumsily or heavily.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: 'Recumbent' means ______.

• Resting; leaning

• Withdrawn; gloomy; sad

• Spotted; marked with different colors

• Moved clumsily or heavily.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'morosely' mean?

• Withdrawn; gloomy; sad

• Moved clumsily or heavily

• Abruptly; angrily

• Imitation of someone else's mannerisms.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: 'Pantomime' refers to ______.

• Abruptly; angrily

• Imitation of someone else's mannerisms

• Thought deeply about

• Overbearing manner.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'contemplated' mean?

• Thought deeply about

• Overbearing manner

• With extreme anxiety; distressed

• Howled; wailed as if in pain.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of 'anguished'?

• With extreme anxiety; distressed

• Howled; wailed as if in pain

• Beat; tore at a person or animal

• Uninvolved with people or events.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'maul' mean?

• A) Beat; tore at a person or animal

• B) Uninvolved with people or events

• C) Unsatisfying

• D) Attempting to please with flattery.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: The word 'hurled' means ______.

• Unsociable

• Threw something with great force

• Provided comfort to someone who is distressed

• Twisted or squirmed from pain.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4