Vocabulary Quiz Prologue-Chapter5 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

What is the definition of 'mocked'?

• home where unmarried boys live on their own

• give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense

• a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment

• tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

Fill in the blank: 'sing'anga' is a ______.

• witch doctor

• corn

• dollar

• sack

What does 'maize' refer to?

• corn

• dollar

• sack

• arrears

Fill in the blank: To 'compensate' means to ______.

• give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred

• a bladed African tool like a machete

• a large shop selling miscellaneous goods

• sticky sap like glue.

What is a 'delinquent'?

• a) a bladed African tool like a machete

• b) a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment

• c) a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck

• d) a person who commits minor crimes.

Fill in the blank: 'mystical' is ______.

• spiritually allegorical or symbolic

• a large shop selling miscellaneous goods

• a home where unmarried boys live on their own

• a state of being scarce or in short supply

What are 'grievances'?

• corn chaff

• a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment

• a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck

• a bladed African tool like a machete.

Fill in the blank: 'lorries' are ______.

• a) a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck

• b) a bladed African tool like a machete

• c) a home where unmarried boys live on their own

• d) a state of being scarce or in short supply.

What are 'bazaars'?

• a) a large shop selling miscellaneous goods

• b) a bladed African tool like a machete

• c) a home where unmarried boys live on their own

• d) a state of being scarce or in short supply.

Fill in the blank: 'kwacha' is a ______.

• dollar

• corn

• sack

• arrears