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Into the Wild Vocabulary

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 5+ times

Into the Wild Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“The Slabs functions as the seasonal capital of a teeming itinerant society—a tolerant, rubber-tired culture comprising the retired, the exiled, the _____________, the perpetually unemployed”(Krakauer 43).

mirthless

contumacious

destitute

irksome

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“ He did __________________ each morning to get in shape for the rigors of the bush and discussed backcountry survival strategies at length with Bob, a self styled survivalist”(Krakauer 45)

destitute

irksome

aridity

calisthenics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If he went to the rangers, however, they would have some ______________ questions for him…”(Krakauer 28)

unsullied

irksome

enormity

mirthless

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“The mind is beset by light and space, the kinesthetic novelty of ___________, high temperature, and wind”(Krakauer 27).

mirthless

infallibility

aridity

obscured

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“In other habitats, the rim of sky above the horizontal is broken or _________________; here, together with the overhead portion, it is infinitely vaster than that of rolling countryside and forest lands…”(Krakuaer 27)

obscured

mirthless

contumacious

irksome

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“Thompson, Samel, and Swanson, however, are ___________________ Alaskans with a special fondness for driving motor vehicles where motor vehicles aren’t really designed to be driven”(Krakauer 11).

infallibility

contumacious

aridity

irksome

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was ____________ as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility”(Krakauer 9 )

unsullied

aridity

mirthless

destitute

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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