Review for The Great Gilly Hopkins Test

1. Choose the correct definition for the word: delinquent.

• criminal
• shaky and unsteady
• threatening
• inability; lack of skill
• cooperatively

2. Choose the correct definition for the word: rickety.

• shaky and unsteady
• threatening
• inability; lack of skill
• cooperatively
• criminal

3. Choose the correct definition for the word: vigorously.

• strongly and with great force
• shaky and unsteady
• threatening
• inability; lack of skill
• cooperatively

4. Choose the correct definition for the word: obligingly.

• cooperatively
• shaky and unsteady
• threatening
• inability; lack of skill
• criminal

5. Choose the correct definition for the word: menacing.

• threatening
• shaky and unsteady
• inability; lack of skill
• cooperatively
• criminal

6. Choose the correct definition for the word: incompetence.

• inability; lack of skill
• shaky and unsteady
• threatening
• cooperatively
• criminal

7. We watched as our cat ____________ along the fence, moving closer and closer to the bird that she wanted to pounce upon.

• vengeance
• sidled
• diverted
• awry

8. Using Superglue, I ____________ glued all the tiny pieces of the vase back together.

• benignly
• vigorously
• obligingly
• painstakingly

11. Which sentence below correctly describes how Gilly feels when she first arrives at Trotter’s house?

• She feels irritated and wants to be rebellious.
• She feels hopeful and thankful for a new beginning.
• She feels afraid of Trotter and William Ernest.
• She feels nervous and shy about starting a new school.

12. Choose the best words to describe Agnes.

• Lonely and desperate for a friend
• Angry and rebellious
• Confident and popular
• Funny and good-natured