Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz

The nation’s policy of segregation was unpopular. What is a word that has about the same meaning as segregation?

• freedom

• inclusion

• preference

• separation

If someone is mistreated, he or she is —

• treated cruelly

• handled properly

• given opportunities

• considered to be equal

If someone is qualified, he or she —

• performs poorly

• is unable to do something

• is not fit to complete a task

• meets necessary requirements

The demonstrators gathered peacefully. What is a word that has about the same meaning as demonstrators?

• lawmakers

• officials

• protestors

• soldiers

Which word or group of words is a synonym for sympathize in the sentence below? I sympathize with you about what you are going through.

• disagree

• feel concern for

• express little interest in

• become suddenly aware of

To write your name

• autograph

• autocrat

• automatic

• automobile

Show something that is transmitted

• telemarket

• telephone

• teletype

• televise

A small computer part

• microchip

• microorganism

• microgram

• microwave

A book about the life of a person

• biography

• biology

• bionic

• biosphere

The prefix micro- helps a reader know that a microscope is a tool that helps you see —

• something small

• something large

• something far away

• something on television