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Freshmen Honors WOW 16

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A wrestling match ensues.
Pittacus Lore  --  I Am Number Four
A synonym for the red word could be:
a)
Occurs
b)
Ends
c)
Lessens
d)
Decides
2.

She pictured its tiny body washed by strangers, wrapped in a tawny shroud, lowered into a hole dug in a patch of windswept land under the disappointed gaze of vultures.

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

The red word means

a)

a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color

b)

loose and flowing

c)

old and crumbling

d)

close fitting and secure

3.

He grabbed it back, and a tussle ensued.

Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire

What type of sentence is this?

a)

Compound

b)

simple

c)

complex

4.
Brenda was there, trying her best with Jorge to facilitate who would go next, to prevent everyone from going at once in a stampede that would surely kill half of them.
James Dashner  --  The Death Cure
The red word best means which as used in the sentence?
a)
to assist the progress of
b)
make easier
c)
lessen the impact
d)
to follow in order
5.
After kola nuts had been presented and eaten, the people of the sky set before their guests the most delectable dishes Tortoise had even seen or dreamed of.
Chinua Achebe  --  Things Fall Apart
An antonym for the red word could be
a)
Delicious
b)
Pleasing
c)
Unappealing
d)
Ugly
6.
Is it possible that I had a momentary lapse of sanity?
Colleen Hoover  --  Slammed
Which definition best fits the red word?
a)
a change in behavior or state—usually undesired
b)
a period of time
c)
a moral fall
d)
the termination of a right or privilege through neglect
7.

She had the adorable habit of letting the pink tip of her tongue protrude from her full, delectable lips while she concentrated.

Homer Hickam -- October Sky

What type of sentence is the word delectable used in

a)

Complex

b)

Compound

c)

simple

8.
As regularity is a prime condition facilitating activity, regularity in his household was carried to the highest point of exactitude.
Leo Tolstoy  --  War and Peace
What part of speech is the red word?
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adjective
d)
Adv
9.
The chaplain nodded to himself as though deciding the argument and lapsed into embarrassed silence.
Catch-22
What part of speech is the red word?
a)
Verb
b)
Noun
c)
Adjective
d)
Adverb
10.

When he lapsed into silence I thought of what Bear said about Lord Furnival.

Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead

What sentence structure is the red word found?

a)

Complex

b)

Compound

c)

Simple

11.

In the ensuing silence, you could hear a tear drop.

Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Noun

12.

I killed my first game, a beautiful tawny beast with curved horns and a black diagonal stripe across his flank: a young male impala. Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

d)

Verb