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Things Fall Apart Vocab Fill in the Blank

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After weeks of barely eating or sleeping, the ________ college student finally got through all his finals.

a)

prosperous

b)

haggard

c)

capricious

d)

malevolent

2.

Katniss Everdeen showed her __________ in archery by shooting a pig right in front of the gamemakers.

a)

amiss

b)

dregs

c)

pandemonium

d)

prowess

3.

When I got home, even though nothing looked different, I had a disquieting feeling that something was ________.

a)

amiss

b)

frenzy

c)

perpetual

d)

impenetrable

4.

The ___________ relationship between the couple was awkward to witness because they hadn't learned how to interact with each other romantically yet.

a)

ominious

b)

repentant

c)

insipient

d)

uncanny

5.

I didn't care about what my neighbor had to say, but I decided to _______ interest to be polite.

a)

capricious

b)

frenzy

c)

feign

d)

contemptible

6.

They studied ________ for the SATs because they wanted to get into Harvard.

a)

copiously

b)

ominously

c)

uncannily

d)

impenetrably

7.

The fire alarm worked everyone up into such a _________ that the teacher decided it would be easier to just give the test the next day.

a)

malice

b)

repentance

c)

ultimatum

d)

frenzy

8.

I could hear the _________ of the championship football game from 2 miles away.

a)

ultimatum

b)

evangelism

c)

tumult

d)

prowess

9.

Although many missionaries had good intentions, the truth is that __________ was a tool of colonialism to brainwash the natives and keep them from fighting back.

a)

ultimatum

b)

tumult

c)

evangelism

d)

prowess

10.

The idea of giving a speech at graduation was disquieting to the valedictorian because, while good at reading and writing, he did not consider himself to be an _________.

a)

orator

b)

frenzy

c)

miscreant

d)

prowess

11.

Even though it had been years since he committed any crimes, and he now had a steady job, he was afraid people would never see him as more than a _______.

a)

haggard

b)

dregs

c)

capricious

d)

miscreant

12.

The _______ child had 23 voodoo dolls--one for each classmate--and a bunch of weird-looking torture devices.

a)

perpetual

b)

repentant

c)

malevolent

d)

prosperous

13.

When the jury heard the _______ man's crimes, they gave him a life sentence without parole.

a)

contemptible

b)

evangelical

c)

impenetrable

d)

haggard

14.

The _________ music in the video game told me I was about to encounter something terrible...I just didn't know what yet.

a)

repentant

b)

contemptible

c)

perpetual

d)

ominious

15.

Peter Pan lives in a _________ state of boyhood because as long as he stays in Neverland, he'll never grow up.

a)

capricious

b)

perpetual

c)

amiss

d)

feign