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"Killing Mr. Griffin" Vocab Chp 6-10

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The pain of the broken foot was __________________________.

a)

exhilarating

b)

agonizing

c)

illeterate

d)

slothful

2.

A _________________ work ethic will get an employee fired.

a)

agonizing

b)

exhilarating

c)

precedent

d)

slothful

3.

Kathy was setting a _________________ for the future.

a)

illiterate

b)

contrariness

c)

precedent

d)

anticipation

4.

having a habit of studying

a)

slothful

b)

precedent

c)

studious

d)

contrariness

5.

ostracized

a)

included

b)

exhilerated

c)

excluded

d)

exercised

6.

Not able to read or write

a)

literate

b)

literature

c)

illiterate

d)

illigitimate

7.

Mrs. Griffin ________________ disagreed with Detective Baca's idea that Mr. Griffin left because she was pregnant.

a)

deceptively

b)

contritely

c)

vehemently

d)

tautly

8.

Susan tried to removed the ___________ rope around Mr. Griffin's wrists but couldn't.

a)

alienated

b)

taut

c)

contrary

d)

sophisticated

9.

lazy

a)

slothful

b)

contrary

c)

sophisticated

d)

anticipate

10.

to consider long and carefully

a)

saunter

b)

deceive

c)

anticipate

d)

contemplate

11.

Susan felt _____________ from other sophisticated groups of teenagers.

a)

deceived

b)

alienated

c)

contrary

12.

Dolly Luna is a

a)

major character.

b)

minor character.

13.

The setting of "Killing Mr. Griffin" is

a)

New York.

b)

New England.

c)

New Jersey.

d)

New Mexico.

14.

Gram enjoys

a)

orange jello.

b)

green jello.

c)

soap operas.

d)

game shows.

15.

Mark uses people who are weak or

a)

contrary.

b)

vulnerable.

c)

taut.

d)

sophisticated.

16.

The introduction of the characters, setting, and background of events of "Killing Mr. Griffin" is the

a)

exposition.

b)

rising action.

c)

climax.

d)

resolution.

17.

"David turned abruptly and started back along the path toward the clearing. The thin, golden rays of the late afternoon sun fell on this back and shoulders, but the air had already grown cool enough to make him shiver. "


This paragraph is a an example of

a)

imagery.

b)

a metaphor.

c)

a hyperbole.

d)

a simile.

e)

an allusion.

18.

"His eyes were shining so that their gray glittered like silver."


This is an example of

a)

imagery.

b)

a metaphor.

c)

a hyperpole.

d)

personification.

e)

a simile.

19.

"The car was as cold and devoid of personality as the thing in the grave by the waterfall."

This is an example of

a)

imagery.

b)

a metaphor.

c)

hyperbole.

d)

a simile.

e)

an allusion.