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Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocab. Week 2

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to hide something by covering or surrounding it

a)

alive

b)

shrouded

c)

helped

d)

sunken

2.

a small hill of sand beside a beach or in a desert

a)

sand

b)

dune

c)

desert

d)

none of the above

3.

a long pointed spike, used as a tool

a)

awl

b)

spike

c)

spear

d)

arrow

4.

to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer

a)

wave

b)

whisper

c)

fish

d)

beckon

5.

alone and unhappy; left alone and not cared for

a)

finished

b)

unhappy

c)

forlorn

d)

forgot

6.

to move quickly, with small short steps

a)

scurry

b)

scatter

c)

scrunch

d)

skittles

7.

a long, thin, flat beach which goes out into the sea

a)

gross

b)

sandspit

c)

dunes

d)

beach

8.

a place where a wild animal lives, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person hides

a)

lair

b)

darkness

c)

dungeon

d)

none of the above

9.

a plant that has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs

a)

needles

b)

aloe

c)

nettles

d)

rushes

10.

stuffed oneself with food

a)

gain

b)

fat

c)

gorged

d)

ugly

11.

abandoned, left completely alone

a)

deserted

b)

decreed

c)

dune

d)

awl

12.

like tar, thick sticky resin substance

a)

glue

b)

awl

c)

nettles

d)

pitch

13.

around the border

a)

slinking

b)

skirted

c)

outside

d)

inside

14.

to be chased

a)

beckoned

b)

chase

c)

pursued

d)

lair

15.

the center of a long cylinder or stick, the body of an arrow

a)

shaft

b)

tree

c)

pitch

d)

pine

16.

creeping around, trying to hide

a)

gorged

b)

pursued

c)

shaft

d)

slinking