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Maniac Magee Vocabulary Quiz: Part I

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There was a quick smatter of giggling by some people who figured the screaming kid was some part of the show, some funny animal maybe.


The word smatter means...

a)

wide spread

b)

slight knowledge or small amount

c)

loud or large amount

d)

collection

2.

Yet there are other theories.


The word theories in this sentence means...

a)

explanations

b)

ideas

c)

discussions

d)

mistrustful

3.

Abrupt

a)

Strong and Healthy

b)

Sudden or Unexpected

c)

Emotionless

d)

Very inviting

4.

Robust

a)

Strong and Healthy

b)

Under The Surface

c)

An Undertaking or New Adventure

d)

Become Weak or Feeble

5.

Languished

a)

Strong and Healthy

b)

To spread out

c)

Become weak or Feeble

d)

Under The Surface

6.
a defect or flaw
a)
blemish
b)
instincts
c)
finicky
d)
solemnly
7.
natural intuitive power
a)
instincts
b)
finicky
c)
solemnly
d)
hemisphere
8.
fussy
a)
finicky
b)
solemnly
c)
hemisphere
d)
converged
9.

A couple of people truly remember, and here's what they saw: a scraggly little kid jogging towards them.


The word scraggly means...

a)

ugly

b)

ragged or unkempt

c)

wild or disorganized

d)

dirty

10.

Three springy steps down from the risers--girls in pastel dresses screaming, the music director

lunging--a leap from the stage, out the door and into the starry, sweet, onion-grass- smelling

night.


The word lunging means...

a)

screaming

b)

walking forward suddenly

c)

moving forward suddenly

d)

clapping loudly

11.

Amanda was suspicious.


Suspicious means...

a)

distrustful

b)

honest

c)

lying

d)

whispering

12.

So quiet you could hear the water running far below the sewer grates while the sun shinnied

up the rain spouts.


Shinnied means...

a)

climbed up

b)

walked up

c)

danced

d)

shined

13.

The chin jutted out more. "Tell me I'm bad."


Jutted out means...

a)

point out

b)

pointed

c)

stuck out

d)

reached out

14.

Grungy

a)

dirty and rundown

b)

clean and well kept

15.

Blundering

a)

crowded or packed

b)

exactly correct

c)

moving in a clumsy way

d)

kicking someone

16.

Pandemonium

a)

uproar, confusion

b)

rolling or pitching suddenly

c)

end results

d)

powerful motivations or impulses

17.

converged

a)

to force or open up

b)

empty

c)

to shake with slight movement

d)

came together, meet at a point

18.

Quiver

a)

easily understood

b)

to shake with a slight movement

c)

aloneness

d)

to cry quietly

19.

Incubating

a)

developing and hatching

b)

twisting and bending out of shape

c)

hung loosely

d)

speaking in a violent manner

20.

Contortions

a)

looking into the future

b)

skill in deception

c)

Twisting and bending out of shape

d)

a guide or guard