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Sophomore WOW 12

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sentence with the word CONSTERNATION is a Compound-Complex?

a)

He could imagine the consternation upstairs in the control room, as they began to realize what had happened.

Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

b)

Scott frowned in consternation.

Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song

c)

I was so startled that I forgot about the gas mask, with its elephantine snout and goggle eyes; and when I tried to greet these strangers my voice, filtered through two inches of charcoal and a foot of rubber pipe, had the muffled and lugubrious quality of wind blowing through a tomb — an effect which filled the Eskimos with consternation.

Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf

d)

There were many Frobishers and Frobyshers, and several Pettyfers, all in various states of upset and consternation.

Neil Gaiman -- The Graveyard Book

2.

He thought the tone of shock in my voice was really consternation.

Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

The underlined word means?

a)

dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) — typically over something unexpected

b)

Empathy and concern for the situation at hand

c)

Disciplined focus, an intense concentration.

d)

Anger and frustration for the unexpected

3.

They were still looking at him with consternation and unbelief when...William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adverb

d)

Adjective

4.

My main concession to their regime was to grow a beard, which, frankly, spared me the meticulous task of a daily shave.

Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adverb

d)

Adjective

5.

Eve meticulously searched the rest of the room.

J.D. Robb -- Glory in Death

The underlined word means?

a)

treating details with great care

b)

haphazardly, causing chaos

c)

sharp wit and attention to facts

d)

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

6.

Which sentence is a loose sentence?

a)

I turned back to the worm and made another cut and began to pin back the worm’s flesh, taking meticulous notes.

Homer Hickam -- October Sky

b)

He was, his son remembered, morally meticulous...

David Guterson -- Snow Falling on Cedars

c)

There were ledgers of notes by each cell door, meticulous recordings of his experiments, how long it had taken each creature to die.

Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass

d)

Nevertheless, I searched the study with meticulous care.

Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot

7.

With poignancy, Sissy realized that he was growing up.

Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

Verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Noun

d)

Adjective

8.

I’d dressed for the meeting, a decent suit and tie, but I realized as I rang his doorbell that a four-hundred-dollar suit in this neighborhood was more poignant than if I’d shown up in jeans.

Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl

The underlined word means:

a)

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

b)

showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise

c)

vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

d)

not showing a serious or respectful attitude

9.

He overrode my feelings and the conversation grew more salacious.

John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adverb

d)

Adjective

10.

The public will always prefer a salacious melodrama to a bald tale of mere thievery.

Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace

A synonym for the underlined word means

a)

lustful

b)

dramatic

c)

mysterious

d)

romantic

11.

Although this is your time of mourning, a quandary exists that you must resolve.

Christopher Paolini -- Eldest

The underlined word means:

a)

a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation; a difficult situation; a practical dilemma

b)

a way, especially one of several possible variations, in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged.

c)

a temporary stay ; verb stay somewhere temporarily.

d)

rising in active revolt; noun a rebel or revolutionary.

12.

I can tell you my brother was in a quandary.

T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

What part of speech is the underlined word?

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Verb

d)

Adverb

13.

Which sentence has parallel structure?

a)

Prolix, quartz, quandary, rylpb, rhythm, all the old tricks with consonants I could dream up or remember.

Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid’s Tale

b)

His hard little face looked flintier than ever and Scarlett was in a quandary.

Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind

c)

The idea presented a quandary; there were both Christians and Muslims on the team.

Warren St. John -- Outcasts United

d)

He was in a quandary: he wanted to point out her mistake.

Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being