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Curious Incident Vocab 1

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Christopher likes to use his own _____________ when he eats because he doesn't like the germs of others to be on anything he is going to use to eat.

a)

cutlery

b)

red herring

c)

intuition

d)

singularity

2.

Mrs. Alexander offers Christopher a piece of cake frosted with ____________, but Christopher refuses because he does not like the yellow color.

a)

amnesia

b)

marzipan

c)

precedent

d)

slander

3.

Christopher believes that his mother was killed by heart attack that was caused either by a/an _______________or a/an­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_________________.

a)

digression

b)

embolism

c)

aneurysm

d)

dementia

4.

Christopher's teacher promises to find Christopher a/an _____________________ to administer his exams even though most students in his school don't take them.

a)

intuition

b)

apocryphal

c)

invigilator

d)

red herring

5.

Christopher does not believe in ___________________ stories because he only believes in things that can be proven true.

a)

apocryphal

b)

anemic

c)

cutlery

d)

precedent

6.

Christopher's description of the Sherlock Holmes story is a/an ______________ from his story about Wellington and does not really advance the plot of the novel.

a)

red herring

b)

dementia

c)

embolism

d)

digression

7.

Christopher knows that he cannot falsely accuse someone of killing Wellington or he would be guilty of _______.

a)

intuition

b)

amnesia

c)

slander

d)

dementia

8.

Rather than use his ______________ to solve a problem, Christopher counts on logic and figures everything out step by step.

a)

marzipan

b)

digression

c)

intuition

d)

invigilator

9.

Christopher considers that if a person killed a dog and then forgot about it, he would have to suffer from _______.

a)

embolism

b)

amnesia

c)

marzipan

d)

singularity

10.

The owner had __________, so he may not have been able to make reasonable decisions.

a)

dementia

b)

precedent

c)

cutlery

d)

digression

11.

amnesia

a)

partial or total loss of memory

b)

an example that is used to justify similar occurences at a later time

c)

almond paste and egg whites

d)

words falsely spoken

12.

apocryphal

a)

instinctive knowing

b)

a message that departs from the main subject

c)

strangeness by virtue of being remarkable

d)

of questionable authority

13.

cutlery

a)

partial or total loss of memory

b)

tableware implements

c)

occlusion of a blood vessel

d)

a message that departs from the main subject

14.

intuition

a)

almond paste and egg whites

b)

instinctive knowing

c)

lacking vigor or energy

d)

words falsely spoken

15.

precedent

a)

lacking vigor or energy

b)

instinctive knowing

c)

an example that is used to justify similar occurences

d)

words falsely spoken

16.

digression

a)

a message that departs from the main subject

b)

partial or total loss of memory

c)

tableware implements

d)

strangeness by virtue of being remarkable

17.

red herring

a)

strangeness by virtue of being remarkable

b)

any diversion intended to distract

c)

words falsely spoken

d)

instinctive knowing.

18.

invigilator

a)

almond paste and egg whites

b)

words falsely spoken

c)

lacking vigor or energy

d)

someone who watches over examination candidates