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Klondike Gold Rush Vocabulary

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are synonyms for peril?

a)

Danger

b)

Exhausting

c)

Brave

d)

Jeopardy

e)

Hazard

2.

Which of the following does not belong with the rest?

a)

Exhausting

b)

Tiring

c)

Famished

d)

Grueling

3.

Which of the following does not belong with the rest?

a)

Starving

b)

Elusive

c)

Ravenous

d)

Famished

4.

Which of the following is an antonym for loathe?

a)

Admire

b)

Despise

c)

Hate

d)

Detest

5.

Which of the following idioms is another way to explain scowl?

a)

Break a leg

b)

Throwing daggers with his eyes

c)

Head over heels

d)

Ruffle feathers

6.

If someone feels ghastly, they feel ______.

a)

Angry

b)

Happy

c)

Confused

d)

Unwell

7.

If a detective describes a crime scene as ghastly, the crime scene is ______.

a)

Shockingly frightful

b)

Staged

c)

Easy to investigate

d)

Outrageously clean

8.

Which of the following would be an elusive dream for a couch potato?

a)

Watching a marathon of The Walking Dead

b)

Eating an entire container of popcorn

c)

Completing & winning a 5K

9.

If your dog has a ravenous appetite, your dog will _____.

a)

Fight with your other dogs over food

b)

Kindly share his food

c)

Stick his nose up to the food you give him

d)

Sleep during supper time

10.

A firefighter is considered valiant because he/she ______.

a)

Works for a small salary

b)

Enters fires without hesitation to save others

c)

Has a pet dalmatian named Spot

d)

Is strong enough to carry a water hose

11.

Which of the following does Mrs. Griffin loathe?

a)

Summer Break

b)

Expo Marker & Kleenex Donations

c)

Being interrupted mid-sentence

d)

Coffee

12.

Serious is to solemn as fearless is to _____.

a)

Valiant

b)

Grueling

c)

Ravenous

d)

Elusive

13.

Break is to repair as ravenous is to ________.

a)

Appalling

b)

Tumultuous

c)

Excited

d)

Satisfied

14.

Sanctuary is to safe as tornado is to _______.

a)

Perilous

b)

Valiant

c)

Humorous

d)

Elusive

15.

Devastated is to disappointed as ________ is to ___________.

a)

Loathe is to despise

b)

Peril is to safety

c)

Valiant is to weak

d)

Grueling is to effortless

16.

Choose all of the following that gold miners would consider perilous.

a)

A map of Canada & Alaska

b)

Blizzards

c)

Ravenous Wolves

d)

Travelling with a partner

e)

Travelling alone

17.

Which type of figurative language is used below:

“Talk of your cold! Through the parka’s fold / It stabbed like a driven nail.”

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

18.

“And the dogs were fed, and the stars o’erhead / were dancing heel and toe,” is an example of _____.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

19.

"Till I’m chilled clean through to the bone.” is an example of ____.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

20.

“And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled, / and the wind began to blow.” is an example of ______.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

21.

“But the stars came out and they danced about / ere again I ventured near.” is an example of ______.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

22.

“And he wore a smile you could see a mile, / and he said: ‘Please close that door.’” is an example of ____.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

23.

"I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked" is an example of ___.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Rhyme

d)

Personification

24.

"Now a promise made is a debt unpaid," is an example of ____.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

25.

"In the long, long night, by the lone firelight," is an example of _____.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

26.

"for I didn't like / to hear him sizzle so" is an example of ___.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Rhyme

27.

"the land of gold / seemed to hold him like a spell" is an example of ___.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole