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"Vanished" Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Larry is going to flight school to learn to become an

a)

aviation

b)

avaitor

c)

aviator

d)

aviatoress

2.

When Shelly was lost in the woods, she used her flashlight as a ________________ in the hope of being located.

a)

expedition

b)

beam

c)

sonar

d)

beacon

3.

The wreck of the Titanic was found by the use of ________ after almost a hundred years of being lost in the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

beacon

b)

sonar

c)

circumnavigate

d)

daunt

4.

Wes went with his friends on an ___________________ for the purpose of exploring that abandoned mansion on the hill.

a)

expedition

b)

exploration

c)

circumnavigation

d)

daunting

5.

Many of the kids in my class find it _____________ to have to give a presentation in front of an audience.

a)

plausible

b)

daunting

c)

beacon

d)

uninhabited

6.

In our school, 8th graders are supposed to go straight to breakfast after getting off the bus in the morning- not ______________ the 8th grade area and then go to breakfast.

a)

daunt

b)

expedite

c)

inhabit

d)

circumnavigate

7.

The newly-discovered island was thought to be ______________________ even though we could see from our ship that there were some wild pigs on the beach.

a)

inhabited

b)

uninhabited

c)

circumnavigated

d)

daunting

8.

Devin's excuse for his low grade on the essay: his dog wrote it, is not _______________________.

a)

plausible

b)

daunting

c)

false

d)

unbelievable

9.

Another word for "combed" and "scoured" used in the first column, near the bottom of p. 6 of the "Vanished" article:

a)

cleaned

b)

lit

c)

searched

d)

called

10.

Fred Noonan was Earhart's navigator. What was his job on the plane?

a)

He flew the plane.

b)

He took over for Amelia when she was too tired to fly any more.

c)

He looked out for other planes in the air, so they didn't crash into one of them.

d)

He was in charge of reading the maps and the instruments.