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Stealing Buddha's Dinner Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?


Bich's family found a home in the United States as a part of ____________________.

a)

Nexus

b)

Resettlement

c)

Forlornness

d)

Mille-Feuille

2.

Which one of these vocabulary words means 'to reflect sparkling light or glow?'

a)

Glistening

b)

Elusive

c)

Tantalized

d)

Windfall

3.

Something grows quickly when it is _________________________.

a)

Burgeoning

b)

Rickrack

c)

Lacquer

d)

Objet D'art

4.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate vocabulary word.


Mutual respect and loyalty to family and society are core beliefs of __________________.

a)

Nominal

b)

Guttural

c)

Confucianism

d)

Matrilineal

5.

Which of the following means evoking a keen sense of sadness?

a)

Trove

b)

Visceral

c)

Reticence

d)

Poignancy

6.

Complete the sentence.


While Bich was growing up, her sister Crissy often acted ______________.

a)

Imperious

b)

Mitigated

c)

Shucked

d)

Entreated

7.

Which word best completes the sentence?


Bich felt her life unwind like a _________________ of yarn?

a)

Kempt

b)

Acolytes

c)

Valence

d)

Skein

8.

Musicians use a _______________ to keep time.

a)

Mimeograph

b)

Metronome

c)

Ensconced

d)

Rollicking

9.

Fill in the sentence.


Bich's father struggled with ________________.

a)

Upholstery

b)

Alluring

c)

Idioms

d)

Vicinity

10.

Which word best fills the blank?


Bich was distraught after Crissy's dad called her _______________.

a)

Aberration

b)

Prim

c)

Homely

d)

Blithe

11.

Bich believed that the Ingals family from her novels were the ________________ of the perfect American family.

a)

Belies

b)

Intuitive

c)

Epitome

d)

Ostracized

12.

Fill in the sentence.


Bich often had an expression of ___________________________ on her face.

a)

Rigor

b)

Affability

c)

Impudence

d)

Sussed

13.

Which word means 'the belief that the soul will be reborn into a new body after death?'

a)

Reincarnation

b)

Nirvana

c)

Affinity

d)

Abstemious

14.

Which of the following is the definition of Nirvana?

a)

the belief that the body will live on after death in a new body

b)

a perfect state where there is no pain, suffering, or self

c)

a natural liking for something

d)

not indulging oneself

15.

Fill in the blank.


Bich noticed __________________ in her parents' relationship.

a)

Fissures

b)

Facades

c)

Lurid

d)

Credenzas

16.

Which of the following best completes the sentence?


Bich notices that her parents pretend to be happy, their relationship is a __________________.

a)

Lurid

b)

Credenza

c)

Fissure

d)

Facade

17.

Which word means cheerful or friendly?

a)

Deadpan

b)

Subsidized

c)

Sumptuous

d)

Jovial

18.

Bich often felt _______________________ from the other children at school.

a)

Ostracized

b)

Epitome

c)

Impudence

d)

Belies

19.

I've worked so hard this year, I'm ready for a ________________________, easy summer.

a)

Incipient

b)

Detente

c)

Languid

d)

Redolent