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Wit and wisdom

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the Civil Rights Act pass?

a)

1863

b)

1964

c)

1864

2.

What does injustice mean?

a)

Lack of fairness

b)

Lack of responsibility

c)

Lack of respect

3.

Were black people treated fairly in 1963?

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

Who lead a peaceful protest?

a)

Miss Lehane

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

5.

What does segregation mean?

a)

Keeping people apart

b)

Bringing people together

c)

Being Fair

6.

A small building in which payments are collected so that passage on or access to a roadway can be permitted.

a)

Wisdom

b)

Doldrums

c)

Knowledge

d)

Tollbooth

7.

Seemingly real but actually not real.

a)

Phantom

b)

Wisdom

c)

Lethargy

d)

Presume

8.

Accumulated knowledge or learning.

a)

Presume

b)

Ignorance

c)

Wisdom

d)

Lethargy

9.

observe

a)

to watch with care

b)

an account of a person’s life

c)

having imaginative or unusual features

10.

habitat

a)

to bring light to or shine light on

b)

the natural environment of an animal or plant

c)

a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

11.

habitat

a)

to bring light to or shine light on

b)

the natural environment of an animal or plant

c)

a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

12.

To take something with the intention of returning it

a)

market

b)

burros

c)

borrow

13.

donkeys

a)

borrow

b)

burros

c)

scholar

14.

I love to explore my backyard and discover new things.


What is the best definition of the word explore in the sentence above?

a)

to do chores in

b)

to play games in

c)

to do homework in

d)

to look at in detail

15.

The ocean is immense with more water than you can imagine.


What is the best definition of the word immense in the sentence above?

a)

very big

b)

very scary

c)

very wet

d)

very full of fish

16.

A _____ is a large flat area of grassland.

a)

settler

b)

prairie

c)

impact

17.

A ______ is someone who goes to live in a new place.

a)

impact

b)

prairie

c)

settler

18.

To have an ______ is to cause change.

a)

settler

b)

impact

c)

prairie

19.

A ____ is a group of people with the same background, language, and culture.

a)

tribe

b)

nomadic

c)

reservation

20.

Being _______ means moving from place to place without keeping a home in one place.

a)

reservation

b)

nomadic

c)

tribe

21.

What is figurative language?

a)

using words to mean exactly what you say.

b)

using words to compare two things

c)

using words to compare two things using like or as

d)

using words in a way that is different than the actual meaning

22.

What is literal language?

a)

using words in a different way that is different than the actual meaning

b)

using words to compare two things

c)

using words to compare two things using like or as

d)

using words to mean exactly what you say

23.

surrender

a)

to give up; to give in to another's power or demands.

b)

to keep going; to never give in

c)

to enjoy life

24.

poverty

a)

poor, but still having your needs met

b)

rich, having lots of money for everything you need.

c)

poor, not having enough property, money, or food.