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The Ravine Vocabulary in Context-Brown

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

When Vinny and three others dropped down into the _______ they entered a jungle thick with tangled trees and rumors of what might have happened to the dead boy's body.

a)

gnarly

b)

rivulet

c)

ravine

d)

precipice

2.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

The cool breeze that swept the Hawaiian hillside pastures above died early in the ________ down.

a)

descent

b)

cascade

c)

decomposing

d)

dialect

3.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

There were four of them-Vinny; his best friend, Joe-Boy; Mo, who was afraid of nothing; and Joe-Boy's ___________ girlfriend, Starlene-all fifteen.

a)

winced

b)

Kikuyu

c)

gnarly

d)

haole

4.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

Vinny moved to the edge of the trail, where the ravine fell through a twisted jungle of _________ trees and underbrush to the stream far below.

a)

gnarly

b)

decomposing

c)

Kikuyu

d)

cascade

5.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

The cold mountain water tasted Tangy. Was it because the dead boy's body was down there _______________?

a)

wincing

b)

cascading

c)

decomposing

d)

descending

6.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

The zigzag trail was wet and muddy from the little __________ of water that bled from the side of the cliff.

a)

hanks

b)

precipice

c)

rivulets

d)

ravine

7.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

Vinny imagined how his body would ____________ past the waterfall so close it's mist would dampen the air he breathed.

a)

hank

b)

descent

c)

wince

d)

cascade

8.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

Vinny stood at the top of the ledge swaying slightly, the tips of his toes on small movement from the ____________.

a)

hank

b)

haole

c)

precipice

d)

rivulet

9.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

Vinny ripped a coiled ________ of white ginger from the ginger patch and smelled it, and prayed he'd still be alive after the sun went down.

a)

precipice

b)

winced

c)

gnarly

d)

hank

10.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

Vinny _________ suddenly. He didn't want to be here. It was too soon, way too soon. Two weeks and one day.

a)

winced

b)

cascaded

c)

decomposed

d)

descended

11.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

Vinny breathed deeply, and looked up and out over the island. He saw, from there, a land that rolled away like honey, easing down a _________ of rich __________ grass pasture land.

Click both words needed.

a)

descent

b)

dialect

c)

Kikuyu

d)

hank

12.

Which detail from the story The Ravine is an example of dialect?

a)

"Shuddup, " Vinny said.

b)

Vinny scowled

c)

She has no fear, Vinny thought.

d)

He grabbed a leaf and stuck it in his mouth.