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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963: Vocabulary Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means spoke while another person was already speaking?

a)

scowl

b)

interrupted

c)

blubbering

d)

staggered

2.

What are udders?

a)

another way of saying "others"

b)

a city in Alabama

c)

the top of a baby's bottle

d)

the organs that release milk from a cow

3.

"Turn down the _________________________. It is way too hot in here!"

a)

forecast

b)

generate

c)

thermostat

d)

jive

4.

What do we call a business machine that has a money drawer?

a)

register

b)

thermostat

c)

conscience

d)

landlord

5.

If I am forgiving you for something you have done wrong, what am I showing you?

a)

hostile

b)

delinquent

c)

mercy

d)

blubbering

6.

Instead of saying, "I failed the class," you could say, "I __________ the class."

a)

staggered

b)

proposed

c)

banned

d)

flunked

7.

"You are wrong! Everything you are saying is a bunch of ________________."

a)

respectable

b)

nonsense

c)

juvenile

d)

executioner

8.

You will find one of these in a state that uses the death penalty as a consequence for a serious crime.

a)

landlord

b)

juvenile

c)

register

d)

executioner

9.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

stagered

b)

stagerred

c)

staggered

d)

staggerred

10.

Some of you have volunteered to read ___________________ aloud from The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963.

a)

nonsense

b)

passages

c)

blubbering

d)

forecast

11.

When this word is used as a verb, it means to predict future events, usually weather or financial situations.

a)

forecast

b)

thermostat

c)

scowl

d)

pouting

12.

A person who behaves correctly and has positive qualities is considered to be ________________________.

a)

juvenile

b)

blubbering

c)

respectable

d)

hostile

13.

Which word means not allowed?

a)

bend

b)

banded

c)

band

d)

banned

14.

What is the definition of conscience?

a)

alive

b)

inner feeling that helps a person figure out if his/her actions are right or wrong

c)

unfriendly, unkind, aggressive, bitter

d)

people who cry or complain a lot

15.

Which word refers to a person who is under age 18?

a)

delinquent

b)

weepers

c)

juvenile

d)

udders