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The Monkey's Paw Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Healthy looking and red or pink.

a)

Talisman.

b)

Rubicund.

c)

Resolution.

2.

Point of View

a)

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

b)

How you look a the story.

c)

The part where readers see what's happening.

3.

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

a)

Protagonist.

b)

Main character.

c)

Antagonist.

4.

I looked at him dubiously.

a)

With hesitation or doubt.

b)

With sadness.

c)

Without question.

5.

Having extreme greed for wealth.

a)

Averted.

b)

Avaricious.

c)

Credulity.

6.

Furtively.

a)

Unconcealed.

b)

Public.

c)

Secretively.

7.

A person in a novel, play, or movie.

a)

Character.

b)

Actor.

c)

Actress.

8.

Lacking poetic beauty.

a)

Prosaic.

b)

Bibulous.

c)

Simian.

9.

She averted her eyes during the violent scenes.

a)

Closed.

b)

Turn away.

c)

Crossed.

10.

A religious person that lives on donations.

a)

Simian.

b)

Doughty.

c)

Fakir.

11.

The zoology professor was studying simian life.

a)

Relating to, resembling, or affecting apes or monkeys.

b)

A person regarded with loathing and contempt.

c)

Relating to amphibians.

12.

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

a)

Sarcasm.

b)

Irony.

c)

Humor.

13.

True or False: a tendency to believe too easily; gullibility → credulity

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Select the best answer for the definition or word of the vocabulary word: a power that is supposed to determine the course of events

a)

virtue

b)

fate

c)

virulent

d)

fathom

15.

Foreshadowing

a)

staying inside the lines

b)

the writer provides hints that suggest future events in the story

c)

the writer provides examples in the story

d)

a prediction

16.

Credulity

a)

having to do with money

b)

being hard to convince

c)

a tendency to believe too readily

d)

being very difficult

17.

an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck.

a)

condole

b)

talisman

c)

inaudible

d)

compensation

18.

Select the best answer for the definition or word of the vocabulary word: ordinary, commonplace

a)

professional

b)

prosaic

c)

proportional

d)

prose

19.

True or False: an object thought to have magical powers → talisman

a)

True

b)

False

20.
A reddish, ruddy complexion
a)
rosy skin
b)
rubicund of visage
c)
doughty
d)
avaricious