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"The Dare - 1948" Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The boy was transfixed by the oncoming tidal wave. What does the word transfixed mean in this sentence?

a)

excited

b)

to become motionless with horror

c)

anticipation for something sweet

d)

angry and frustrated

2.

When someone smiled or spoke in a contemptuous or mocking manner then they . . .

a)

explained

b)

grinned

c)

sneered

d)

partook

3.

Marika had a chameleon stored in . . .

a)

a wooden cage

b)

a shoebox

c)

a jar full of green liquid

d)

a sock

4.

Finish the sentence: Jan Venter was known for shooting _________________ that snuck into his farm.

a)

trespassers

b)

llamas

c)

soldiers

d)

cannibals

5.

To look at with earnest and eager attention is to look at . . .

a)

brazenly

b)

particularly

c)

stupidly

d)

intently

6.

Fill in the black: I saw a polar bear ______________________ another polar bear in a huge hug.

a)

enveloping

b)

simpering

c)

mastering

d)

slithering

7.

Veronica's dare was to ____________________________________.

a)

Have Meneer Venter chase her until he passed out.

b)

Bring back a bougainvillea branch from Meneer Venter's farm.

c)

Bring back oranges from Meneer Venter's farm.

d)

Bring a poinsettia back from Meneer Venter's farm.

8.

Fill in the blank: The snake was ______________________ through the garden.

a)

trespassing

b)

slithering

c)

enveloping

d)

careening

9.

Marika was envious of Veronica's _________________________.

a)

house in the city

b)

lack of brothers

c)

expensive clothes

d)

porcelain dolls

10.

Fill in the blank: When someone stares in a deliberately impassioned or expressionless manner, they are displaying a ________________ face.

a)

angry

b)

happy

c)

deadpan

d)

sneered

11.

Veronica _____________________ through the poinsettia bush to see what was happening.

a)

struggled

b)

transfixed

c)

hurried

d)

glimpsed

12.

Veronica considered her doll Margaret to be a poor __________________ of her counselor, Rebecca. (an exact copy on a smaller scale)

a)

sister

b)

replica

c)

friend

d)

deadpan