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The Mighty Miss Malone Vocabulary Practice

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means a phrase that defines the beliefs of a group?

a)

Scowl

b)

Motto

c)

Moral

d)

Muster

2.

Check the box for each example of alliteration in the list below.

a)

Cats, Dogs, Birds, and Lizards

b)

Mighty Miss Malone

c)

Fine Friendly Father Figure

d)

Fats, Liquids, Solids, Gases

e)

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

3.

What is alliteration?

a)

A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as".

b)

The same letter at the beginning of words that are close together.

c)

A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as".

d)

The repetition of a word or sound.

4.

What word means an eye-opener; lightning bolt or revelation?

a)

epiphany

b)

thesaurus

c)

gingham

d)

alliteration

5.

Which word means a group of words beginning with the same consonant sound?

a)

thesaurus

b)

alliteration

c)

archaic

d)

moot

6.

What does the word endearing mean?

a)

modest

b)

a yarn-dyed

c)

evoking affection

d)

bragging

7.

Which word means talkative or uses a lot of words?

a)

verbose

b)

pervasive

c)

endearing

d)

reliable

8.

Which word means spreading all over?

a)

perseverance

b)

verbose

c)

woozy

d)

pervasive

9.

Which word means something that annoys someone?

a)

endure

b)

pet peeve

c)

hobo

d)

ashamed

10.

Which options below describe the setting of a story?

a)

the plot

b)

when the story takes place

c)

where the story takes place

d)

the characters

11.

What word means to write notes and highlight sections of interest as you read?

a)

summarize

b)

paraphrase

c)

annotate

d)

foreshadow

12.

Ms. Hubbell asks us to ______ as we read.

a)

verbose

b)

foreshadow

c)

annotate

d)

nudge

13.

Gary, Indiana, in 1936 is the ______ of The Mighty Miss Malone.

a)

setting

b)

summary

c)

motto

d)

welfare

14.

Jimmie's ______ is that people tease him about his height.

a)

endure

b)

endearing

c)

pet peeve

d)

motto

15.

Jimmie's most ______ trait is that he has a beautiful voice.

a)

endearing

b)

enduring

c)

woozy

d)

pervasive

16.

Mrs. Needham wants Deza to be less ______.

a)

eavesdrop

b)

grieving

c)

endearing

d)

verbose

17.

Unemployment was ______ during the Great Depression.

a)

pervasive

b)

endearing

c)

ashamed

d)

reliable

18.

"On an adventure to a place called wonderful" is the Malone family's ______.

a)

motor

b)

motto

c)

hobo

d)

lisp

19.

What word means hinting or suggesting something will happen?

a)

annotate

b)

foreshadow

c)

paraphrase

d)

howl

20.

What word means to condense or shorten the information?

a)

handout

b)

paraphrase

c)

summarize

d)

annotate

21.

What word means to restate in one's own words?

a)

paraphrase

b)

summarize

c)

annotate

d)

analyze

22.

What words mean to feel dizzy or sick?

a)

woozy

b)

moody

c)

endure

d)

ashamed

23.

Which word means to bear and persevere?

a)

shame

b)

induct

c)

endear

d)

endure

24.

Which word means to cry out loud?

a)

huddle

b)

howl

c)

endure

d)

gregarious

25.

Which word means a homeless person who travels around?

a)

nudge

b)

welfare

c)

woozy

d)

hobo

26.

Which word means a speech disability?

a)

hobo

b)

lisp

c)

motto

d)

strut

27.

Which word means to gently push?

a)

endure

b)

fudge

c)

manipulate

d)

nudge

28.

Which word means consistent and predictable?

a)

reliable

b)

relatable

c)

ashamed

d)

random

29.

Which word means to secretly listen?

a)

eavesdrop

b)

earache

c)

secrecy

d)

rumor

30.

Which word means programs to help the poor?

a)

depression

b)

handout

c)

welfare

d)

grief

31.

Which word means to feel guilty or embarrassed?

a)

pervasive

b)

woozy

c)

proud

d)

ashamed

32.

Which word means something given to the poor for free?

a)

handout

b)

pet peeve

c)

welfare

d)

lisp

33.

Which word means to express extreme sadness?

a)

rely

b)

shame

c)

endure

d)

grieve

34.

Roscoe ______ the death of his friends.

a)

ashamed

b)

grieves

c)

nudges

d)

lisped

35.

Roscoe is ______ to receive ______.

a)

reliable; welfare

b)

ashamed; handouts

c)

endearing; handouts

d)

ashamed; welfare

36.

The Malones depend on ______ food to get by.

a)

warfare

b)

handouts

c)

hobo

d)

welfare

37.

Mother and Father are unaware that Deza is ______ on their conversation.

a)

endearing

b)

eavesdropping

c)

grieving

d)

summarizing

38.

Father is a ______ source of information for Deza.

a)

dictionary

b)

untrustworthy

c)

endearing

d)

reliable

39.

Father ______ Deza to be excited for the Joe Louis fight.

a)

nudges

b)

howls

c)

handouts

d)

verbose

40.

Father's ______ makes it hard to understand him.

a)

hobo

b)

verbose

c)

lisp

d)

archaic

41.

Father is so ragged and dirty that he looks like a ______ from the street.

a)

epiphany

b)

hobo

c)

welfare

d)

banker

42.

Mother ______ with grief because her husband is still missing.

a)

howls

b)

verbose

c)

lisps

d)

eavesdrops

43.

Roscoe must ______ the pain of his injuries.

a)

endure

b)

grieve

c)

summarize

d)

foreshadow

44.

Deza feels _____ because of the pain her teeth are causing her.

a)

reliable

b)

annoying

c)

pervasive

d)

woozy

45.

I had to read the ______ of the chapter to understand it better.

a)

handout

b)

alliteration

c)

summary

d)

foreshadow

46.

Which word means old and irrelevant?

a)

grieve

b)

archaic

c)

verbose

d)

arachnid

47.

Click on all the options below that are considered archaic.

a)

rotary phones

b)

cell phones

c)

typewriter

d)

letters

48.

Without his father around, Mother is worried that Jimmie will go ______.

a)

astray

b)

pervasive

c)

endearing

d)

howl

49.

Which word means to go off track or get lost?

a)

ashamed

b)

astray

c)

endure

d)

woozy

50.

The line "gang-aft-agley" can be translated into "go often ______."

a)

ugly

b)

reliable

c)

astray

d)

archaic