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Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie Vocab (Dangerous Pie Chpt 1)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

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1.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


I guess that’s why I was being asphyxiated by her perfume.

a)

surprised

b)

intoxicated

c)

surrounded

d)

suffocated

2.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Wow, that’s an ambitious topic!

a)

having a strong want/need for success or power.

b)

needing to gather a lot of information.

c)

having a tendency to be lazy

3.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Having any brother would be horrible, I suppose, but having my particular brother, Jeffrey, is an unrelenting nightmare.

a)

obedient

b)

agreeable; easy to stop

c)

determined; non-stop.

d)

spineless; weak

4.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Pots and pans were everywhere— don’t ask me how I had somehow not noticed this on my way downstairs the first time—and Jeffrey was stirring some pretend concoction in the deepest pot of all.

a)

reproduction of a common item

b)

things randomly mixed together

c)

ingredient used in cooking

d)

baked good

5.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Yet still, I knew I would never have time to run across town to the local zoo, steal an elephant tranquilizer gun, run back, and fire it into Jeffrey’s buttock before he could blurt out something that would mortify me and destroy my social status forever.

a)

impress

b)

give pride

c)

scare

d)

humiliate

6.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


I tried to end this torment.

a)

extreme pain or anxiety

b)

pleasure

c)

happiness

d)

depression

7.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Miss Palma gave me an A on the journal entry—she called it “droll."

a)

humorless

b)

serious

c)

humorous

d)

depressing

8.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Hundreds of colored balloons are tethered down behind me, baking in the June sun.

a)

attached with a rope

b)

free to float

c)

unbound

d)

loose and movable

9.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


This fiasco happened after my All-City High School Jazz Band concert last June.

a)

huge success

b)

opportunity for improvement

c)

good fortune

d)

ridiculous failure

10.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Well, I’m having trouble crafting my prose.

a)

verse for singing

b)

spoken or written language

c)

shed for tools

d)

piece of artwork

11.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


And while he’s being much too cute and following me around, he also destroys all of my stuff, including my self-esteem and my sanity.

a)

dishonor

b)

attitude

c)

pride

d)

disgrace

12.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


And while he’s being much too cute and following me around, he also destroys all of my stuff, including my self-esteem and my sanity.

a)

right to eat dinner

b)

sense of madness

c)

inability to think clearly

d)

healthy mental abilities

13.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Take, for example, the “Dangerous Pie” incident.

a)

intention

b)

something that happens

c)

law

d)

non-occurrence

14.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


I advanced toward him, with what must have been a disturbing gleam of violence in my eye.

a)

faint or brief light

b)

dullness

c)

gloominess

d)

extremely bright twinkle