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LAFFF

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What vocabulary word is a synonym for the word confessed in the sentence?: Larry admitted that he did not read the directions on the box.

a)

collected

b)

admitted

c)

destination

d)

produced

2.

What is a synonym for the word impressed in the sentence?: The judge was impressed and awed by the young writer's remarkable talent.

a)

writer's

b)

young

c)

awed

d)

judge

3.

What does the word collected mean?

a)

first

b)

an expression of praise

c)

calm and sensible

d)

focus one's attention

4.

T/F: Original is first or fresh; existing before all others.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What does rumor mean in the sentence?: Sometimes a rumor, or unproved news, can be spread about who won a contest.

a)

won

b)

contest

c)

spread

d)

unproved news

6.

What does it mean to concentrate?

a)

focus one's attention

b)

story or report that may not be true

c)

to be in awe of

d)

to create

7.

What does produced mean in the sentence?: Amazing structures were produced, or created, at the sand castle contest.

a)

sand castles

b)

created

c)

contest

d)

amazing

8.

What does the word suspense mean?

a)

a story or report, usually spread by word of mouth that has not been established as true

b)

an expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation

c)

tension felt when waiting for something to happen; the state or quality of being undecided or uncertain

d)

the place to which a person or thing is going or is sent

9.

What does destination mean in the sentence?: The train was about an hour late when it finally reached its destination.

a)

the supplies it had stored

b)

the place it was going

c)

the suitcases it left behind

d)

the passengers it was picking up

10.

T/F: To compliment means to insult someone.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the first thing we learn in LAFFF?

a)

Angela and Peter go to the same school

b)

Peter's alter-ego is Dr. Lu Manchu

c)

Peter has a time machine in his garage

d)

What Peter looks like

12.

What is the first important event in LAFFF?

a)

Angela goes forward in time

b)

Angela wins the story contest

c)

Peter shows Angela LAFFF

d)

Peter wears a costume like everyone else

13.

How is the main conflict in the story solved?

a)

Peter fixes his time machine

b)

Angela decides not to enter the story contest

c)

Angela goes to the future and learns an important lesson

d)

Peter makes new friends

14.

Who is the narrator of this story?

a)

Peter

b)

Angela

c)

Mrs. Tang

d)

Dr. Zwestein

15.

The main conflict in the story is that-

a)

Peter has no friends and studies all the time.

b)

Angela has to walk to the bus with Peter every day.

c)

Angela thinks her writing is not good enough to win a contest.

d)

Peter's time machine sends things back to the future too quickly.

16.

How does Angela learn about Peter's secret?

a)

She sees him in the future.

b)

She peeks in his garage window.

c)

She asks him what he is making.

d)

She tells him to bring her back a rose.

17.

What does the simile in the sentence below mean?


He had straight hair, as black as licorice.

a)

Peter has sticky hair.

b)

Hair can never be perfectly straight.

c)

Peter's hair is extremely dark in color.

d)

The narrator likes the smell of Peter's hair.

18.

What point of view is this story told from?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third