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The stranger Vocabulary (The Call of the Wild)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word "cry" means...

a)

the existence of love

b)

the noise that an animal makes

c)

to stop happening

2.

The word "overtake" means...

a)

an agreement to stop fighting

b)

to breathe hard

c)

to threaten

d)

to catch up or to go past something

3.

The word "menacing" is a ...

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

4.

The word "persistence" means...

a)

a situation in which something unpleasant continues to exist

b)

the existence of something in a particular place

c)

to stop existing

5.

A synonym of "patience" is ...

a)

overture

b)

requirement

c)

frightening

d)

persistence

6.

The phrase "both a threat and an overture of friendliness" means...

a)

half crouching

b)

menacing truce

c)

wild leapings

d)

friendly advances

7.

Who is the stranger in the extract?

a)

Buck

b)

the wolf

c)

the wolves

d)

the timber wolf

8.

The adjective of the word "cease" is...

a)

cease

b)

ceasling

c)

ceaseless

d)

ceasness

9.

The word "drew" in this sentence means...

"As he drew closer to the cry, he went more slowly."

a)

create a picture

b)

compare two things

c)

move slowly

d)

persuade someone to say something

10.

"Buck did not attack, but circled him about and hedged him in with friendly advances." The word "advances" means:

a)

a movement towards something

b)

progress in science, technology, or human knowledge

c)

an attempt to catch something

d)

a development