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Of Mice and Men Ch. 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan mountains, but on the valley side the water is lined with trees - willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding; and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool.

a)

showing extreme anxiety

b)

fragments of something broken into pieces

c)

points of union; connection

d)

to imitate someone else's mannerisms

2.

On one side of the river the golden foothill slopes curve up to the strong and rocky Gabilan mountains, but on the valley side the water is lined with trees - willows fresh and green with every spring, carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding; and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool.

a)

points of union; connections

b)

lying back; in a resting or leaning motion

c)

spotted; marked with different colors

d)

fragments of something broken into pieces

3.

...and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool.

a)

showing extreme anxiety

b)

spotted; marked with different colors

c)

points of union; connections

d)

fragments of something broken into pieces

4.

...and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool.

a)

lying back; in a resting position

b)

moved clumsily

c)

an immitation of someone else's mannerisms

d)

fragments of something broken into pieces

5.

sadly; gloomily

a)

morosely

b)

pantomime

c)

mottled

6.
Acting that consists mostly of gestures; no words
a)
Morosely
b)
Pantomime
c)
Contemplated
7.

Which word means "a place where things join"?

a)

Junction

b)

Lumber

c)

Drone

d)

Recumbant

8.

Which word means "scattered pieces of waste or remains"?

a)

Lumber

b)

Junction

c)

Debris

d)

Mottled

9.

Which word means "marked with spots or smears of color"?

a)

Emerge

b)

Tramp

c)

Pantomime

d)

Mottled

10.

Which word means "lying down; in a position of comfort or rest"?

a)

Pantomime

b)

Embrace

c)

Recumbant

d)

Drone

11.

often signifies rudeness; to do something abrupt or offhand

a)

Broccoli

b)

Gingerly

c)

Brusquely

d)

Deliberately

12.

"Awright," he said brusquely. "Gi’me that mouse!"

a)

in a withdrawn or gloomy manner

b)

howeled as if in pain

c)

in an abrupt or curt manner

d)

thought deeply about

13.

But Lennie made an elaborate pantomime of innocence.

a)

imitate someone else's mannerisms

b)

fragments of something broken into pieces

c)

in a withdrawn or gloomy manner

d)

points of union

14.

"Moved clumsily or heavily" is the definition of:

a)

Yammered

b)

Lumbered

c)

Plumber

15.

"Arrogantly or domineeringly; like a dictator" is the definition of:

a)

Impatiently

b)

Deragatory

c)

Imperiously

16.

"In a sad, gloomy manner" is the definition of:

a)

Skeptically

b)

Morosely

c)

Malevolently

17.

"To talk loudly or persistently" is the definition of:

a)

Silenced

b)

Lumbered

c)

Yammered

18.
He had an elaborate plan for a successful bank robbery.
a)
feeling of great physical or mental pain
b)
to think profoundly
c)
still; without movement
d)
expressed in great detail
19.
Steven walked morosely back home after getting dumped.
a)
having a variety of hues or colors
b)
a small bundle of items rolled up inside a blankey
c)
in a sad, gloomy manner
d)
remains
20.

Debris from the October storm covered the streets!

a)

remains; pieces

b)
expressed in great detail
c)
still; without movement
d)
a feeling of great physical or mental pain