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Tell-Tale Heart

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If our candy supply waned, what did it do?

a)

became rotten

b)

became larger

c)

became smaller

d)

became missing

2.

Of cease and seized, which one means to stop?

(a)  

3.

Irritate, annoy, anger, and exasperate are all synonyms for which word?

a)

acute

b)

audacity

c)

sufficient

d)

vex

4.

When dad was late for work, he _______ ran out of the house.

a)

hastily

b)

cunningly

c)

in vain

d)

seized

5.

This can best be described as a ____.

a)

dissimulation

b)

crevice

c)

audacity

d)

mortal

6.

If you have perfect eye sight, you could say that your eye sight is: profound, sufficient, suave, acute

(a)  

7.

If you want to tell someone they have a lot of nerve or are really bold (in a bad way), you could say they have a lot of...

a)

audacity

b)

sagacity

c)

dissimulation

d)

profound

8.

If someone is warm and friendly, you could say they are ___.

a)

sufficient

b)

suave

c)

vain

d)

hearty

9.

Your teachers hope they are helping you develop the ____ to make good decisions.

a)

audacity

b)

sagacity

c)

dissimulation

d)

supposition

10.

This man is (a)   .


(heart, suave, cunning, vain, mortal, reposed)

11.

This man looks as if he is __________ plotting some trouble.

a)

hastily

b)

in vainly

c)

vexingly

d)

cunningly

12.

This picture is an example of ____________.

a)

dissimulation

b)

safacity

c)

stifle

d)

profound

13.

Which examples best illustrates the feeling of doing something in "vain".

a)

You don't study, but you pass with a D.

b)

You study for two weeks, but you get an A.

c)

Your friend calls you and tells you school has been cancelled.

d)

Your friend tries to call you but doesn't get in touch with you, and you go to school even though it's been cancelled.

14.

True or false? A papercut is a mortal injury.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker" shows a person in deep thought. Choose the vocabulary word that means deep and serious: acute, profound, mortal, sagacity

(a)  

16.

If someone tells you to seize the day, they are telling you to do what?

a)

to take hold of it firmly and quickly

b)

to take some time to decide what you want to do

c)

to let it go without thinking of it again

d)

to do as much as you can

17.

Which image illustrates the OPPOSITE of stifle.

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Choose the synonym group for suave.

a)

charming, pleasant, smooth

b)

mean, cross, unhappy

c)

dirty, unclean, disheveled

d)

rude, gruff, unpleasant

19.

Your studying will be (a)   when you know all of the words.

[cease, profound, in vain, sufficient]

20.

Given all of the clues, the detective made a reasonable __ about who committed the crime.

a)

dissimulation

b)

vex

c)

sagacity

d)

supposition