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Where the Red Fern Grows Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means surprised or greatly impressed?

a)

Presumed

b)

Astonished

c)

Frightened

d)

Calmed

2.

Define the word 'bawl'

a)

A loud cry or shout

b)

Hay kept in a farm

c)

A small piece of fabric

d)

The bottom of a tree

3.

What is the word used for barking in a prolonged tone?

a)

Baying

b)

Screaming

c)

Shouting

d)

Hissing

4.

What does the word "beserk" mean?

a)

Surprised

b)

An uneasy feeling

c)

out of control with anger or excitement

d)

Boring

5.

Which term means "to come to an end" ?

a)

Continue

b)

Repeat

c)

Renew

d)

Cease

6.

Which of the following does NOT describe the word "disposition" ?

a)

A person's qualities of mind and character

b)

How something is arranged or ordered

c)

Power to deal with something as someone pleases

d)

An outburst of anger or excitement

7.

Define the word "deliberately"

a)

randomly doing something

b)

intentionally doing something

c)

accidentally doing something

d)

nonchalantly doing something

8.

Which of the following words mean "greatly astonished or amazed"?

a)

Baying

b)

Disappointed

c)

Dumbfounded

d)

Perplexed

9.

Define the word "fared".

a)

charged a fee

b)

ran away

c)

disregarded

d)

cleared space

10.

Define the word "grit"

a)

stubbornness

b)

a loud noise

c)

strength of character

d)

a slimy substance

11.

What is a "gunny sack"?

a)

a wool bag

b)

a lunchbox

c)

a satchel

d)

a burlap bag

12.

What is the slang term used for an unsophisticated country person(typically residing in the Mountains) ?

a)

Yuppy

b)

Hillbilly

c)

Gloat

d)

Taut

13.

What is the term that describes when a person acts without thought?

a)

Slowly

b)

Quickly

c)

Deliberately

d)

Impulsively

14.

What is a muzzle?

a)

A magician

b)

Something that is put over the nose and mouth to protect it.

c)

Duct tape

d)

an animal trap

15.

What is a difficult, unpleasant or embarrassing situation?

a)

Predicament

b)

Bawl

c)

Sulk

d)

Disposition

16.

What is provision?

a)

The act of providing or supplying something?

b)

The act of creating something

c)

The act of foreseeing a future situation

d)

The act of forgetting about something

17.

What is it called when someone is angrily reprimanding someone?

a)

Astonishing

b)

Bawling

c)

Scolding

d)

Baying

18.

Which of the following is not a definition of "squall"?

a)

A sudden violent gust of wind

b)

wind that brings in a storm

c)

Noisy and continuous crying

d)

Cooing of a baby

19.

What is it called when something is stretched or pulled tight without slack?

a)

Grit

b)

Taut

c)

Sulk

d)

Bawl

20.

What is another word for "confused motion"

a)

Squall

b)

Taut

c)

Muzzle

d)

commotion