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"The Last Great Race on Earth" VOCAB

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word GRUELING?

a)

Exciting

b)

Meaningful

c)

Exhausting; very tiring.

d)

For something to be special.

2.

What has the best meaning of the word RESUMED?

a)

To take up or go on again after interruption

b)

To give up and quit

c)

To stop unexpectedly

d)

To live life to the fullest.

3.

What does it mean to HALLUCINATE?

a)

To find the happiness of something special

b)

To see things that are not really there

c)

To have a sad heart

d)

To be unable to finish a test

4.

What does the word TRAMPLE mean?

a)

To walk as quiet as a mouse

b)

To lift heavy things into the air

c)

To tread or step heavily and noisily

d)

To read a book in class

5.

What is an IDITAROD?

a)

An annual sled dog race in Alaska

b)

A rod that you can use to ski.

c)

A heavy post used to hold up a wall

d)

A type of dog

6.

Which sentence has the best meaning of the word JAGGED?

a)

There is a super cute kitten looking out the window.

b)

The dog was so fluffy!

c)

Pillows are so soft and comfortable.

d)

The ice in the cave was sharp and protruding from the ceiling.

7.

What is a LANDSCAPE?

a)

All the visible features of countryside and land

b)

an invisible log

c)

the view of staring directly into the sun.

d)

The colors of the carpet changing on their own

8.

Which answer best describes a MUSHER?

a)

Someone who picks mushrooms for a living.

b)

The painter of a church.

c)

A person who rides a sled pulled by a team of dogs.

d)

Someone who teaches science

9.

What answer best describes the word RENOWNED?

a)

They are not well known and talked about very little.

b)

The ways of the jedi.

c)

They are very well known and talked about often, they are famous!

d)

Middle school drama.

10.

What does the word ALTERNATE mean?

a)

To repeat consistently.

b)

To follow a pattern of every other.

c)

To become formal

d)

To fly into another world.

11.

What is the definition of the word COMPETITION?

a)

An event r a contest in which people compete.

b)

A person sitting in a chair reading a book.

c)

A chicken running around the yard.

d)

Putting a baby to sleep.

12.

What does it mean to be HISTORIC?

a)

To be unknown in history.

b)

To have little to no knowledge.

c)

To be an important part of history.

d)

To have an important responsibility.

13.

What does it mean to SIGNIFY something?

a)

To make sure there is something known about someone.

b)

To make sure there is an indication of something.

c)

To make assure that everyone gets fed.

d)

To symbolize a special ite,

14.

If you are in the WILDERNESS, you are

a)

in the city.

b)

in a classroom.

c)

in an area surrounded buy nothing but the great outdoors.

d)

in a gymnasium full of kids running wild.

15.

Which of the statements below best describes the word COMMUTING?

a)

To stop in the middle of the road.

b)

To travel some distance between where you left and your destination.

c)

To stay in the same place for a long time.

d)

To read a book.

16.

What is a PROSPECTOR?

a)

A person who studies dinosaurs.

b)

A dental technician.

c)

Someone who drills for mineral deposits.

d)

A specialist in DNA.

17.

DWINDLED means?

a)

To diminish gradually over time.

b)

To grow after a period of time.

c)

To make something out of a stick.

d)

To speed through your homework.

18.

What does it mean to have great ENDURANCE?

a)

to be able to withstand unbearable ordeals for a period of time.

b)

to hide

c)

to cry

d)

to laugh a lot

19.

Which sentence matches the definition for DAUNTING?

Daunting means seeming difficult to deal with.

a)

Sometimes school work may seem difficult to accomplish.

b)

I love to laugh.

c)

Camping is so much fun.

d)

Life is amazing!

20.

Which sentence best works for the word REMOTENESS?

Remoteness means to be secluded, or located far away from everyone or anything.

a)

The mushers and their dogs start the race with many people surrounding them.

b)

Mushers endure a cold, harsh trip in the middle of no where.

c)

The mushers get to spend an entire race with plenty of company.

d)

The wilderness is full of people with plenty of places to stop and get at meals.