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The New Colossus Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following activities could be GRUELING?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

Taking a state test

b)

Texting a friend

c)

Mowing the grassing on a hot summer day

d)

Watching a movie

2.

What is something a reasonable person would YEARN for?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

An ice cream sundae

b)

Freedom

c)

A new car

d)

To be in prison

3.

When might people be HUDDLED together?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

At home in their living room

b)

Waiting to get into a concert

c)

Driving to a friend's house

d)

With your football team after a

big win

4.

Which of the following things can be MASSIVE?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

A large storm

b)

a field of corn

c)

a bird's nest

d)

a castle

5.

Who might a person VOUCH for?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

Someone who just moved in next door

b)

Your Granpa

c)

Your best friend

d)

A boy you met on the bus

6.

Which of the following are ANTONYMS for IGNORAMOUS?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

A brilliant scientist

b)

A person who can't read or write

c)

An engineer

d)

A person who doesn't know the alphabet

7.

Which of the following might you find on a MANIFEST?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

The dinner menus

b)

The names of the captain and crew

c)

The passenger's names

d)

How much fuel is onboard

8.

Under which type of government would people suffer the most OPPRESSION?

a)

monarchy

b)

democracy

c)

dictatorship

9.

Which of the following would be examples of a POGRAM?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

A band program in which various instruments play long music pieces

b)

Adolf Hitler putting Jewish people in concentration camps

c)

Russian mobs in nearly 200 cities attacking and destroying the homes of Jewish people

10.

Which of the following are examples of MASSES?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

A mob of protestors carrying signs

b)

Students in line at the restroom

c)

The whole 8th grade in the gym for a dance

d)

A half full bus of people

11.

Which of the following would be SYNONYMS for LANDSMAN?

There may be more than 1 answer.

a)

countryman

b)

stranger

c)

foreigner

12.

What is the meaning of the idiom BESIDE MYSELF?

a)

standing close to someone

b)

feeling blithe and carefree

c)

distressed or troubled

13.

What is the meaning of the idiom STOMACH IS IN KNOTS?

a)

Having anxious feelings

b)

My belt in too tight

c)

Being excited

14.

Which is an OPEN SYLLABLE in

po gram

a)

po

b)

gram

15.

What kind of syllable is the part in UPPERCASE?

man i FEST

a)

Open

b)

Closed

c)

Magic -e