WorksheetsChike and the River
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. All that was left of the cheese was a thin _____________.
a. lorry
b. compound
c. latrine
d. wedge
2. Penobscot has an _______________ to climb a mountain someday.
a. ambition
b. accepted
c. an imp
d. opponent
3. I felt __________________ when my friend stole money from his mother.
a. shameful
b. accepted
c. defiance
d. impossible
4. We covered the pile of firewood with a ___________ to keep it dry.
a. lorry
b. tarpaulin
c. ferry
d. wedge
5. My Dad told me not to _____________ too far from the house.
a. ferry
b.wedge
c. dropped
d. wander
6. I was ______________ to say goodbye to my friend.
a. reluctant
b. impossible
c. shameful
d. accepted
7. I dribbled the ball past my ____________________ and shot the winning goal!
a. defiance
b. lorry
c.wedge
d. opponent
8. When she finished her performance, the audience began to applaud.
a. to clap the hands
b. turn in circles
c. jump up and down
d. get up and leave
9. The hill looked steep, but the ascent was not difficult.
a. drying off
b. going upward
c. figuring it out
d. falling down
10. My brother was brooding about the extra chores he had to do.
a. worrying
b. dancing
c. poking a hole
d. shouting angrily
11. I rode my bicycle over some broken glass, and the tire was punctured.
a. torn
b. blown up
c. painted
d. pierced, poked
12. The cat was furious over getting soaked by the rain.
a. sad
b. extremely angry
c. laughing
d. happy
13. The rich old man was so miserly that he refused to paint his peeling, old house.
a. worried
b. happy
c. tight-fisted
d. generous
14. It took us so long to walk home that it was dusk by the time we turned in to our street.
a. morning
b. noon
c. getting dark
d. raining
15. Chike’s neighbor was considered miserly because,
a. His children wore threadbare clothes
b. His family ate the cheapest food
c. He paid his children’s school fees late
d. all of the above
16. Chike finally found the money to cross the river by
a. writing to English schoolboys
b. washing cars
c. going to the money-doubler
d. stealing from his uncle Michael
17. Crossing the river, Chike mostly felt
a. excited and happy
b. annoyed
c. tired
d. worried and afraid
18. When Chike arrives in Asaba, he notices that
a. there are many more people than in Onitsha
b. it is disappointingly small
c. there are huge, fine houses
d. the market is much larger and better than in Onitsha
19. Chike cannot go home that evening because
a. he does not have money for the return trip
b. he gets lost
c. he is locked in a sentry box
d. he is too late to ride the last ferry
20. Chike overhears some men in the middle of the night
a. singing “Happy Birthday”
b. plotting to steal some goods
c. talking about Chike
d. discussing a football game
