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WorksheetsOn My Honor Review 1-A
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
to cause or experience a slight prickling sensation
outrageous
jubilant
tingled
jaunt
perpendicular or nearly so; steep
taunt
jubilant
slog
sheer
period of very hot weather
scorcher
eddied
glowering
mimicked
thinly dispersed or scattered
jubilant
sparse
glowering
haphazardly
expressing great happiness and triumph
jubilant
jaunt
sloth
haphazardly
very bold or unusual
momentum
jaunt
outrageous
haphazardly
very bold or unusual
momentum
jaunt
outrageous
haphazardly
being full of energy or excitement
intention
exuberance
outrageous
thrashing
quantity of motion of a moving body
intention
sizzled
momentum
immersing
imitate in order to entertain or ridicule
mimicked
sizzled
jaunt
lasso
a remark made in anger or to provoke someone
mimicked
jubilant
jaunt
taunt
lacking organization
wobbled
gawk
haphazardly
taunt
reluctant to work or give effort
flailing
sloth
haphazardly
slog
to beat repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip
flailing
eddied
haphazardly
thrashing
an angry or sullen look on one's face
jubilant
eddied
glowering
slog
work hard over a period of time
jubilant
eddied
glowering
slog
to move in a circular motion
jubilant
eddied
glowering
slog
In the beginning of the novel, Tony wanted to do something dangerous. What was it?
Swim at the pool
Climb the Starved Rock Bluffs
Build a treehouse
Swim in the Vermillion River
Before Joel and Tony leave, Joel promises his father about where they are going by saying what?
"True dat"
"That's my good word"
"No doubt"
"On my honor"
While riding his bike, Tony decides to stop and do what?
Swim at the public pool
Swim in the Vermillion River
Go to summer school
Climb rocks
Joel challenges Tony to...
build a tree house
swim to the sandbar
climb to the top of the rocks
swim across the pool
What is the main factor that makes Joel's challenge dangerous?
Tony can't swim
The current of the water
The river bottom changes
No one knows where the boys have gone
Joel stops and touches bottom for a moment to catch his breath. What is Tony doing when he catches up to Joel and stops beside him?
Complaining because Joel had stopped.
Shivering because the water was so cold
Gasping for breath with his chest heaving
Starting to think that Joel was right to not want to swim in the river
When Joel makes it to the sandbar, he jumps to his feet and turns around to brag to Tony about beating him. What did Joel see when he looked back out at the river?
Tony slowly splashing his way towards the sandbar.
The river stretching out before him...smooth, glistening, reddish-brown...and no Tony.
Tony asking for help
Tony climbing out of the river on the bank where they had started from earlier.
At first, Joel thought that Tony had to be back on the bank and playing a trick on him.
True
False
Joel suddenly understood . . .
"Tony couldn't swim -- not really -- and Tony had gone under."
True
False
Joel desperately tried to search the river for Tony, but it was nearly impossible. Why?
He was so panicked he could barely swim.
He couldn't see more than a few inches in front of his face.
He became violently ill.
It was getting too dark outside.
With all the questions swirling in his head, Joel felt like he was in a trance. What finally broke him out of that trance?
He heard Tony screaming for help.
He saw Tony's dad approaching.
He heard a helicopter fly overhead.
He heard a car rumble across the bridge.
Who was driving the car that Joel was able to flag down for help?
A police officer
An older gentleman
A teenage boy
His dad
Why didn't the girl want to go back to town?
Her parents thought she was at school.
She felt like she was going to get sick.
She didn't want to have to talk to the police.
She'd called in sick to work for the day and didn't want to get caught in a lie.
In a panic, Joel suddenly stopped his bike, jerked it around, and began racing away from town.
true
false
What did Joel do when he saw Tony's clothes scattered everywhere?
He kicked them into the river in anger.
He folded them up and placed them neatly in a pile.
He rolled them up and carried them home with him.
He held them in his arms and cried.
Why is Joel scared to go to the police?
He thinks he will get in trouble.
He thinks he will be put in jail.
He thinks they won't believe him.
He thinks Tony is playing a joke.
What story did Joel plan to tell his and Tony's parents? Pick two!
Joel biked to Straved Rock alone.
Joel went to the pool instead.
Joel left Tony at the river.
Tony and Joel got into a fight and didn't go on a bike ride.
The words reverberated through Joel's skull like a scream. Reverberated means:
echoed
to drive or push forward
to cause to vanish
showing great satisfaction
Tony's exuberance knew no bounds. Exuberance means:
to stare at
wild behavior
to mock
misleading
After folding Tony’s clothes neatly, Joel decides to mess them up again. Why did he do this?
because he was upset
because it was not like Tony to fold his clothes
because he wanted Tony to fold them
because he wanted to run over them with his bike
Which of the following would not be a theme for this novel?
To be a survivor, you can never give up.
Listen to your parents.
The early bird always gets the worm.
Hardships and struggles will come.
The reader can conclude that Tony most likely didn’t want to swim at the pool because ________________________.
he did not like chlorine.
the river was more fun.
he didn’t want others to see him swim.
he thought the river was more challenging.
What does "on my honor" mean?
I promise.
To hide a secret.
To disagree with someone.
To make up a lie.
