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Of Mice and Men Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After getting beat for the third time in a row, the football team ______ left the field.

a)

dejectedly

b)

craftily

c)

wryly

d)

happily

2.

She _____ in fear as the ghosts popped out in the haunted house.

a)

mollify

b)

apprehended

c)

cringed

d)

bemused

3.

Despite people's gossip and opinions, he remained _____ in his feelings and did not partake of the gossip.

a)

aloof

b)

belligerent

c)

pugnacious

d)

anguished

4.

What would the BEST synonym for bemused be?

a)

musical

b)

apprehensive

c)

confused

d)

cringed

5.

What would the BEST synonym for wryly be?

a)

showing disgust

b)

wiggily

c)

gloomy

d)

complacent

6.

What would the BEST synonym for pugnacious be?

a)

peaceful

b)

happily

c)

silent

d)

quarrelsome

7.

What word BEST summarizes the photo?

a)

scuttled

b)

derogatory

c)

bewildered

d)

morosely

8.

Circle the person who is the most bemused.

9.

What word BEST describes what is happening in the photo.

a)

The one person is pugnacious.

b)

The one person is consoling the other.

c)

They are both aloof to each other.

d)

They are scuttling back home.

10.

The dark clouds were ______ of a bad storm coming.

a)

ominous

b)

mollifying

c)

consoling

d)

cringing