WorksheetsVocab from Roll of Thunder
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "meticulous" MEAN?
very careful
very angry
not very strong
not very slow
Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "mar" MEAN?
to damage how something looks
to prepare something slowly
to interrupt something
to give away something
Showing up at school at all on a bright August-like October morning…was concession enough; Sunday clothing was asking too much.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT MIGHT "concession" mean?
a stand that sells snacks
a compromise, even if you don't like it
a confession of guilt
a punishment that is deserved
Stacey cut me a wicked look and I grew silent. His disposition had been irritatingly sour lately.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "disposition" MEAN?
someone's usual attitude
someone's tone of voice
someone's goals and dreams
someone's guilty secret
…As for shoes, they imprisoned freedom-loving feet accustomed to the feel of warm earth.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "accustomed" mean?
used to / comfortable with
not enjoying
enjoying a lot
frightening / scary
Christopher-John’s whistling increased to a raucous, nervous shrill…
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "raucous" MEAN?
very loud and wild
very quiet and gentle
repeating over and over
angry or frustrated
…I let the matter drop and trudged along in a moody silence, my brothers growing as pensively quiet as I.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "pensively" mean?
deep in thought
easily distracted
exhausted
cheerful
Beyond the protective fencing of the forest, vast farming fields, worked by a multitude of sharecropping families, covered two thirds of a ten-square-mile plantation.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "vast" MEAN?
spreading across a huge area
reaching in the opposite direction
buried beneath the ground
covering a small piece of land
Beyond the protective fencing of the forest, vast farming fields, worked by a multitude of sharecropping families, covered two thirds of a ten-square-mile plantation.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "multitude" MEAN?
a very large number
a very small number
a very loud group
a very quiet group
He worked the remainder of the year away from us, not returning until the deep winter when the ground was cold and barren.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "barren" MEAN?
not able to grow
not able to hear
not able to move
not able to remember
…A tall, emaciated-looking boy popped suddenly from a forest trail and swung a thin arm around Stacey.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "emaciated" MEAN?
very chubby because they have had too much to eat
very skinny because they have not had enough to eat
very healthy because they are eating the right amount
“Ain’t no need gettin’ mad,” T.J. replied, undaunted.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "undaunted" mean?
not discouraged or backing down
not hopeful for the future
not willing to accept the truth
…T.J. immediately erased the question by continuing amiably.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "amiable" MEAN?
cheerful
sleepy
confusing
He eyed me disdainfully, then went on.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "disdain" MEAN?
hate
love
excited
guilty
…Little Man only gazed at the ragged red bank sparsely covered with scraggly brown briars and kept walking.
not very thick
extremely thick
He was often ridiculed by the other children at his school and had shown up more than once with wide red welts on his arms…
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "ridiculed" MEAN?
made fun of
praised and complimented
ignored by others
…[Jeremy] waved a timid good-bye and slowly followed her.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "timid" MEAN?
shy
brave
goofy
angry
In front of it were two yellow buses…and loitering students awaiting the knell of the morning bell.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT MIGHT "loitering" MEAN?
lazily waiting around somewhere, usually without a good reason
eagerly waiting to fight your way to the head of a line
nervously sitting around and waiting to see what will happen next
proudly standing in a strict, straight line, ready to begin a performance
In the very center of the expansive front lawn, waving, red, white, and blue with the emblem of the Confederacy emblazoned in its upper left-hand corner, was the Mississippi flag.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "expansive" MEAN?
very large
kind of small
crowded
empty
In the very center of the expansive front lawn, waving, red, white, and blue with the emblem of the Confederacy emblazoned in its upper left-hand corner, was the Mississippi flag.
BASED ON THIS CONTEXT, WHAT COULD "emblazoned" MEAN?
clearly displayed on something
hidden in shame
carefully written or sewn
In the very center of the expansive front lawn, waving, red, white, and blue with the emblem of the Confederacy emblazoned in its upper left-hand corner, was the Mississippi flag.
WHAT IS THE "emblem of the Confederacy"?
a symbol of the South, from the Civil War
a song of the North, from the Civil War
an American motto (saying), from the Reconstruction Era
