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TFA Vocab & Reading Comp Check

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Audacity

a)

A willingness to take bold risks

b)

A thing that causes disgust or hatred

2.

Because Okonkwo is so respected, the people of Umuofia sent him as a(n) ______ to represent them in the negotiations over the woman killed in the market.

a)

perpetuate

b)

emissary

c)

plaintive

d)

discern

3.

tumult means:

a)

turbulence or storm; uproar

b)

in the initial stages of development

c)

an object that one does not wish to give a specific name to

d)

to give up a right, claim or high office, such as a monarchy

4.

Choose the correct punctuation.

Here is my point( ) the dinosaur costume might be too big for a toddler.

a)

( ; )

b)

( : )

c)

( . )

d)

( s )

5.

Abomination

a)

Willingness to take bold risks

b)

A thing that causes disgust or hatred

6.

domain means:

a)

coming from the throat; harsh-sounding

b)

inaccessible; impossible to enter

c)

an area, lair, or territory under control

d)

turbulence or storm; uproar

7.

Okonkwo's __________ was visible in his compound in the fact that his barn was overflowing with yams.

a)

prosperity

b)

emissary

c)

homage

d)

improvident

8.

severe means

a)

being the agent or cause

b)

have the skills and qualifications to do well

c)

very strong or vigorous

d)

located far away spatially

9.

Choose the correct punctuation.

Leave the muffin basket on my teacher's desk( ) later, please text her to tell her that I sent it.

a)

( ; )

b)

( : )

c)

( . )

d)

( , )

10.

Unoka was (a)   and did not plan for the future success of his family.


Choose from the below words
improvident
incipient
arduous
audacity
11.

What does a semicolon ( ; ) do?

a)

used to signal the end of a complete sentence

b)

to indicate that a sentence is a question

c)

to join two related independent clauses in place of a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet)

d)

used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Usually modifies by telling how, when, where, why, under what conditions, or to what degree

12.

Prosperity

a)

Being succesful or thriving

b)

The rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in a relationship

13.

compensation means

a)

a charge imposed and collected

b)

extended verbal expression in speech or writing

c)

something given or received as reparation

d)

a sum expressed as a product

14.

incipient means:

a)

to stand your ground against a powerful and negative force

b)

an area, lair, or territory under control

c)

not allowed or permitted

d)

in the initial stages of development

15.

Unoka's laziness caused Okonkwo to (a)   his father and he felt great bitterness toward him.


Choose from the below words
resent
feign
poignant
deft