Worksheets"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" Vocabulary
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
a person or group blamed for the mistakes of others
(a)
a peculiar personality trait
(a)
uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
(a)
boldly resisting
(a)
unwillingly
(a)
sleeplessness
(a)
unable to understand something simple
(a)
eager
(a)
The woman spoke __________ when she told the group about Les Goodman looking up at the sky at night.
dense
reluctantly
idiosyncrasy
scapegoat
Steve told Charlie he should not pick out every _____________ of every man, woman and child in the neighborhood..
idiosyncrasy
apprehensive
anxious
dense
Steve asked Charlie why he was so _____________ all of a sudden.
insomnia
reluctantly
dense
defiant
Les Goodman was the _____________; he was an innocent person who was blamed for something.
defiant
scapegoat
dense
anxious
Charlie yelled, "You sound real __________ to have that happen, Steve!"
idiosyncrasy
apprehensive
reluctantly
anxious
Les Goodman claimed he looked up at the sky at night because he had _____________ and couldn't sleep.
insomnia
dense
anxious
idiosyncrasy
When they saw a figure walking towards them, the group of neighbors was described as fearful and ________________.
defiant
dense
apprehensive
reluctantly
Tommy was described as partly frightened and partly _____________ when he told Steve and Charlie not to leave the neighborhood.
apprehensive
scapegoat
dense
defiant
