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"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a person or group blamed for the mistakes of others

(a)  

2.

a peculiar personality trait

(a)  

3.

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

(a)  

4.

boldly resisting

(a)  

5.

unwillingly

(a)  

6.

sleeplessness

(a)  

7.

unable to understand something simple

(a)  

8.

eager

(a)  

9.

The woman spoke __________ when she told the group about Les Goodman looking up at the sky at night.

a)

dense

b)

reluctantly

c)

idiosyncrasy

d)

scapegoat

10.

Steve told Charlie he should not pick out every _____________ of every man, woman and child in the neighborhood..

a)

idiosyncrasy

b)

apprehensive

c)

anxious

d)

dense

11.

Steve asked Charlie why he was so _____________ all of a sudden.

a)

insomnia

b)

reluctantly

c)

dense

d)

defiant

12.

Les Goodman was the _____________; he was an innocent person who was blamed for something.

a)

defiant

b)

scapegoat

c)

dense

d)

anxious

13.

Charlie yelled, "You sound real __________ to have that happen, Steve!"

a)

idiosyncrasy

b)

apprehensive

c)

reluctantly

d)

anxious

14.

Les Goodman claimed he looked up at the sky at night because he had _____________ and couldn't sleep.

a)

insomnia

b)

dense

c)

anxious

d)

idiosyncrasy

15.

When they saw a figure walking towards them, the group of neighbors was described as fearful and ________________.

a)

defiant

b)

dense

c)

apprehensive

d)

reluctantly

16.

Tommy was described as partly frightened and partly _____________ when he told Steve and Charlie not to leave the neighborhood.

a)

apprehensive

b)

scapegoat

c)

dense

d)

defiant