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Jasper Jones Chapter 1-2 + Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who comes to Charlie's window in the middle of the night?

a)

Laura

b)

Mad Jack

c)

Jasper Jones

d)

The police

2.

How does Charlie feel about Jasper asked for his help?

a)

Scared

b)

Honoured

c)

Angry

d)

Confused

3.

How does Jasper describe his age compared to Charlie's?

a)

1 year older

b)

2 years younger

c)

The same age

d)

5 years older

4.

What does Jasper tell Charlie he needs his help with?

a)

Finding a lost item

b)

Solving a mystery

c)

Escaping from the police

d)

None of the above

5.

How does Jasper react when he sees Laura's body?

a)

Sad

b)

Confused

c)

Angry

d)

Disdainful

6.

Who is Laura?

a)

Charlie's sister

b)

Jasper's girlfriend

c)

A young woman found dead

d)

A detective investigating the case

7.

What does Charlie suggest they do after finding Laura's body?

a)

Keep it a secret

b)

Go to the police

c)

Run away

d)

Investigate it themselves

8.

Has Jasper ever brought Laura to the bushes where she was found dead?

a)

Yes, but always by a circuitous path

b)

No, he has never been there

c)

Yes, directly through the bushes

d)

It is not mentioned in the text

9.

Who does Jasper think killed Laura?

a)

Charlie

b)

Mad Jack

c)

The police

d)

Himself

10.

How does Charlie feel about working with Jasper to solve the mystery?

a)

Terrified

b)

Thrilled

c)

Angry

d)

Indifferent

11.

Select the correct definition: Bilious

a)

percussion instrument

b)

bitter, sharp in taste or temper

c)

foul-smelling; putrid

d)

affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting

12.

Acerbic

a)

affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting

b)

Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

c)

foul-smelling; putrid

d)

bitter, sharp in taste or temper

13.

Affable

a)

Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

b)

Friendly

c)

percussion instrument

d)

using few words

14.

Mollify

a)

using few words

b)

Modest and reserved in manner or behavior

c)

to appease someone’s anger or anxiety

d)

Friendly

15.

Desultory

a)

Friendly

b)

lacking enthusiasm, purpose or definite plan

c)

using few words

d)

to appease someone’s anger or anxiety

16.

Laconically

a)

Cerebral

b)

using few words

c)

Friendly

d)

lacking enthusiasm, purpose or definite plan

17.

Fetid

a)

bitter, sharp in taste or temper

b)

lacking enthusiasm, purpose or definite plan

c)

Modest and reserved in manner or behavior

d)

foul-smelling; putrid

18.

Pathology

a)

Processes, causes, and effects of a disease; abnormality

b)

people who take the law into their own hands

c)

a single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm.

d)

Modest and reserved in manner or behavior

19.

Literati

a)

Modest and reserved in manner or behavior

b)

scholarly or learned persons

c)

bitter, sharp in taste or temper

d)

percussion instrument

20.

Demure

a)

to appease someone’s anger or anxiety

b)

Friendly

c)

Modest and reserved in manner or behavior

d)

lacking enthusiasm, purpose or definite plan