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The Giver List 2

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He sat in his dwelling alone, watching through the window, seeing children at play, citizens bicycling home from uneventful days at work, ordinary lives free of anguish because he had been selected, as others before him had, to bear their burden.

a)

pain

b)

enjoyment

c)

burden

d)

love

2.

free from an obligation or liability imposed on others (a)  

Choose from the below words
exempt
nondescript
relinquish
acquisition
3.

Which of the following would cause someone "anguish"?

a)

getting chosen for a reward

b)

losing a pet or family member

c)

forgetting to do your homework

d)

hanging out with your best friend

4.

If someone is "exempt" from a quiz, do they still have to take the quiz?

a)

yes, they still have to take the quiz

b)

no, they do not have to take the quiz

5.

continued; slow to leave

a)

relinquished

b)

fretful

c)

conspciuous

d)

lingered

6.

feeling a great physical or emotional pain

a)

conspicuous

b)

warily

c)

anguish

d)

fretful

7.
I knew the recycling was due to be picked up soon because the __________ was overflowing.
a)
successor
b)
receptacle
c)
haphazard
d)
chaos
8.

sneakily, cautiously, furtively

a)

carnage

b)

stealthily

c)

admonition

d)

vibrant

9.

The child crept _________ into the kitchen for a midnight snack.

a)

stealthily

b)

vibrantly

c)

invigoratingly

d)

languidly

10.

Many students in the ___ buildings at school struggle to make it to their next class on time.

a)

outlying

b)

anguished

c)

implored

11.

We only had one or two solutions. Mr. Kiernan asked us to think ___ and come up with more ideas.

a)

anguished

b)

 expansively

c)

lingerly

12.

Noelia keeps her desk organized by having ___ for everything: one for her pens and another for her papers. 

a)

stealthily

b)

outlying

c)

receptacles

13.

In an effort to raise their grades, the students ___ the teacher to give them one more assignment.

a)

implored

b)

surged

c)

treacherously

14.

When the home team was winning, the stands ___ with excitement; when they were losing, it was as quiet as a mouse.

a)

dejected

b)

surged

c)

treacherously

15.

After losing the game, Mr. Kiernan felt ___ and needed some time alone

a)

dejected

b)

treacherously

c)

expansively 

16.

Even after all the other people left the party, Jose' and Petunia ___, talking and sipping punch.

a)

outlying

b)

 lingered

c)

anguished

17.

After being hit by a car, the dog let out an ___ howl. It must have hurt a lot!

a)

anguished

b)

receptacles

c)

stealthily

18.

 The squirrel moved quickly and ___ behind Lexi to steal her Takis.

a)

outlying

b)

anguished

c)

stealthily

19.

White water rafting was ___ because Mr. Riggs couldn’t see where the water was deep or where the boat could get stuck on underwater rocks.

a)

implored

b)

dejected

c)

treacherous