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Refugee Vocabulary Ch 24-32 and Characterization

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which words mean muscular and heavily built and having a bad disposition; surly and best fit this sentence? ​ The ​ (a)   fireman gave a ​ (b)   glare at Jospeh's family as they came into their cabin.

Choose from the below words
churlish
burly
pry
orient
2.

What words mean sad beyond comforting and express grief verbally and best fit this sentence? Mahmoud's mother made a (a)   noise and was ​ (b)   when she lost Hannah in the boat wreck.

Choose from the below words
keening
inconsolable
berate
respite
3.

What word means digestive juices from the liver and best fits this sentence? She felt bitter (a)   rise in her throat as she felt sick at her stomach.

Choose from the below words
bile
respite
burly
4.

What words mean part of a song or poem that recurs at regular intervals and the closing section of a musical composition and best fit this sentence? The band repeated the opening (a)   of the song before going to the ​ (b)   for the grand finale.

Choose from the below words
refrain
coda
brash
loll
5.

What word means move or force in an effort to get something open and best fits this sentence? The man in the life raft tried to ​ (a)   Mahmoud's fingers away from the boat.

Choose from the below words
pry
orient
roil
6.

What words mean determine one's position with reference to another point and make turbid by stirring up the sediments of and best fit this sentence? The sailer tried to (a)   the lifeboat away from the ​ (b)   water and into safety.

Choose from the below words
orient
roiling
refrain
inconsolable
7.

Which words mean brief and to the point and censure severely or angrily and best fit this sentence? The impatient clerk gave a ​ (a)   response, but the customer began to ​ (b)   him for being rude.

Choose from the below words
curt
berate
keen
burly
8.

Which word means a pause for relaxation and best fits this sentence? Mahmoud wished for a ​ (a)   from swimming, just a moment to sit without working his arms and legs.

Choose from the below words
respite
inconsolable
churlish
9.

What word means offensively bold and best fits this sentence? The actor with his ​ (a)   manner, he doesn't have a lot of friends at work.

Choose from the below words
brash
coda
refrain
10.

Which word means
hang loosely or laxly and best fits this sentence? Senor Castillo's head (a)   back as he was pulled back into the raft after almost drowning in the sea.

Choose from the below words
lolled
bile
oriented
11.

What aspects make up a character's description? Choose all answers that apply.

a)

actions

b)

thoughts

c)

dialogue

d)

plot

12.

Which character is described below?

a 13 year old Jewish boy from Germany is trying to escape the Nazi's with his family

a)

Joseph

b)

Waleed

c)

Isabel

d)

Ivan

13.

Which character is described below?

a Syrian boy who wants to be invisible but also helps his family

a)

Joseph

b)

Mahmoud

c)

Isabel

d)

Ivan

14.

Which character is described below?

a young Cuban girl who plays trumpet and wants her family to stay together

a)

Ruthie

b)

Mahmoud

c)

Waleed

d)

Isabel