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The House on Mango Street Vocabulary 20-42

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "anemic" mean?

a)

A small cylinder container

b)

The right to use power

c)

Lacking vigor or energy

d)

A signal for something to happen

2.

What is a "capsule"?

a)

A market selling different kinds of goods

b)

A small cylinder container

c)

Soft, velvety leather

d)

A plant having large, showy, variously colored flowers.

3.

What does "interim" refer to?

a)

The desire or force to do something

b)

The time between, temporary

c)

A decorative edge of hanging threads; edge

d)

To walk lamely or in an uneven way

4.

What does it mean to "notify" someone?

a)

To hang or bend down

b)

To let someone know; to inform

c)

To force or stick into a narrow area

d)

To walk slowly with heavy steps

5.

What is "suede"?

a)

A thin, beautiful pottery invented in China

b)

A federal program of disability and retirement benefits

c)

Soft, velvety leather

d)

A plant having large, showy, variously colored flowers.

6.

What is "social security"?

a)

A market selling different kinds of goods

b)

A federal program of disability and retirement benefits that covers most working people

c)

The period of time a worker does his or her job

d)

A metamorphic rock that was once limestone

7.

What does "Hibiscus" refer to?

a)

A decorative edge of hanging threads; edge

b)

A metamorphic rock that was once limestone

c)

A plant having large, showy, variously colored flowers.

d)

The right to use power

8.

The right to use power is....

a)

authority

b)

trudged

c)

droop

d)

limp

9.

Forced or stuck into a narrow area is...

a)

bazaar

b)

cue

c)

wedged

d)

anemic

10.

To hang or bend down is....

a)

Hibiscus

b)

capsule

c)

will

d)

droop

11.

A signal for something to happen is....

a)

suede

b)

cue

c)

interim

d)

social security

12.

Content is...

a)

the desire or force to do something

b)

the right to use power

c)

metamorphic rock that was once limestone

d)

in a state of peaceful happiness

13.

A thin beautiful potter invented in in China is.....

a)

porcelain

b)

wedged

c)

fringe

d)

capsule

14.

Fringe is...

a)

a market selling different kinds of goods

b)

walked slowly with heavy steps

c)

to walk lamely or in an uneven way

d)

decorative edge of hanging threads; edge

15.

The desire or force to do something is...

a)

limp

b)

cue

c)

will

d)

shift

16.

Bazaar is.....

a)

metamorphic rock that was once limestone

b)

Market selling different kinds of goods

c)

lacking vigor or energy

d)

in a state of peacefull happiness

17.

Metamorphic rock that was once limestone....

a)

suede

b)

interim

c)

marble

d)

notify

18.

Trudged is....

a)

walked slowly with heavy steps

b)

to left someone know; inform

c)

a small cylinder container

d)

a signal for something to happen

19.

Limp is...

a)

to walk lamely or in an uneven way

b)

to hang or bend down

c)

the period of time a worker does thier job

d)

plant with with large, colorful flowers

20.

The period of time a worker does their job....

a)

wedged

b)

anemic

c)

social security

d)

shift