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Vocabulary from 'Where is Here?' by Joyce Carol Oates

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word 'gregarious'?

a)

sociable

b)

solitary

c)

angry

d)

sad

2.

What is the meaning of the word 'amiably'?

a)

angrily

b)

pleasantly

c)

sadly

d)

loudly

3.

What is the meaning of the word 'stoical'?

a)

emotional

b)

keeping strong emotions in check

c)

joyful expression

d)

fearful for ones safety

4.

What is 'chintz' used for?

a)

food

b)

printed cotton fabric used especially for curtains and upholstery

c)

metal with a printed pattern

d)

paper with a printed pattern used for decor

5.

What does 'avuncular' mean?

a)

having traits considered typical of uncles; jolly, indulgent, stodgy

b)

angry

c)

pleasantly expressed

d)

keeping strong emotions in check

6.

What does 'fastidious' mean?

a)

careless

b)

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

c)

sociable

d)

keeping strong emotions in check

7.

What does 'adroitly' mean?

a)

very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

b)

in a clever or skillful way

c)

startling, stimulating as if by electric current

d)

sociable

8.

What does 'galvanic' mean?

a)

a word that modifies a verb

b)

startling, stimulating as if by electric current

c)

in a clever or skillful way

d)

keeping strong emotions in check

9.

What is a 'theme' in literature?

a)

a character

b)

insight or message a literary work expresses about life of human nature

c)

a setting

d)

a plot

10.

What is a 'plot' in literature?

a)

a) a character

b)

b) sequence of related events centered on conflict

c)

c) insight or message

d)

d) the time and place

11.

What is a 'setting' in literature?

a)

a) a character

b)

b) the time and place in which characters live

c)

c) the sequence of events centered around conflict

d)

d) insight or message

12.

What is an 'adverb'?

a)

person, place, or thing

b)

a word that modifies a verb

c)

a word that modifies a noun

d)

a pronoun