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A Long Walk to Water Vocabulary Quizs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word is a synonym for the words terrible, horrible, and awful?

a)

dreadful

b)

chuckling

c)

luscious

d)

sleek

2.

Which of the following words means "spread out all over the place"?

a)

clusters

b)

scattered

c)

abundance

d)

mortars

3.

Which word means "someone who has fled their home due to war or some other crisis"?

a)

terrain

b)

refugee

c)

aroma

d)

chaos

4.

If you do something grudgingly, you do it....

a)

happily

b)

in a clumsy way

c)

against your will

d)

slowly

5.

Which two words are antonyms?

a)

chuckling and wailing

b)

emaciated and clangor

c)

filthy and aloft

d)

donations and receding

6.

Which word contains a suffix meaning "without", and means "not having a goal or direction"?

a)

relentless

b)

abruptly

c)

uneasy

d)

aimless

7.

Use the context clues(s) to choose the best word for the blank: Because the water was ____________ with chemicals from the factory, nobody could safely drink it.

a)

confirmed

b)

milling

c)

wedged

d)

contaminated

8.

Which word below is NOT a sensory detail related word?

a)

clangor

b)

aroma

c)

arid

d)

gauge

9.

Choose the best answer: Which of the following would someone be most likely to marvel at when they see it?

a)

a stop sign on their street

b)

the hairbrush they use everyday

c)

a very bright double rainbow in the sky

d)

a plain piece of paper

10.

Which word comes from a root meaning "earth", and is used to describe the landscape of a place?

a)

terrain

b)

aloft

c)

gored

d)

surge

11.

Use the context clues(s) to choose the best word for the blank: When my mom realized that she had lost her diamond ring, she became ______, and began rushing around, looking everywhere for it.

a)

fascinated

b)

frantic

c)

fierce

d)

arid

12.

Which two words are synonyms?

a)

vivid and dimmer

b)

flinched and charred

c)

srambled and scurried

d)

monotonous and astounding

13.

Which of the following words contains an adverb suffix, and means "quickly, suddenly"?

a)

lag

b)

abruptly

c)

wander

d)

filthy

14.

Which word below is NOT a synonym for chaos?

a)

confusion

b)

disorder

c)

calm

d)

mayhem

15.

Choose the best answer: Threadbare could be a word used to describe which of the following?

a)

a brand-new sportscar

b)

an aquarium full of colorful fish

c)

an old and well-worn pair of jeans

d)

a pile of dirt and gravel

16.

Which of the following might cause you to feel despair?

a)

making a new friend

b)

finding out you won a contest

c)

discovering you failed an important test

d)

being asked for directions from a stranger

17.

Use the context clues(s) to choose the best word for the blanks: The flood water __________ the town, knocking down trees, sweeping away houses, and destroying everything else in its path.

a)

emerged

b)

revived

c)

trudged

d)

ravaged

18.

Use the context clues(s) to choose the best word for the blank: The boarded up house had a yard full of tall grass and weeds, a crumbling front porch, and an empty driveway, so it was clearly ___________.

a)

vanished

b)

uninhabited

c)

precise

d)

scything

19.

Which word below, which contains a prefix that means "not", is a synonym for tense or worried?

a)

revived

b)

uneasy

c)

gripped

d)

lag

20.

Which word below comes from the root don, which means " to give"?

a)

trudged

b)

riddled

c)

despair

d)

donations