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Graveyard Book Vocab Quiz #1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word "sparse"?

a)

Thick and crowded

b)

Thinly scattered or distributed

c)

Very colorful

d)

Completely empty

2.

Which word means "to suggest or hint at something in an indirect way"?

a)

Expostulated

b)

Insinuated

c)

Endured

d)

Bolster

3.

Choose the correct definition for "altar tomb".

a)

A grave marked by a simple stone

b)

A tomb resembling a table, often found in graveyards

c)

A tomb burial site for animals

d)

A tomb resembling a seat, often found in graveyards

4.

Which of the following is a synonym for "dubiously"?

a)

Confidently

b)

Uncertainly

c)

Quickly

d)

Loudly

5.

What does "culmination" mean?

a)

The beginning of something

b)

The highest or final point

c)

A sudden stop

d)

A slow decline

6.

Which word means "to put up with something difficult or unpleasant"?

a)

Endured

b)

Falling

c)

Sparse

d)

Expostulated

7.

A "bevel marker" is best described as:

a)

A tall granite statue

b)

A flat, slightly slanted gravestone

c)

A wooden rounded, slightly slanted gravestone

d)

A cylinder style gravestone

8.

Which of the following is an antonym for "expostulated"?

a)

Argued

b)

Agreed

c)

Complained

d)

Objected

9.

What is a "burial site"?

a)

A place where people gather for parties and such

b)

A location where someone is buried

c)

A playground, duh

d)

A location where the body is cremated

10.

A "bolster" in the context of gravestones refers to:

a)

A wooden cross

b)

A cylinder-shaped gravestone

c)

A metal plaque used in cemeteries

d)

A granite plaque used in cemeteries