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Animal Farm Ch. 1-4 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

What is the meaning of the word "brood" as used in the provided text?

a)

A type of plant

b)

A family of young animals, especially birds

c)

A large building

d)

A musical instrument

2.

Which word means "to settle comfortably and firmly in position"?

a)

toil

b)

ensconce

c)

ambush

d)

chaff

3.

What does the word "clime" refer to?

a)

A type of food

b)

A region or climate

c)

A musical note

d)

A kind of animal

4.

Which term is defined as "wealth, success"?

a)

prosperity

b)

exploit

c)

knoll

d)

cryptic

5.

A "knoll" is best described as:

a)

A deep valley

b)

A small rounded hill

c)

A type of tree

d)

A river

6.

To "gambol" means to:

a)

Work hard

b)

Hide in a safe place

c)

Frolic or romp about playfully

d)

Attack by surprise

7.

Which word means "not able to be changed"?

a)

ignominious

b)

unalterable

c)

tractable

d)

posthumously

8.

What does "toil" mean?

a)

To play

b)

To work long and hard

c)

To hide

d)

To attack

9.

The husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing are called:

a)

chaff

b)

brood

c)

knoll

d)

clime

10.

Which word is defined as "puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic"?

a)

cryptic

b)

exploit

c)

ambush

d)

prosperity

11.

If something is "tractable," it is:

a)

Difficult to manage

b)

Easily managed or malleable

c)

Shameful

d)

Unchangeable

12.

Which word means "deserving or causing public disgrace or shame"?

a)

ignominious

b)

posthumously

c)

ensconce

d)

toil

13.

An "ambush" is:

a)

A type of plant

b)

An attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy

c)

A musical instrument

d)

A safe place

14.

To "exploit" someone or something means to:

a)

Hide it

b)

Take advantage of it

c)

Work hard for it

d)

Ignore it

15.

If something happens "posthumously," it happens:

a)

Before birth

b)

After the death of the originator

c)

During a celebration

d)

In a safe place