- 1. "I can't believe you had the ____________ to share that message with your parents," Shelly said to Jane. "Don't you think you'll get in trouble?"
Which word best completes the blank?
A) Hypocritical
B) Derision
C) Stifled
D) Audacity
E) Crevice
- 2. The _________ between the couch and the wall collected all sorts of thing: books, toys, and mismatched socks.
Which word best completes the blank?
A) Conceive
B) Crevice
C) Acute
D) Stealthily
E) Vex
- 3. "First she told me that she wasn't eating sugar, then she ate seven oreos. How _________ can you get?" Sally vented to her sister.
A) Hypocritical
B) Stealthily
C) Vex
D) Stifled
E) Acute
- 4. John felt incredibly ______ at school. The only elective options available had to do with math and science, and what he really wanted was art.
A) Stifled
B) Audacity
C) Derision
D) Conceive
E) Hypocritical
- 5. "I didn't mean to ___ my mother," seven year old Blake thought to himself after being sent to his room. "I just wanted to help with dinner--I didn't mean to ruin the whole batch of soup."
A) Stifled
B) Vex
C) Conceive
D) Vehemently
E) Stealthily
- 6. In order to find the small, white data collector, the spy would need _____ senses. Even if you knew what it looked like it was incredibly hard to spot.
A) Conceive
B) Acute
C) Crevice
D) Stifled
E) Audacity
- 7. Winning the science fair would take more than an ordinary idea; it would take a brilliant one. Jane knew she needed to ______ an experiment that was one of a kind.
A) Stifled
B) Acute
C) Crevice
D) Vex
E) Conceive
- 8. When Cody struck out in the neighborhood baseball game, the _______ was nearly enough to make him want to quit. Why play when a mistake means you are going to have to listen to everyone put you down?
A) Audacity
B) Crevice
C) Vex
D) Derision
E) Stifled
- 9. It was a three step process to get cookies before breakfast: 1) Sneak down the stairs without waking anyone up. 2) Open the cupboard slowly enough that it didn't squeak. 3) Make sure to clean up any crumbs lost while eating. Thankfully, I could _____ accomplish everything.
A) Stealthily
B) Hypocritical
C) Conceive
D) Acute
E) Stifled
- 10. Even though the evidence clearly showed that Dave had eaten the last of the chocolate cake, he ______ denied it.
A) Vehemently
B) Crevice
C) Stealthily
D) Vex
E) Audacity
- 11. Read the following passage, and answer the question that follows:
I hit rock bottom hard, but without any physical injury. I swam the stinking pond dog-paddle style...and crawled out on the far side to see what my fate was going to be.
Fatal. Death by starvation, slow and tedious. For I was looking straight down an overhanging cliff to a rubble pile of broken rocks eighty feet below.
After the first wave of utter panic had passed I began to think. First of all, I was not going to die immediately; unless another flash flood came down the gorge; there was the pond of stagnant water on hand to save me from thirst and a man can live, they say, for thirty days or more without food...
Which of the following details does NOT create suspense?
A) a man can live, they say, for thirty days or more without food...
B) I swam the stinking pond dog-paddle style
C) I was not going to die immediately; unless another flash flood came down
D) Fatal. Death by starvation, slow and tedious.
- 12. Generally he rode his bike all summer long, but the stifling weight of the smog-filled heat at lunch time made him opt at the last moment to pay his fare and climb down the stairs to the cooler tunnels. Jaspal couldn't help but rethink his snap decision, as the seat bounced him into the other grouchy riders. He didn't really enjoy biking in traffic, but jammed in the stifling still air of the stalled and crowded train car, he desperately wished that he had chosen his bike.
At first the delay seemed ordinary, a typical, New York City inconvenience. The train lurched to a halt; perhaps there was a sick passenger in a train farther down the line. But as Jaspal and the other passengers waited for the "We'll be moving shortly," the lights went out. And they didn't come back on. For at least fifteen minutes the cars and entire tunnel were immersed in darkness. A few LCD displays on watches and hopelessly useless cell phones shimmered, mirroring the sharp and futile grumbles of the crowd. Although Jaspal couldn't see, he could still smell, and he wished he couldn't. He was suffocated by the mix of sweat, cologne, and stale breath. He was sweaty, rumpled, and not going to be very presentable, if he did in fact make it to the most important meeting of his life.
Which of the following sentences BEST describes how setting affects mood?
A) It helps create a giddy, comic mood.
B) It creates a sad, somber mood.
C) It creates a restless, edgy mood.
D) It has little effect on the mood.
- 13. Generally he rode his bike all summer long, but the stifling weight of the smog-filled heat at lunch time made him opt at the last moment to pay his fare and climb down the stairs to the cooler tunnels. Jaspal couldn't help but rethink his snap decision, as the seat bounced him into the other grouchy riders. He didn't really enjoy biking in traffic, but jammed in the stifling still air of the stalled and crowded train car, he desperately wished that he had chosen his bike.
At first the delay seemed ordinary, a typical, New York City inconvenience. The train lurched to a halt; perhaps there was a sick passenger in a train farther down the line. But as Jaspal and the other passengers waited for the "We'll be moving shortly," the lights went out. And they didn't come back on. For at least fifteen minutes the cars and entire tunnel were immersed in darkness. A few LCD displays on watches and hopelessly useless cell phones shimmered, mirroring the sharp and futile grumbles of the crowd. Although Jaspal couldn't see, he could still smell, and he wished he couldn't. He was suffocated by the mix of sweat, cologne, and stale breath. He was sweaty, rumpled, and not going to be very presentable, if he did in fact make it to the most important meeting of his life.
The setting of the story is
A) around noon, month unknown
B) in August, time unknown
C) in the evening, month unknown
D) in the evening, August
- 14. Generally he rode his bike all summer long, but the stifling weight of the smog-filled heat at lunch time made him opt at the last moment to pay his fare and climb down the stairs to the cooler tunnels. Jaspal couldn't help but rethink his snap decision, as the seat bounced him into the other grouchy riders. He didn't really enjoy biking in traffic, but jammed in the stifling still air of the stalled and crowded train car, he desperately wished that he had chosen his bike.
At first the delay seemed ordinary, a typical, New York City inconvenience. The train lurched to a halt; perhaps there was a sick passenger in a train farther down the line. But as Jaspal and the other passengers waited for the "We'll be moving shortly," the lights went out. And they didn't come back on. For at least fifteen minutes the cars and entire tunnel were immersed in darkness. A few LCD displays on watches and hopelessly useless cell phones shimmered, mirroring the sharp and futile grumbles of the crowd. Although Jaspal couldn't see, he could still smell, and he wished he couldn't. He was suffocated by the mix of sweat, cologne, and stale breath. He was sweaty, rumpled, and not going to be very presentable, if he did in fact make it to the most important meeting of his life.
Which sentence best describes how the setting affects the main character?
A) It makes him get off the train.
B) It amuses the character.
C) It makes him talk to a stranger.
D) It makes him worried and mad.
- 15. I listened as patiently as I could while he told me in excruciating and lengthy detail about his dental hygiene routine.
Which word best describes the writer's tone?
A) Cheerful
B) Bored
C) Ominous
D) Serious
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