
A Long Way from Chicago Vocab Quiz
Authored by Aimee Cogger
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a room or building equipped with toilets
codger
a person who is very poor
privy
a person without moral scruples
pauper
an eccentric, elderly man
reprobate
the comfort you feel with consoled in times of disappointment
consolation
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
iron that is coated in zinc to protect it from rust
skittish
make off with the belongings of others
mirage
a small sofa
galvanized iron
an optical illusion
pilfer
unpredictability excited
settee
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
not circulating or flowing
stagnant
a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form a legging
larceny
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
puttee
to turn away or aside
avert
give off smoke, fumes, warm vapor, steam, etc.
reek
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
funnel shaped receptacle; contents pass by into receptacle below
pummel
make light, repeated taps on a surface
wring
strike, usually with a fist
rap
twist and press out of shape
buckboard
an open horse-drawn carriage
hopper
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
completing a period of a 100 years
valise
a small overnight bag
rummage sale
a sale of donated items
centennial
wear away by rubbing
vicinity
a surrounding or nearby region
fray
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
four performers or singers who perform together
vermin
any of the various small animals or insects that are pests
quartet
scraps of meats boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for frying
scrapple
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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