Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief Quiz 1

I was already on probation. The head master threatened me with death by in-school suspension if anything bad, embarrassing, or even mildly entertaining happened on this trip. What is the best meaning of probation?

• vision or illusion

• A strong or bad smell

• a test or trial to see if a person has changed

• to evaporate

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I was used to the occasional weird experiences, but usually they were over quickly. This twenty-four/ seven hallucination was more than I could handle. What is the best meaning of the word hallucination?

• a false vision or illusion

• a trail or test to see if a person has changed

• to vanish or dissolve

• to cut into boards to use for building

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Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan. She exploded into yellow powder, vaporized on the spot, leaving nothing but the smell of sulfur and a dying screech... What is the best meaning of the word vaporized?

• to become afraid or bullied

• a brief flash of light

• to diffuse, vanish or fade away

• to spend time doing; working at or practice

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But he may not have time. The summer solstice deadline-- what is the meaning of the word solstice?

• to move in a clumsy way

• a really bad smell

• a flash of light

• a time of year when the sun is furthest from the equator

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The guy reeked like moldy garlic pizza wrapped in gym shorts. What is the meaning of the word reeked?

• to come apart or break down

• strong disagreeable odor or smell

• a 3D photograph using lasers

• to bully or threaten

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Watching him lumber back toward the apartment I got so mad I did something I can't explain. What is the best meaning of the word lumber?

• logs cut into boards for use in buidling

• moving in a heavy clumsy way

• To break down or come apart

• to vanish or dissapper

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Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother's neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. What is the meaning of holographic?

• to crumble or collapse

• a 3D photograph produced by a laser beam

• to emit a strong or bad smell

• a brief flash of reflected light

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He flailed, clawing at his chest, then began to disintegrate--not like my mother, in flash of golden light, but like crumbling sand, blown away in chunks by the wind, the same way Mrs. Dodds had burst apart. What is the meaning of disintegrate?

• to come apart; break down

• a flash of reflected light

• a 3D photograph produced by a laser

• to move in a clumsy way

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His eyes had that mischievous glint they sometimes got in class when he pulled a pop quiz and mad all the multiple choice answers B. What is the meaning of the word glint?

• to come apart; break down

• a brief flash of reflected light

• 3D photograph produced by a laser

• to threaten, scare or bully

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They were startling gray, like storm clouds; pretty, but intimidating too, as if she were analyzing the best way to take me down in a fight. What is the meaning of the word intimidating?

• a false or distorted vision

• a period of time for testing a person

• to cause to diffuse as a vapor

• to cause to become afraid by means of threat

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