Module 1 Lesson 1

The mystery novel kept me in __________ for several chapters.

• suspense

• presumptuous

• maligned

• dubiosly

• marred

The president of the club seemed too __________ to be a humble leader, so he was not re-elected by the voters.

• suspense

• presumptuous

• maligned

• dubiously

• marred

We overheard our competition at the robotics tournament speaking __________ about their chances of winning.

• suspense

• presumptuous

• maligned

• dubiously

• marred

The car accidentally ran over the trash can left outside, and the contact left the bin __________.

• suspense

• presumptuous

• maligned

• dubiously

• marred

Many people __________ the umpire because they didn't like the calls he was making in the baseball game.

• suspense

• presumptuous

• maligned

• dubiously

• marred

Which word is spelled correctly?

• presumptuous

• doobiously

• duebiously

• presumtuous

Which word is spelled correctly?

• maligned

• susspense

• suspence

• maleined

Read the excerpt. 

"He lifted the knocker, and it creaked up stiffly, as if it had never before been used. He let it fall, and it startled him with its booming loudness. He thought he heard steps within; the door remained closed. Again Rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. The door opened then--opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring--and Rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. The first thing Rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man Rainsford had ever seen--a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. In his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at Rainsford's heart."

What is the mood in the passage?

• suspenseful

• outraged

• greedy

• cheerful

Read the excerpt from a poem about a particular living creature found in the water.

 

"Within the shadow of the ship

I watched their rich attire:

Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,

They coiled and swam; and every track

Was a flash of golden fire.

O happy living things! no tongue

Their beauty might declare:

A spring of love gushed from my heart,"

 

What is the tone of the passage, what is the author's attitude toward the subject of the poem--the living creature?

• adoration

• calm

• tragic

• worried