Refugee & Vocabulary Quiz, Week of September 18th

What does the word 'throng' mean?

• A. A large densely packed crowd of people

• B. A base of support

• C. A person who opposes official policy

• D. Very large, huge

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the definition of 'pedestal'?

• A. A large densely packed crowd of people

• B. A base of support

• C. A person who opposes official policy

• D. Very large, huge

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is a 'dissident'?

• A. A large densely packed crowd of people

• B. A base of support

• C. A person who opposes official policy

• D. Very large, huge

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means 'very large, huge'?

• A. Throng

• B. Pedestal

• C. Dissident

• D. Enormous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does the word 'ominous' mean?

• A. Giving the impression that something bad is going to happen

• B. A base of support

• C. A person who opposes official policy

• D. Very large, huge

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does it mean to 'splutter'?

• A. A large densely packed crowd of people

• B. A base of support

• C. To make a series of short, explosive spitting or choking sounds

• D. Very large, huge

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the definition of 'eternity'?

• A. A large densely packed crowd of people

• B. A base of support

• C. A person who opposes official policy

• D. Infinite or unending time

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does the word 'squalid' mean?

• A. A large densely packed crowd of people

• B. A base of support

• C. A person who opposes official policy

• D. Extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When Josef left his father alone with his sleeping mother, what did his father do?

• He jumped overboard and into the ocean.

• He attended the funeral of Mr. Weiler.

• He found Ruthie playing in the pool.

• He went for a walk on the promenade.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What happened to Mahmoud's sister, Hana?

• She learned how to swim after the raft exploded.

• She drowned.

• Mahmoud and his mother gave her to the passengers of another raft.

• None of the answers are correct.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9