WWL 8.1

Which is an example of someone with resilience?

• someone who gets good grades in school

• someone who is a very talented artist and writer

• someone who gets well quickly after an illness

• someone who is able to memorize facts easily

In the spring, our town has a pervasive scent of flowers blooming. This means that the scent

• is lovely.

• is unpleasant.

• can be smelled throughout town.

• is too sweet.

Drivers experienced a rebuff as they traveled down the highway. The highway was

• many lanes wide.

• closed due to a landslide.

• the quickest route to the nearest city.

• recently paved.

Our puppy is avid for our attention. This means that she

• is greedy for attention.

• stands at attention.

• doesn’t obey commands.

• is very obedient.

From his brusqueness on the phone, I could tell that Dan was upset. Dan spoke

• absentmindedly.

• in a silly way.

• abruptly.

• about unfamiliar topics.

When people demean themselves they

• cause others to disrespect them.

• get ready to face a challenge.

• brag about their accomplishments.

• think they are better than other people.

To evoke a response means to

• expect a response.

• produce a response.

• hope for a response.

• reject a response.

I was in excruciating pain after I fell and broke my leg. The pain was

• mild.

• due to an accident.

• extreme.

• bearable.

To inaugurate someone is to

• elect that person to office in a landslide victory.

• install that person in office in a formal ceremony.

• defeat that person in an election.

• remove that person from office.

When soldiers rebuff an attack they

• Call off the attack

• Drive their enemy back

• declare an end to the war

• flee from their enemy