Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Question

But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)

Answer 1

mollified: appeased or pacified

Answer 2

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

But since he had called our names at the beginning of the service we were mollified. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

baffled
baffled

alerted
alerted

calmed
calmed

upset

Answer 3

calmed

Answer 4

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

puzzling
puzzling

too bold
too bold

silly
silly

pitiful

Answer 5

silly

Answer 6

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The ugliness they left was palpable. (from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
(1 point)
Responses

able to be felt
able to be felt

strange
strange

hurtful
hurtful

imagined
imagined

Answer 7

able to be felt

Answer 8

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

“I won’t touch it,” he said sullenly. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

sulkily
sulkily

savagely
savagely

suspiciously
suspiciously

swiftly

Answer 9

sulkily

Answer 10

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was perched precariously. (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

oddly
oddly

insecurely
insecurely

enthusiastically
enthusiastically

for all to see

Answer 11

insecurely

Answer 12

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

What are the words that can solder cracked pride? (“The Scarlet Ibis")
(1 point)
Responses

mend
mend

alert
alert

calm
calm

upset
upset

Answer 13

mend

Answer 14

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

The bleak feeling was back within him. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses

hopeless
hopeless

optimistic
optimistic

rejected
rejected

dangerous
dangerous

Answer 15

hopeless

Answer 16

Choose the meaning of the bold word.

Carmody was a lithe, tanned man with dark alert eyes and a quiet, self-assured voice. (“My Brother’s Keeper")
(1 point)
Responses

handsome
handsome

graceful
graceful

towering
towering

squat

Answer 17

graceful

Answer 18

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Carlos wrote a report about modern foods for his social studies class.
(1 point)
Responses

common noun
common noun

proper noun
proper noun

compound noun
compound noun

collective noun

Answer 19

common noun

Answer 20

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

As I listened to Carlos, I pictured myself at the fair in St. Louis.
(1 point)
Responses

common noun
common noun

proper noun
proper noun

compound noun
compound noun

collective noun

Answer 21

proper noun

Answer 22

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

When Carlos presented the report to the class, he brought in samples of the foods.
(1 point)
Responses

first-person pronoun
first-person pronoun

second-person pronoun
second-person pronoun

third-person pronoun
third-person pronoun

reflexive pronoun

Answer 23

third-person pronoun

Answer 24

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Although I do not pretend to understand the science behind it, this is reassuring to me.
(1 point)
Responses

adverb
adverb

adjective
adjective

article
article

compound adjective

Answer 25

adjective

Answer 26

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

Scientific information like this does not always hold my attention.
(1 point)
Responses

article
article

adjective
adjective

proper adjective
proper adjective

adverb

Answer 27

adjective

Answer 28

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

However, when a science article is about something that strongly appeals to me, such as snowflakes, I become interested.
(1 point)
Responses

article
article

adjective
adjective

proper adjective
proper adjective

adverb

Answer 29

adverb

Answer 30

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

I sometimes read the science section of the Sunday newspaper.
(1 point)
Responses

article
article

adjective
adjective

proper adjective
proper adjective

adverb
adverb

Answer 31

adjective

Answer 32

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word.

If you keep an open mind, you never know what you might learn.
(1 point)
Responses

article
article

adjective
adjective

proper adjective
proper adjective

adverb

Answer 33

adjective

Answer 34

In which sentence is the word my used as an interjection?
(1 point)
Responses

My, what a beautiful suit you are wearing!
My , what a beautiful suit you are wearing!

My car almost went off the curvy road!
My car almost went off the curvy road!

Do not mess with any of my things!
Do not mess with any of my things!

I finally found my way out of the creepy house!

Answer 35

My, what a beautiful suit you are wearing!

Answer 36

In which sentence is the word boy used as an interjection?
(1 point)
Responses

That boy worked on the project for more than an hour!
That boy worked on the project for more than an hour!

There was not one single boy at the party!
There was not one single boy at the party!

“Boy, you’d better listen!” Al’s mother snapped.
“ Boy , you’d better listen!” Al’s mother snapped.

“Boy, is it hot in this room!” Jake complained.

Answer 37

“Boy, you’d better listen!” Al’s mother snapped.