9th Grade Vocabulary Practice Test! Quiz
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- 1.Series of related events moving from a problem to a solution.
- A.
Exposition
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Climax
- D.
Plot
- E.
Resolution
- 2.Presents the characters and the situation, including the conflict.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Exposition
- C.
Conflict
- D.
Complications
- E.
Resolution
- 3.The source of tension in a story is the struggle between opposing forces.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Exposition
- C.
Conflict
- D.
Flimsy
- E.
Interminable
- 4.The turning point of conflict.
- A.
Climax
- B.
Plot
- C.
Exposition
- D.
Queue
- E.
Obsidian
- 5.Shows how the problems are worked out.
- A.
Surmised
- B.
Resolution
- C.
Climax
- D.
Plot
- E.
Conflict
- 6.Events that stand in the way of resolving the conflict.
- A.
Complications
- B.
Plot
- C.
Climax
- D.
Resolution
- E.
Flicker
- 7.Intricate; twisted
- A.
Grimace
- B.
Reveling
- C.
Convoluted
- D.
Deftness
- E.
Interminable
- 8.Seemingly endless
- A.
Interminable
- B.
Convoluted
- C.
Grimace
- D.
Reveling
- E.
Imperceptibly
- 9.A twisted facial expression.
- A.
Reveling
- B.
Grimace
- C.
Deftness
- D.
Obsidian
- E.
Expended
- 10.Taking great pleasure in.
- A.
Mesas
- B.
Jerked
- C.
Reveling
- D.
Grimace
- E.
Convoluted
- 11.Skillfulness
- A.
Deftness
- B.
Flimsy
- C.
Plot
- D.
Complications
- E.
Convoluted
- 12.In such a slight way as to be almost unnoticeable.
- A.
Interminable
- B.
Inperceptibly
- C.
Convoluted
- D.
Grimace
- E.
Reveling
- 13.Thin typing paper for making carbon copies.
- A.
Interminable
- B.
Reveling
- C.
Deftness
- D.
Flicker
- E.
Flimsy
- 14.Coated with a varnish made from shellac or resin.
- A.
Indulgence
- B.
Grimacing
- C.
Surmised
- D.
Lacquered
- E.
Flicker
- 15.Directly telling you about the character's personality.
- A.
Direct characterization
- B.
Indirect characterization
- 16.Revealing personality through a physical description of the character; through the character's thoughts, words, and actions; and through other characters' comments.
- A.
Direct characterization
- B.
Indirect characterization
- 17.Leniency; forgiveness
- A.
Jerked
- B.
Lacquered
- C.
Reveling
- D.
Flimsy
- E.
Indulgence
- 18.Making a twisted or distorted facial expression.
- A.
Flicker
- B.
Deftness
- C.
Grimacing
- D.
Indulgence
- E.
Redolence
- 19.Seem to be fully developed people in stories.
- A.
Round characters
- B.
Flat characters
- 20.Appear to have only one or two superficial character traits.
- A.
Round characters
- B.
Flat characters
- 21.Guessed; inferred
- A.
Jerked
- B.
Flicker
- C.
Mesas
- D.
Surmised
- E.
Indolence
- 22.Of a species of woodpecker.
- A.
Mesas
- B.
Flicker
- C.
Queue
- D.
Centenarian
- E.
Porous
- 23.Respect and consideration
- A.
Deference
- B.
Mesas
- C.
Queue
- D.
Jerked
- E.
Surmised
- 24.Flattened hills with steep sides.
- A.
Jerked
- B.
Surmised
- C.
Queue
- D.
Mesas
- E.
Indolence
- 25.Preserved by cutting into strips and drying in the sun.
- A.
Expended
- B.
Amenable
- C.
Edifice
- D.
Jerked
- E.
Flicker
- 26.A braid or pigtail worn down one's back.
- A.
Queue
- B.
Flicker
- C.
Warren
- D.
Titanic
- E.
Tremulous
- 27.Idleness; a dislike for work.
- A.
Indolence
- B.
Indulgence
- C.
Flicker
- D.
Jerked
- E.
Deference
- 28.The position or perspective from which the events of a story are seen.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Point of view
- D.
Expended
- E.
Autonomous
- 29.To have spent or used by consuming.
- A.
Redolence
- B.
Autonomous
- C.
Expended
- D.
Momentum
- E.
Flicker
- 30.The ongoing force of a moving object.
- A.
Autonomous
- B.
Indulgence
- C.
Momentum
- D.
Expended
- E.
Flicker
- 31.The quality of being fragrant or sweet smelling.
- A.
Amenable
- B.
Porous
- C.
Proverb
- D.
Redolence
- E.
Expended
- 32.Independent
- A.
Commiserate
- B.
Edifice
- C.
Autonomous
- D.
Mesas
- E.
Deference
- 33.At lease one hundred years old.
- A.
Redolence
- B.
Autonomous
- C.
Centenarian
- D.
Destitute
- E.
Tremulous
- 34.Hard, dark-colored or black volcanic glass.
- A.
Centenarian
- B.
Flicker
- C.
Theme
- D.
Proverb
- E.
Obsidian
- 35.Deeply cracked.
- A.
Flicker
- B.
Crevassed
- C.
Warren
- D.
Titanic
- E.
Assimilating
- 36.Story told by an outside observer.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Direct characterization
- C.
Third-person limited point of view
- D.
First-person point of view
- E.
Stipulated
- 37.Taking in; absorbing
- A.
Assimilating
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Climax
- D.
Plot
- E.
Eradicated
- 38.With great joy.
- A.
Incredulous
- B.
Eradicated
- C.
Ecstatically
- D.
Stipulated
- E.
Warren
- 39.Unbelieving; doubtful.
- A.
Eradicated
- B.
Incredulous
- C.
Stipulated
- D.
Mesas
- E.
Jurisdiction
- 40.Area of responsibility.
- A.
Eradicated
- B.
Stipulated
- C.
Assimilating
- D.
Jurisdiction
- E.
Mesas
- 41.Adjustment of wages to increase automatically as the cost of living increases.
- A.
Inflation index
- B.
Stipulated
- C.
Assimilating
- D.
Porous
- E.
Jurisdiction
- 42.Full of pores through which air, light, or liquids might pass.
- A.
Flicker
- B.
Flimsy
- C.
Inflation index
- D.
Porous
- E.
Stipulated
- 43.Time and place of the story's action.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Theme
- C.
Climax
- D.
Point of view
- E.
Setting
- 44.Mazelike passages.
- A.
Flicker
- B.
Mesas
- C.
Warrens
- D.
Spoors
- E.
Okapi
- 45.Having great power.
- A.
Warrens
- B.
Spoors
- C.
Cavorting
- D.
Tremulous
- E.
Titanic
- 46.A mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution.
- A.
Paranoia
- B.
Psychopathic
- C.
Okapi
- D.
Tremulous
- E.
Titanic
- 47.Leaping or prancing about.
- A.
Spoors
- B.
Cavorting
- C.
Spoors
- D.
Tremulous
- E.
Assimilating
- 48.Droppings of wild animals.
- A.
Porous
- B.
Spoors
- C.
Okapi
- D.
Titanic
- E.
Queue
- 49.An African animal related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck.
- A.
Obsidian
- B.
Redolence
- C.
Centenarian
- D.
Okapi
- E.
Spoors
- 50.Trembling; quivering
- A.
Tremulous
- B.
Amenable
- C.
Porous
- D.
Okapi
- E.
Cavorting
- 51.With a mental disorder.
- A.
Psychopathic
- B.
Cavorting
- C.
Flicker
- D.
Lacquered
- E.
Fortnight
- 52.The central idea or insight into life that the story reveals.
- A.
Plot
- B.
Setting
- C.
Theme
- D.
Exposition
- E.
Climax
- 53.Not respectable.
- A.
Fortnight
- B.
Commiserate
- C.
Disreputable
- D.
Inestimable
- E.
Amenable
- 54.Responsive; open
- A.
Amenable
- B.
Destitute
- C.
Commiserate
- D.
Inestimable
- E.
Edifice
- 55.Building
- A.
Eradicated
- B.
Edifice
- C.
Destitute
- D.
Imperious
- E.
Commiserate
- 56.Poverty stricken; in great need.
- A.
Inestimable
- B.
Disreputable
- C.
Destitute
- D.
Edifice
- E.
Obsidian
- 57.Commanding; powerful
- A.
Psychopathic
- B.
Spoors
- C.
Imperious
- D.
Amenable
- E.
Edifice
- 58.Two weeks
- A.
Inestimable
- B.
Centenarian
- C.
Lacquered
- D.
Surmised
- E.
Fortnight
- 59.Lines
- A.
Queues
- B.
Spoors
- C.
Edifice
- D.
Autonomous
- E.
Flimsy
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