9th Grade Vocabulary Practice Test! Quiz
Welcome to the 9th Grade Vocabulary Quiz: Prefixes and Suffixes! Prefixes are letters that are added before a word, while suffixes are added after the word. These add-ons either modify a word or make up a new word. Every suffix and prefix is designed to give a specific meaning, and in this quiz, we aim to test out how well you know them and what they mean. All you need to do is choose the best description you see fit.
- 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
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