House Taken Over Test

Where did the narrator say the noise came from?

What word means to not be clear?

What word goes with this definition “filled or well-supplied with something”?

What was the relationship between the narrator and Irene?

Who took over the house?

What is a synonym for unclear?

What word means to converseWhat word means to converse or talk to someone? or talk to someone?

The way she played in her volleyball game she had to have tons of _______________.

What literary device is this an example of? “Her hands like silver sea-urchins”

What did Irene do in her sleep that woke the man?

What word means to have skill or agility?

Her mom spoke _____________. She spoke rude and stern.

Where did the characters go at the end of the story?

At the end of the story the man threw away the key to the house. Why did he do this?

“It may be that Buenos Aires is a clean city, but she owes it to her population.” is an example

Who is the author of the story?

What did the narrator do once a week?

The narrator says that he heard the “muffled buzzing of a conversation” What is buzzing?

What did the protagonists do for their livings?

What does the word dexterity mean?

The party was ended abruptly. The word abruptly could easily be replaced with:

Why didn’t they move out of the house faster?

Where did Irene spend most of her time?

How many pesos did they have in their room?

Where was the story set?

What literary device is “The balls of yarn jumped about”.

What is a synonym of Brusquely?

What was Irene’s hobby?

Simile“Stacked amid a great smell of camphor- it was like a shop;” is an example of

What is this a picture of?