Questions For Read-aThon

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
DIVISION OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL
DISTRICT OF TAGOLOAN
STA. ANA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
National Reading Month

November 3-26, 2021
Read-a-Thon – Reading for Vocabulary Building

Grade 10 Level
Reading Selections:
1. A Day in the Country by Anton Chekhov
2. How Odin Lost His Eye retold by Catharine F. Sellew
3. Daedalus and Icarus by Nick Pontikis
4. The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
5. The Garbage Glut
Directions: Read the questions/statements below and show your answers by writing the letter in the
illustration board or bond paper. You may need to refer to the selection as you may answer the items. You
are given 10 minutes to answer each question.
From the Selection: The Necklace

1. One of the following words below means complete shock; horror; terrifying
a. aghast
b. askew
c. adulation
d. pauper
2. The old man was a ______ all his life. He was always a poor person without anyone in his family to
help him in his daily needs. Fill the blank with the correct word.
a. pauper
b. prospect
c. gamut
d. vexation
3. The rain fell __________ as they went home to the village. What word will complete the sentence?
This word means - Without stop; continuously
a. incessantly
b. pauper
c. privations
d. aghast
4. In times of trouble, people will do excessive praise or worship to our God. What word is referred by the
underlined phrase?
a. adulation
b. aghast
c. privations
d. disconsolate
From the Selection: The Garbage Glut

5. The writer of the article wonders if you have ever walked past a trash can and noticed a foul smell.
Here, foul means
a. pleasant and cheery b. silly c. rotten or awful d. delicious
6. All of the following are good definitions of disgust except

a. Cause a feeling of excitement b. sicken c. produce a feeling of distaste
d. makes ill or repulse
7. To give a clue to the meaning of merchandise, the writer
a. links merchandise to goods bought and sold

b. uses the synonym garbage
c. disapproves of merchandise
d. note that people throw away merchandise
8. The writer reminds us that the garbage problem is not temporary. Here,
temporary means
a. lasts a long time
b. does not last a long time
c. gigantic
d. will never go away
9. A revolution is taking place in the way people think about garbage. You can tell from the statement that
revolution means:
a. a complete change
b. the environment
c. many people
d. time when no change takes place
10. To give a clue to the meaning of persuade, the writer
a. hints that to persuade is to bring about revolution

b. links persuade to our throwaway society
c. connects persuade to creating less garbage
d. asks if you have been talked into producing less garbage.
11. The writer uses villain to describe people who throw away too much trash. Here, villain means
a. hero
b. fighter
c. do-gooder
d. wrongdoer
12. Which of the following is an example of a way that toxic garbage can be a hazard?
a. Toxic garbage easy to store

b. People are learning to produce less toxic garbage
c. Toxic garbage can get into the water supply
d. Toxic garbage can be recycled.
13. In the article, another word for guidance is
a. need
b. hope
c. advice
d. people
From the Selection: Daedalus and Icarus
14. The infamous labyrinth was so cunningly crafted that Daedalus himself could barely find his way out
after constructing it. The underlined word is a
a. wings
b. maze
c. art
d. prison cell
15. He forgot his father’s stern advice; Icarus flew close to the sun god Helios. The underlined term
means:
a. hard
b. strict
c. lofty
d. funny
From the Selection: The Necklace
16. Her husband quietly balks at the sum but agrees that she may have the money. The underlined
word means:
a. gets angry
b. hesitates
c. was happy
d. no reaction
17. Mathilde’s extraordinary beauty is now gone: she looks just likes the other women of poor
households. They are both tired and irrevocably damaged from these years of hardship.
a. in a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or recovered.

b. instantly
c. strangely
d. temporarily
18. Mathilde says that the change was on her account and explains to her the long saga of
losing the necklace, replacing it, and working for ten years to repay the debts.
a. Story
b. Joke
c. Dramatic monologue
d. Play
From the Selection: A Day in the Country
19. Fyokla, a little beggar-girl of six, is running through the village, looking for Terenty the cobbler.
a. dressmaker
b. painter
c. shoemaker
d. pauper
20. They come out of the village and turn along the dusty road towards the count's copse that lies dark blue
in the distance.
a. a small group of trees

b. cadaver
c. policemen
d. survives

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Republic of the Philippines

National Reading Month

Read-a-Thon – Reading for Vocabulary Building

From the Selection: The Necklace

From the Selection: The Garbage Glut

6. All of the following are good definitions of disgust except

7. To give a clue to the meaning of merchandise, the writer

a. links merchandise to goods bought and sold

10. To give a clue to the meaning of persuade, the writer

a. hints that to persuade is to bring about revolution

a. Toxic garbage easy to store

13. In the article, another word for guidance is

From the Selection: Daedalus and Icarus

From the Selection: The Necklace

a. in a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or recovered.

From the Selection: A Day in the Country

a. a small group of trees

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