Friday, 3/3: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 25

VOCABULARY RELAY!

 

Prep sheet for Test #25:
Giver Quizzes: ___10  ___7  ___/12   Husker Du: ___/20     Vocabulary Practices: ___/11  ___/12  ___/11
Vocabulary H/w: ___/20     KBARR: ___/36
Other Extra Credit:

Doodle Theme: Utopia — an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect.

Mental Floss.

  1. In what month do Americans eat the least amount of food?
  2. Wacky Wordy:   Cheddar >
  3. Starting with an empty barrel, put in order. (Not a trick.)
    *2/3 full   *1/4 empty   *1/2 full   *3/4 empty
  4. Can you figure out these common, polite expressions?
    • a) The second letter of the alphabet + the opposite of more + a female sheep
    • b) The 16th letter of the alphabet + to rent
    • c)  Former + sticks used for pool + not you
  5. Fill in the blanks below with a word that means the same as the word on the left when read normally, and fits the definition on the right when read backwards.
    • a) Friends ______ hit sharply.  
    • b) Rinds of fruit _______ What we do with over one third of our lives.  
    • c) Wicked _______ Exist
  6. An infinite number of mathematicians are standing behind a counter. The first asks the man for half a pint of root beer, the second for a quarter pint, the third an eighth, and so on. How many pints of root beer will the man need to fulfill all mathematicians’ orders? (Alert: math.)

 

Test #25.
Please also do the appropriate Husker Du for your class:
Husker Du. Period One.
25. We climbed slowly up the very steep hill. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
26. After I ate a doughnut, I felt rapturous.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
27. We learn words best in context with other words rather than in _____.  a) solitary  b) system  c) isolation  d) confinement  e) mental
28. The morphic part of anthropomorphic means…  a) changed  b) shaped  c) animal-like  d) human-like  e) NOTA
29. How does Vladek avoid a beating by the German soldier after he was captured as a POW?  a) Vladek speaks English to him.  b) Vladek bribes him.  c) Vladek begs him.  d) Vladek speaks German to him. e) NOTA
30. Jack was much quicker than the llama was.   a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
31. A clause is a group of words that contains a _____ and a _____.  a) noun/conjunction  b) subject/noun  c) predicate/verb  d) subject/verb  e) NOTA
32. Dependent clauses usually begin with words such as and, but, or.   a) True  b) False
33. When you use a dependent clause as a sentence, that mistake is called a(n) ____.   a) independent clause  b) run-on  c) fragment  d) phrase  e) NOTA


Husker Du. Period Two.
25. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.   a) siege  b) circumvent  c) sullen  d) reminisce  e) exploit
26. There are shells all over the beach, let’s collect some!   a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
27. The ______ is usually the longest part of the story and full of ups and downs. This is where we build up the anticipation… a) climax  b) inciting action  c) exposition  d) rising action  e) climax
28. Johnny’s behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both ironic and not ironic.  a) True  b) False
29. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
30. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.   a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
31. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?  a) When he says, “Oh Ponyboy, your hair…”  b) When he reads the letter from Soda.  c) When Darry offers him a cigarette.  d) When Darry starts crying.  e) When he rescues Pony from the fire.
32. This would be the _____ of the Pony v Darry conflict.   a) climax  b) inciting action  c) exposition  d) rising action  e) NOTA
33. The scene in The Outsiders in the burning church would be considered part of the _____ of the story.   a) climax  b) inciting action  c) exposition  d) rising action  e) NOTA


Husker Du. Period Three.
25. Into the hole fell he.  a) Fragment   b) Run-On   c) Complete Sentence
26. He explained the rules of the game and demonstrated it. a) Fragment   b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
27. A spy must use ____(ion) and not go blabbing secrets around.    a) patronize  b) elicit  c) hysterical  d) stamina  e) discreet
28. who is : ___ :: who owns : ___  a) whose/who’s  b) who’s/whose  c) who’se/who’s  d) who’s/whos’
29. Over the hills and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
30. S. E. Hinton says that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher.  a) patronize  b) elicit  c) hysterical  d) stamina  e) mimic
31. I love that story, I have read it three times.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
32. The fact that Johnny is getting more out of the book they’re reading than Pony, even though Pony is the “smart” one, is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
33. Which quote from The Outsiders best relates to the poem “Richard Cory”?  a) “I was wrong.”  b) “…some of us watch the sunset too.”  c) “I can’t stand fights.”  d) “Things are rough all over.”  e) “I know better now.”


Husker Du. Period Six.
25. The swastika is a(n) ______symbol of evil.  a) pragmatic  b) daunting  c) iconic  d) aspiring  e) NOTA
26. The amount of work required in an Honors class can be quite _______.   a) diminutive  b) skinflint  c) volatile  d) daunting  e) NOTA
27. The word anthropomorphic means… a) shape change  b) man change  c) transform man  d) man shaped  e) NOTA
28. Jill drove the car out to the llama’s house in the country.   a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence
29. Joe ate the hot dog even though the llama told him not to.    a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence
30. The way Vladek makes decisions is very ______ rather than emotional.  a) pragmatic  b) daunting  c) iconic  d) aspiring  e) NOTA
31. The llama is a quadruped with a beak for eating and fins for swimming.  a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence
32. Jill drove the car out to the llama’s house in the country.   a) simple sentence  b) fragment  c) complex sentence
33. She faced a _______ about turning in her friend for cheating.  a) pacifying  b) daunting  c) diminutive  d) pragmatic  e) dilemma