Test 16. Name:                                                  Clicker:          Period:
KBARR: ___/24    Vocab Homework: ___/15  Vocab Practices: ___/13  ___/12  ___/15
Other Extra Credit:

Vocabulary -  a) convivial  b) incense  c) alibi  d) dismay   e) reluctant  f) muse  g) lurid  h) disposition  i) rigmarole  j) conglomeration

1. The roots of this word mean “to live together.”
2. The roots of this word mean “stick together thing.”
3. The root of this word meant “set fire to.”
4. The root of this word meant “elsewhere.”
5. The root of this word meant “to meditate.”
6. The root of this word referred to a legal document with a list of offenses.
7. The roots of this word meant “to struggle against.”
8. The root of this word meant “to arrange.”
9. One of the reasons people like zombie movies is that they are usually very _____.
10. The Earth Men didn’t understand why there was so much _______ involved in getting recognized as Earth men.

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11. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always prevailed on the question of...   a) what is the right thing to do. b) who's weird and who isn't. c) who's cool and who isn't. d) who's important and who isn't. e) All of the above.
12. Poem #435 says that if a person looked very carefully... a) he would see that everyone is weird. b) he would see that what might look weird really isn't. c) he would see that what might seem sane really isn't. d) All of the above. e) b and c.   f) NOTA
13. Poem #435 says that if you disagree with the majority... a) you're weird. b) you're stupid. c) you're considered dangerous. d) you're doing the right thing.  e) all of the above.   f) NOTA
    
14. Even though it doesn't really have anything to do with the story, Ray Bradbury spends time describing a mechanical spider toy that the little girl plays with. What's the point?  a) To show how weird the Martians are. b) To show us a glimpse of what Martian life is like. c) He's comparing the Earth men to the spider; they are just toys that the Martians play with. d) To show that the girl really isn't interested in the man's story. e) B and D.  f) NOTA
    
15. It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is…   a) military  b) government leader  c) police  d) immigration  e) psychology  f) welcoming committee  f) NOTA
    
16. “Without noticing them again, as if they had melted down through the floor…” (p23)  a) flashback  b) foreshadowing  c) metaphor  d) simile  e) NOTA
17.  "A shot rang out. Mr. Xxx fell." (p30)  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
18. "When the town people found the rocket at sunset, they wondered what it was. (p30) a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
19. "That night it rained all night. The next day was fair and warm."  (p31)  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
20. Why does the story end with a “weather report”?  a) As a foreshadowing of things to come. b) To show how the Martians are starting anew after the Earthmen are gone.  c) To show that, as far as the Martians are concerned, the Earthmen were never there.  d) To show that Mars has weather like Earth.  e) All of the above.    f) NOTA