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Vocab. a) blight  b) appease  c) dismal  d) prospective  e) dupe  f) sumptuous  g) plausible  h) menagerie  i) notoriety j) sinuous
  1. The root of this word meant “expenditure.”
  2. Suzie got carsick riding on the _____road all morning.
  3. I hadn’t studied for the very difficult test, so it was a _____ to me when it was cancelled.
  4. Jonas was kidnapped by singing aliens is NOT a _____ explanation for the ending of The Giver.
  5. He spent all week trying to _____ his mom after he got in trouble, so he might be able to go to the party.
  6. Tom _____(ed) the boys into paying him to do his work for him.
  7. _____ The roots of this word meant "evil days."
  8. _____ The origin of this word had to do with fruit.
  9. _____ The root of this word meant "view."
  10. _____ This word would be an antonym for our previous vocab word boon.

    Gramma. Yaller Sheet OK.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA 
  11. _____ The main one in a sentence is also known as the predicate.
  12. _____ Answers the questions how, where, or when.
  13. _____ The words am, is, are, was, were are all _____(s).
  14. _____ Answers the questions which one, what kind, how many.
  15. _____ We beat a rather hasty retreat from his lair.
  16. _____ We beat a rather hasty retreat from his lair.
  17. _____ We beat a rather hasty retreat from his lair.
  18. _____ We beat a rather hasty retreat from his lair.
  19. Why does Tom not "capture" the rowboat he uses to get back to the island, even though he's tempted to?
  20. Why does Aunt Polly scold Sid?
  21. What does Tom start to do, and then decide not to do? (Besides capturing the rowboat.)
  22. "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116) What does this mean?
  23. "Well, Tom Sawyer, he licked me once." (p 118) Why did this person say this?
  24. Why was no one impressed by it?
  25. "Tom got more cuffs and kisses that day -- according Aunt Polly's varying moods -- than he had earned before in a year..." (Last paragraph of Chapter 17.) What does this mean?

    Husker Du.
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