Thursday, 1/20/00
Vocabulary Pretest + "MFN"
He told me his name was Jefferson Johnson Stone, and I was awed by the 1)___________ and beauty of the name coming from someone so 2)_________(ed) in 3)___________ and surrounded by wretchedness and filth.  With a name like that, he should own the world and stride the streets like a king, and not be completely 4)___________ and living in a 5)______ old house that was ready to collapse on him.

6) Before you begin a test always ____ the directions from begining to end.
7) The old man was so ______ you could see his skeletons shape through his skin.
8) The old milk forgotten in the refrigerator, had become rather ________.
9) It was hard to believe that such a big voice ________(ed) from such a little girl
10) I took a very _________ way home I was trying to avoid the neighborhood bully.
       pungent, gaunt, steep, splendor, destitute, squalor, dilapidated,
                        peruse, circuitous, emanate 

11) What is a Canuck?
12) What other major language is spoken in the eastern part of Canada (Quebec)?
13) What is today's equivalent of the League of Nations?
14) Name a state that would be considered New England.
15) Noir is French for _________ .
16) Pepere is French for ___________ .
17)Why is the name "Midnight Raiders" pretty ironic?
18) Why might Robert be dreading a "Robin Hood's visit" to Alphabet Soup? Explain why you think so.

EXTRA CREDIT: Sentences 6-10 each have a missing piece of punctuation. Correctly provide it. (+1 for each)