Spelling/Vocabulary/Etc. Test #2
(Directions: Do not copy! Do not write on this test! Look for extra
credit mistakes to find and fix! Make an extra credit box and record any
extra credit you may have earned this week. Be sure to say where it came
from!)
1. The artist drew a skech based on your
description.
2. I could not believe it was happenning.
3. I could feel the rough texure of the
walls.
4. At that price, it’s a great value.
5. We planted trees to improve the lanscape.
6. Be sure to follow the cookie rescipe
exactly.
7. Milk contains protien, which builds
muscle.
8. Milk also provides other nutriance like
calcium and vitamans.
9. The gas guage showed that we were about
to run out of gas.
10. Please put the thred through the eye
of the needle?
11. There is some fine old arcitecture
here in San Luis Obispo.
12. She has a giant sculptere in her garden
that is shaped like a sphere.
13. In biology, we had to disect a worm.
14. Our state government is based in Sacramento.
15. You will study ancient civilazations
in social studies.
16. You will also study many different cultures.
17. The U.S. is a democrasy, where we elect
our representives.
18. Memorial Day is a nationel holiday.
19. Many people are uninterested in the politicle
workings of our country.
20. The students staged a rebelion, and
took over the school.
(Be sure to add any prefixes or suffixes that
are in parentheses. Two words are not used. No word is used twice.)
21. The Socs look at the greasers with hatred and __________.
22. Mickey Mouse was a(n) ____________ horse who bit
other horses.
23. Two-Bit __________(ly) offered to walk the girls
home.
24. Two-Bit referred to the Socs as "members of the _________
checkered shirt set."
25. Johnny’s family life seems very __________ and hopeless.
26. Even among the greasers, Pony is a (non)_____________(ist)
who doesn’t quite fit in.
27. Dally says Pony’s Mom "knew the score"; he means
that she had_____.
28. Johnny and Two-bit were ______________ when Pony
went off on his brother. They thought Pony and Darry got along fine.
29. He wasn’t really unfriendly, just a bit _____________.
30. Ponyboy tells the story, which he is a part of,
from his point of view, using the pronoun "I." This is an example
of a _________-person narrator.
31. In a book like Hatchet though, the story is told
by someone else, using the pronoun "he." This is an example of a ________-person
narrator.
32. He was always very relaxed, casual, and ____________.
elite, conform, ornery, gallant, bleak, aloof,
dumbfounded, connotation, first, contempt, savvy, nonchalant, second, third
(Yes, you can use the book for these.
And the extra credit.)
33. (2) Give two reasons why Darry is so hard on Pony.
34. (8) Name at least four (4) conflicts in the story.
Say whether each is internal or external.
35. (3) Who’s talking, what’s going on, what does (s)he
mean?
"We’re not in the same class. Just don’t forget, some
of us watch the sunset too." (p. 42)
36. Combine the following into one smooth-sounding
sentence.
(Hint: Try using a hyphen in sentence C, and adding "ing" to a word
in sentence B. Be sure to punctuate correctly.)
a. A young woman sits alone.
b. She sips from her coffee cup.
c. It is shaped like a ducky.
d. It has a chip along the rim.
Extra Credit:
A) Why would we use two sets of quotation marks in
the same sentence?
B) How long ago were Pony's parents killed?
C) What is a cliche? Give an example.
D) Spell the word which "etc." is an abbreviation
for.