Spelling/Etc. Test #4 (All
do Spelling 1-10. Be sure to make an extra credit box and record your extra
credit for the week. If you are exempt from the Vocabulary section, write
exempt for #11-21.)
1. Ponyboy doesn’t always use commun scents.
2. The heart is a cymbal of love.
3. The factory had a fowl stench.
4. Pony thought that the Socs got all the brakes.
5. Because our Spanish class has a helper who aides
the teacher.
6. I would be happy to except the award.
7. Mmmmm, I would love a chocolate Sundea.
8. Is everyone comming to the party?
9. "…from see to shineing sea…"
10. Captain Crunch is in the cereal I’ll.
11. I ________(ed) my mom to let me go to the movies.
12. No one could __________ why he did such a stupid
thing.
13. I was ___ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp
instead of my sister.
14. Pony was _____ when he thought of what life might
be like in the country.
15. Two-Bit referred to the Socs as "members of the ____
checkered shirt set."
16. I am _________ of someone who promises me something
for nothing.
17. Johnny __________(ly) kept asking about his parents.
18. "It’s too late now," Cherry said _______(ly) , "here
come Randy and Bob."
19. friendly : aloof : : credulous : __________
20. dumbfounded : nonchalant : : reality : _________
21. action : verb : : thing : ________
indignant, implore, facade, dogged,
bleak, savvy, noun, wistful, elite, leery, fathom
22. (7) Joe ate seven huge hamburgers,
and then he got sick. (2n, 3adj, 2v)
23.(2) Which doesn’t fit and why? indignant, wistful,
bleak, facade, leery
24.(2)Which doesn’t fit and why? nonchalant, conform,
implore, elude, attack
25.(5)The words ______, _______, _______, ______,
______ are all forms of the word be, and all are verbs.
26.(2)Homonyms are words that ____________, but ____________.
27.The prefix homo means __________.
(Please use complete sentences when you answer
questions 28-30.)
28. Why do the police think Pony and Johnny are in Texas?
29.(2) Quote: "Johnny shrugged. 'Yeah, I guess we're
different' 'Shoot,' I said, 'Maybe they are.'" (p70) How might this relate
to the title of the book?
30.(3) "I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened
to me..." (p 80)
A) Who is talking? B) What's going on? C) Why is it important?
(Use one of the vocabulary words above (correctly), and get +1!)
EXTRA CREDIT: A) Find and fix
any mistakes you see above. B) What else does the word "fathom" mean? C)
S.E. in S.E. Hinton stands for...? D) Name two ways S.E. Hinton foreshadowed
that the church would catch fire.