Wednesday, 12/6/00
Correction: Prodigious was misspelled on
the vocabulary sheet. Guerrilla(#25) may be spelled with
either one r or two. You need to spell it with two in the crossword.
Vocabulary Pretest: Each word is
used once. 19-24 are extra credit. A * indicates that the answer is a vocabulary
or spelling word from this week.
fickle, labyrinth, prodigious, bliss, sinuous, magnanimous,
apathetic
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Baseball fans became pretty __________ after the season was
cut short by a strike.
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The couple had enjoyed 50 years of wedded ___________.
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He hit a ___________ home run. It was at least 500 feet long.
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Luck is ___________; one day you have it all good, and the
next it's all bad.
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The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all
its twists and turns.
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The mystery novel's plot was called ___________(ine) because
of all its twists and turns and false clues.
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The orphanage thanked the man for his ____________ donation.
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Give an example of something that would bring you bliss.
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Give a specific example of someone being fickle.
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Give an example of something that you are apathetic
about.
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Why does Huck say that ghosts are a "dern sight worse'n dead
people"?
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What's the unluckiest day of the week?
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Why does Huck think Tom is foolish for wanting to get married?
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What is Tom's interpretation of dreaming about rats?
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Why did they dig one last time in their last hole before
they went to check the haunted house?
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(3) Describe Injun Joe's disguise in three words.
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How do the boys figure out that it's Joe?
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Why didn't Injun Joe and his partner leave the house the
day before?
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EC: *stop sign : traffic :: embargo : __________
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EC: *bar-b-que : patio :: siesta : ___________
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EC: *apathetic : blissful :: straight : ___________
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EC: *tortilla : burrito :: _________ : chili
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EC: maze : labyrinth :: conventions : _________
Work!
Editing, writing, revising, study
questions, crossword