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
  1. Baseball fans became pretty __________ after the season was cut short by a strike.
  2. The couple had enjoyed 50 years of wedded ___________.
  3. He hit a ___________ home run. It was at least 500 feet long.
  4. Luck is ___________; one day you have it all good, and the next it's all bad.
  5. The ________ river was difficult to navigate because of all its twists and turns.
  6. The mystery novel's plot was called ___________(ine) because of all its twists and turns and false clues.
  7. The orphanage thanked the man for his ____________ donation.
  8. Give an example of something that would bring you bliss.
  9. Give a specific example of someone being fickle.
  10. Give an example of something that you are apathetic about.
  11. Why does Huck say that ghosts are a "dern sight worse'n dead people"?
  12. What's the unluckiest day of the week?
  13. Why does Huck think Tom is foolish for wanting to get married?
  14. What is Tom's interpretation of dreaming about rats?
  15. Why did they dig one last time in their last hole before they went to check the haunted house?
  16. (3) Describe Injun Joe's disguise in three words.
  17. How do the boys figure out that it's Joe?
  18. Why didn't Injun Joe and his partner leave the house the day before?
  19. EC: *stop sign : traffic :: embargo : __________
  20. EC: *bar-b-que : patio :: siesta : ___________
  21. EC: *apathetic : blissful :: straight : ___________
  22. EC: *tortilla : burrito :: _________ : chili
  23. EC: maze : labyrinth :: conventions : _________
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