Test #17--Be sure to record
your score ( /16) on the "Flying Machine" quiz. Record (with the
date and title) any extra credit you may have earned during the week.
If you do not have your crossword, write "xw -10." Be sure to record ("voc.
-5") if you didn't have the vocabulary practice done Wednesday. Title
each section of the test on your own paper. Spelling section: Do what you
missed on Monday, plus #26-30. Vocabulary section: If you are exempt, say
so, and do #4 only. All do Dragonwings section. Be sure to write
out the answer; do not simply write the letter of the answer.
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How would you contrast cookies and toads?
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She takes classes at the art instatute.
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A marble statchue of a lion is at the entrance.
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Start the projecter for the slide show.
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We can raject the offer if it is too low.
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Carry the portible computer in it's case.
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My objective is to finish the job by noon.
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The fallen tree was an obstacal in the road.
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Tom and Huck believed in many silly superstitons.
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Many ranchers tranport their cattel by rail.
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Which newspaper raportor wrote that story?
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Use a pump to inject air into the flat tire.
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What circumstantes made you change your mind?
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He had memerized every stansa of the poem.
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Homer's famous "d'oh" is an example of an interjection.
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A portor carried our bags to our hotel room.
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More than one adjactive can modify a noun.
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They deported the illegal immigrant.
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A person's taste in music is subjective, each
person has his or her own opinion.
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The senators voted on the proposed statute;
beginning a curfew for teens under 18.
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His writing portfolio is very impressive.
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Most of the laws in this country are based on the Constatution.
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The counselor had a good raport with the kids.
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The state now has educational standerds which
say what students at each grade level should know.
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The projectial traveled at 300 miles per hour.
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ject = _______
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Something that is static does not ___________.
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"carrier" = ________
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"away from carried" = _________
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"between throw thing" = ____________
Vocabulary--conjecture, perturb, reciprocate, phoenix,
dowry, insolent, *Angel Island
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They had no proof he had committed the crime; they only had
____________.
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Hand Clap insulted his daughters by saying they were so ugly,
they needed huge __________(ies) in order to get married.
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Hand Clap was (un)__________(ed) while Moon Shadow's mom
and grandmother argued about his trip to the U.S.
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The word _____________ is what the so-called Golden Rule
is all about.
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Does ___________, Arizona have a lot of large fiery birds?
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(2) __________(ence) will always ________ a teacher.
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Don't base your decision on _______________; find out for
sure.
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It would be very perilous to be ________ to Mr. Anderson.
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When someone helps you out, you should ___________ in some
way.
conjecture, perturb, reciprocate, phoenix, dowry, insolent,
*Angel Island
Dragonwings
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The word demon can have which of the following meanings for
Moon Shadow? a) Ghost of a dead person. b) An American. c) A certain
type of tiger. d) A fickle creature. e) All of the above. f) a and b.
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Moon Shadow's father, back in China, had been...a) a tailor.
b) an author. c) a kitemaker. d) a store owner.
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What (inaccurate) metaphor did Moon Shadow's family use to
describe America?
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The real reason Hand Clap wanted to go back
to America to work was...a) his daughters needed large dowries. b) there
was more excitement in America. c) he owed a lot of money. d) None of the
above.
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Which character had spent nearly thirty years of his/her
marriage apart from his/her family? a) Grandmother. b) Moon Shadow's father.
c) Uncle Bright Star. d) Hand Clap.
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The officials at immigration kept Moon Shadow locked in a
warehouse for...a) 24 hours. b) two weeks. c) a week. d) a month.
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(2) What two things did Moon Shadow have to remember when
the officials at immigration questioned him about his name and his age?
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How old is Hand Clap? a) In his 20's. b) In his 30's. c)
In his 40's. d) In his 50's.
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(2) "Big talk! You're like the blind man who catches sparrows
and calls them phoenixes." (p9) To whom is Grandmother referring? What
does she mean?
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When he finally passes through immigration, and gets a closer
look at San Francisco, the first thing Moon Shadow notices about the city
is...a) the vastness of it. b) the fog. c) how busy it was. d) how boring
the architecture was.
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Which of the following did Moon Shadow bring with him? a)
A tattered suitcase. b) A box with a cool latch. c) A backpack made of
bamboo. d) Nothing but the clothes on his back and his papers.