Test #8
Spelling. Do only the ones you missed on Monday. Choose the correct spelling from the list of four.
  1. geometrey, geametry, geometry, geomettry
  2. perrimeter, parimeter, parrimeter, perimeter
  3. diammeter, diameter, dimeter, diemeter
  4. diegram, diagram, diagramm, diagrame
  5. centameter, centimmeter, centametere, centimeter
  6. kilagram, kilogramme, kilogram, kilagrame
  7. cyclone, cycleone, cyclon, scyclone
  8. thermus, thermas, thermos, thermis
  9. physician, physiscian, phisician, physcican
  10. encyclapedia, encyclopedia, encyclopaedia
  11. thermometer, thermameter, thermmometer, thermemeter
  12. physics, phisycs, phycics, physics
  13. telagram, teleggram, telegram, tellegram
  14. gramatical, grammaticle, grammatical, grammetical
  15. barrometer, barameter, barrameter, barometer
  16. thermastat, thermosstat, thermostat, thermastate
  17. physique, phsysique, phisyque, phisique
  18. motercycle, motorcicle, motercicle, motorcycle
  19. thermle, thermel, thermil, thermal
  20. cyclicle, cyclical, cyclycal, cyclicel
  21. recycle, recicly, recyccle, resycle
  22. anigram, anegram, anagram, anugram
  23. metranome, metrenome, metrinome, metronome
  24. grammar, grammer, gramer, gramar
  25. physical, phisycal, phisical, physicle
    Roots
  26. (2) phys =________, explanation using a spelling word = ___________
  27. (2) gram = ________, explanation using a spelling word = ___________
  28. (2) meter = ________, explanation using a spelling word = ___________
  29. (2) cycl = __________, explanation using a spelling word = ___________
  30. (2) therm = _________, explanation using a spelling word = ___________
    Vocabulary: If you are exempt, write exempt, do only #35, and move on to the next section.   pariah, furtive, odious, subtle, diligent, impudent, blather, perceptible, ecstatic, guile, vanquish
  31. Give an example of a pariah. (Not Huck.)
  32. Tom _________(ed) his oponent in the sword fight.
  33. The villagers thought that the criminal was being _____ by returning to the scene of the crime.
  34. The teacher ___________(ed) on and on and on...
  35. Draw an example of someone being furtive
  36. (2) The change in the room was so ______ that it was barely_______.
  37. Draw an example of someone being ecstatic.
  38. The detective was very _____(ful) as he questioned the suspect, trying to catch him in a lie.
  39. idle : diligent :: idol : _________ 
    Tom Sawyer
  40. What was that boy's reaction when Tom says, "By jingo, for two cents I will do it"? (p8b, p7w)
  41. After the whitewashing scene, Mark Twain explains the difference between work and play. Who is the "great and wise philospher" he refers to? (p15b, p13w)
  42. (2) What does Mark Twain mean when he says on p17b (p16w), "The fresh-crowned hero fell without firing a shot"? Why is he a "fresh-crowned hero"? Fell?
  43. (Quote) Why does Aunt Polly say she hits Tom for stealing sugar, but not Sid? (p19b, p18w)
  44. (2-Quote + "translate") What is Aunt Polly's excuse for not apologizing to Tom for mistakenly hitting him instead of Sid? (p19b, p18w)
  45. (2) Why can't Tom bear to look at Amy Lawrence at Sunday school? (p28b, p26w)
  46. (Quote) Why does Sid decide not to tattle about Tom coming in the window with wet clothes? (Last paragraph of Chapter 3.)