Test #11. Record extra credit for the week, TS checks (12/11, 12/12,
12/13, all /5), vocabulary h/w (/10).
(27) Spelling. Do those you missed on Monday plus #27.
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It was like rats desserting a sinking
ship.
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We had ice cream for desert.
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The trap door gave accsess to the
garret.
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You need a drain to get rid of ecsess
water.
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The dog's continuall barking kept
me awake.
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The continous hum of the fan was
relaxing.
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These hearty plants can stand the
cold.
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A hardy meal will give us new energy.
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He was able to make his dream a realety.
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We sold our house with the help of a realty
agent.
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I was startled by his bazarre costume.
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One booth at the bazaare sells tie-dyed
shirts.
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He had to dress formelly for the
important occasion.
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He was the artist formally known
as Prince, whose name is now an unpronounceable symbol.
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The horse easily jumped the high hurdel.
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We watched the express train hurtel
by.
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What medication did the doctor perscribe?
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School rules prescribe cheating.
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I was very self-consious at first.
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Does your conscious bother you when
you lie?
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I would advice you to get a job.
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That's good advise.
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I don't know whether to wear a jacket,
because...
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...the wheather is so changeable.
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Everyone accept him is going to the
party.
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I will graciously except her gift.
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Draw two lines that diverge and then
converge.
(10) Vocabulary. Skip if exempt. proscribe, earnest, picturesque,
marked, canvass, continuous, continual
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After the rewrite, his paper was ________(ly) better.
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The Taliban __________(ed) television and music. They claimed those were
against the laws of Islam.
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The __________ ringing in his ears is from listening to too much loud music.
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The boys _________(ed) the matter inwardly, trying to think of all the
options.
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Skateboarding is __________ (ed) in the downtown area.
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The little cabin was __________ and cool, but it wasn't very comfortable.
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The volunteers ___________(ed) the neighborhood, talking to people, and
trying to get them to vote.
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Huck was on a ____________ watch at the tavern. He never left his post.
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The searchers _________(ed) the cave, looking for Tom and Becky, but after
three days they were ready to give up.
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"Are you in real deadwood ________?" asked Huck. "Is it true?"
(11) Pronouns. All do. List the pronouns you find in each sentence
in the vocabulary section.
(7) Suffixes. All do. Using a suffix, change each word into
a different part-of-speech as shown.
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memory (n.) ---> _____________ (v.)
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child (n.) ---> ________________ (adj.)
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defy (v.) ---> ________________ (adj.)
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# 6 (adj.) ---> _____________(adv.)
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#17 (v.) ---> _________________ (n.)
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#21 (v.) ---> _______________ (n.)
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#26 (v.) ---> ___________________ (n.)
Tom Sawyer. Do only
if you don't have study questions. Attach study questions if you do have
them. For the True/False questions, write the
word True if the statement is true, write the word False if the statement
is false, and explain why it is false. For the multiple-choice type questions,
write
out the correct choice--do not simply write the letter.
Answer
all the other questions using complete sentences.
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(2) True or False? Becky's father and the other
rescuers finally found Tom and Becky in the cave.
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(2) Once everyone found out about the treasure, what happened to every
"haunted" house in St. Petersburg?
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(1) The widow let Huck (if he asked first)... A) smoke, B) go
fishing, C) cuss, D) scratch in front of people, E) all of the above.
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(3) "The boys in this town will take more trouble, and fool away more
time hunting up 6 bits worth of old iron...than they would to make twice
the money at regular work." Who? What? Why is this ironic?
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(1) Where does Tom find Huck when he runs away from the widow?
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(2) How does Tom get Huck to go back to the widow?
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(3) What are three complaints Huck had about the widow?
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(2) Why does Mark Twain stop the story where he does?
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(1) The total amount of the treasure was about...A) five thousand dollars,
B) $12,000, C) several hundred dollars, D) a thousand dollars.
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(1) Tom and Becky were in the cave for...A) 2 days, B) 3 days, C) 4
days, D) a fortnight.
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(1) What was the boys' income after the judge invested their money?
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(1) Becky's dad compared Tom's lie that saved Becky from a whipping
over the torn book to...?