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.
  1. It was like rats desserting a sinking ship.
  2. We had ice cream for desert.
  3. The trap door gave accsess to the garret.
  4. You need a drain to get rid of ecsess water.
  5. The dog's continuall barking kept me awake.
  6. The continous hum of the fan was relaxing.
  7. These hearty plants can stand the cold.
  8. A hardy meal will give us new energy.
  9. He was able to make his dream a realety.
  10. We sold our house with the help of a realty agent.
  11. I was startled by his bazarre costume.
  12. One booth at the bazaare sells tie-dyed shirts.
  13. He had to dress formelly for the important occasion.
  14. He was the artist formally known as Prince, whose name is now an unpronounceable symbol.
  15. The horse easily jumped the high hurdel.
  16. We watched the express train hurtel by.
  17. What medication did the doctor perscribe?
  18. School rules prescribe cheating.
  19. I was very self-consious at first.
  20. Does your conscious bother you when you lie?
  21. I would advice you to get a job.
  22. That's good advise.
  23. I don't know whether to wear a jacket, because...
  24. ...the wheather is so changeable.
  25. Everyone accept him is going to the party.
  26. I will graciously except her gift.
  27. Draw two lines that diverge and then converge.
(10) Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.  proscribe, earnest, picturesque, marked, canvass, continuous, continual
  1. After the rewrite, his paper was ________(ly) better.
  2. The Taliban __________(ed) television and music. They claimed those were against the laws of Islam.
  3. The __________ ringing in his ears is from listening to too much loud music.
  4. The boys _________(ed) the matter inwardly, trying to think of all the options.
  5. Skateboarding is __________ (ed) in the downtown area.
  6. The little cabin was __________ and cool, but it wasn't very comfortable.
  7. The volunteers ___________(ed) the neighborhood, talking to people, and trying to get them to vote.
  8. Huck was on a ____________ watch at the tavern. He never left his post.
  9. The searchers _________(ed) the cave, looking for Tom and Becky, but after three days they were ready to give up.
  10. "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.
  1. memory (n.) ---> _____________ (v.)
  2. child (n.) ---> ________________ (adj.)
  3. defy (v.) ---> ________________ (adj.)
  4. # 6 (adj.) ---> _____________(adv.)
  5. #17 (v.) ---> _________________ (n.)
  6. #21 (v.) ---> _______________ (n.)
  7. #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.
  1. (2) True or False? Becky's father and the other rescuers finally found Tom and Becky in the cave.
  2. (2) Once everyone found out about the treasure, what happened to every  "haunted" house in St. Petersburg?
  3. (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.
  4. (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?
  5. (1) Where does Tom find Huck when he runs away from the widow?
  6. (2) How does Tom get Huck to go back to the widow?
  7. (3) What are three complaints Huck had about the widow?
  8. (2) Why does Mark Twain stop the story where he does?
  9. (1) The total amount of the treasure was about...A) five thousand dollars, B) $12,000, C) several hundred dollars, D) a thousand dollars.
  10. (1) Tom and Becky were in the cave for...A) 2 days, B) 3 days, C) 4 days, D) a fortnight.
  11. (1) What was the boys' income after the judge invested their money?
  12. (1) Becky's dad compared Tom's lie that saved Becky from a whipping over the torn book to...?