1. (2) balet, petite, depot, vague, all correct
2. (2) portrait, fatigued, routine, detour, all correct
3. (2) plateau, Plato, Play-Doh, mesa, all correct
4. (2) technique, coopon, pizza, reservoir, all correct
5. (2) massage, message, bouteak, ensemble, all correct
6. (2) boulevard, antique, debrit, routine, all correct
7. (2) crochet, plack, adjective, debut, all correct
8. (2) surveillance, neive, bouquet, conjunction, all correct
9. (2) affect, effect, fategue, until, all correct
10. (2) grammer, professional, amateur, interjection, all correct

Vocabulary. Do not copy. Be sure to add suffixes. (Skip, writing "exempt," if you are exempt.)
dismay (n), trivial, jovial, disposition, rigmarole, olfactory, via, euphemism, euthanasia

1. large : petite :: dismayed : ___________
2. They say your _________ sense can trigger the most vivid memories.
3. (2) The dog was so sick that the owner had to resort to ________________. The vet's  ________________ for this was "putting him down."
4. "...masks that smiled or masks that frowned, according to the owners' ________(s)."
5. He seemed smart, even though most of the facts he knew were rather ____________.
6. I heard about that rumor _______ my friend Stevie.
7. "Do we have to go through all this _____________ " just because we're from Earth?
8. (2) The Earth men were greatly  ________(ed) to find they had signed papers for __________.

"The Earth Men" (Be sure to write out the correct answer for the multiple choice ones.)

1. (2) Draw a diagram of what a day and a year are, astronomically speaking.
2. It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is...a) military, b) government leader, c) police, d) immigration, e) psychiatry.
3. Why was there no "hullabaloo" to welcome the Earth men? a) The Martians didn't believe the Earth men's story. b) There are many people on Mars who claim to be from Earth. c) The Martians had already met Earth men before (from the First Expedition). d) The Martians wanted the Earth men to go home.
4. What was the Martian's explanation for the rocket? a) It came from somewhere else on Mars. b) It was left there by the First Expedition. c) It was a product of the Earth men's minds. d) It was a fake.
5. Why did Mr. Iii laugh when the captain asked if his men should sign the papers too?
6. Based on how Mr. Xxx uses these words, match each one with the sense it refers to:

olfactory labial auditory visual tactile

touch taste smell sight hearing

7. Martians...a) have six fingers, b) have white skin, c) look like humans, d) all of the above, e) none of the above.
8. Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the men? a) They are a danger to Martians. b) They are in pain. c) He believes they really are from Earth. d) He thinks they will be happier dead.
9. Why does Mr. Xxx shoot himself?
10. Why does the story end with a "weather report"? a) To show what weather on Mars is like. b) To show that Mars is like Earth in many ways. c) To show that the Earth men's visit went basically unnoticed. d) All of the above. e) None of the above.

1. (2) Identify the subject and predicate. "He saw their yellow eyes waxing and waning, focusing and unfocusing."
2. (2) Identify the subject and predicate. "Ten thousand separate items I checked on your vessel."
3. subject : predicate :: _________ : verb
4. (?) ID the preposition(s) in sentence #7 in the vocabulary section. (Hint: The word "to" is not one; it is part of the verb go. Bonus: This "to go" type of verb (to run, to swim, to fly, etc.) is called the ___________ form of the verb.)

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