Spellling Test #16--Use a separate sheet. Be sure to record: a) your vocabulary homework score ( /19), and  b)  any extra credit you may have earned during the week (beginning 3/4).  If you do not have your crossword, write "xw -10."  As always, look for mistakes to fix for more extra credit.  If you are exempt from vocabulary, write "exempt" and move to the next section.
(25) Spelling -- Do only the ones you missed on Monday's pretest.

1. The voices joined in sweet harmuny.
2. Your attitude makes for a harmonius classroom.
3. Did your pets adapt to your new house yet?
4. The movie adaption of The Outsiders was pretty lame.
5. What was the insparation for your essay?
6. A great speech can inspire a crowd.
7. Good students always try for excellance.
8. Studying will help you excell in spelling.
9. I hope it won't be an imposition on you to stay here.
10. Don't impose on him by asking for money.
11. Hair color is a genatic trait you inharit from your parents.
12. Your eye color is determined by a gean.
13. The riding acadamy has students of all ages.
14. The acedemic year ends in June.
15. Those shoes come in a variaty of colors.
16. We used various kinds of fruit in the pies.
17. We listened to a narretive of the tale.
18. Ponyboy narates his own story.
19. A gentle smile revealed her kind disposion.
20. Please dispose of your trash in the trash can.
21. We triumphed over the opossing team.
22. The song was most triumphent.
23. Please combine these two sentences. Use the suffix "ing.
24. Don't be a bonehead and tell people what your locker combanation is.
25. Everyone has a lot of admaration for the good deeds he has done.

(10) Vocabulary -- resilient, resilience, graft, poised, correlate, expendable,  infinitesimal, aurora, subtle

1. "Crushing certain plants could add up ___________(ly). A little, tiny error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion."
2. "The government doesn’t like us here. We have to pay big _______ to keep our business."
3. The green carpet of grass and moss was _________ and soft.
4. "It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too _______ and balanced for its ten tons."
5. "Maybe Time can’t be changed by us. Or maybe it can be changed only in __________, not so noticeable ways."
6. The display of colored lights in the sky that happens near the North Pole is called the _________ borealis.  (EC: It is more commonly known as the ________ _________.)
7. A good quality to have is _____-- the ability to bounce back when things go wrong.
8. She tried to make _________ hints about her friend's bad breath.
9. He was a very ________, very confident public speaker, he never got nervous in front of a crowd.
10. He tried to be be very _______ and calm when he met his girlfriend's parents.

"A Sound of Thunder" (15)

1. The theme of "ASOT" is probably... a) don't mess with time. b) don't try to change the past. c) small actions can lead to huge consequences. d) don't kill butterflies. e) all of the above.
2. Eckels runs off the path because... a) he panics. b) he doesn't believe Travis. c) he doesn't care, d) it's fun. e) none of the above.
3. After the dinosaur is dead, Travis: a)  threatens to leave Eckels behind, b) tells him to clean the mud off his shoes, c) goes and retrieves the bullets from the dinosaur, d) all of the above e) none of the above.
4. When Travis sees the mud on Eckels' shoes he is worried about...a) the effects of Eckels' actions on history. b) money. c) the loss of the Time Safari business. d) the government. e) all of the above. f) none of the above.
5. When Travis yells at Eckels' for leaving the Path, Eckels...a) offers to get the bullets out of the dinosaur. b) threatens Travis with a lawsuit. c) cries. d) offers graft to Travis. e) all of the above. f) none of the above.
6. The first thing Eckels does when he sees the butterfly in the mud on his boot is... a) try to clean it up. b) check to see if it was really dead. c) throw the boot across the room. d) ask who won the election. e) none of the above.
7. When they first return to the office, the first thing Eckels notices is...a) the weird spelling of the sign. b) something in the air. c) that the man behind the desk acted differently. d) a dog howling. e) a strange whistle.
8. True or False: The man behind the desk thinks that the right man won the election.
9. (2) Find a simile and a metaphor that describe the t-rex.
10. (2) Tyrannosaurus is Latin for...
11. (3) What are (at least) three things the phrase "a sound of thunder" represents?

Listening and Such. (10)

1. What happened on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
2. What does the term predestination mean?
3. (3) Draw a bell curve that shows the relationship between the number of students and their grades.
4. When is the Perfect Suggestion paper due?
5. (2) What does "refute opposition" mean?
6. atom : electron :: ____________ : planet
7. *sequence : combination :: personality : __________

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