Friday, 9/6/02


Prepare paper for quiz.
Mental Floss.

1. You have two coins that total 15 cents, but one of them is not a nickel. How is that possible?
2. Which is correct:  "18 plus 19 is 36", or "18 plus 19 are 36"?
3. What is the volume of dirt in a hole 6 feet long, 8 feet deep, and 4 feet wide?

Friday Thang (25p)--Separate sheet. NDP. Title. Record: Extra credit for the week (max = +10), your score ( /8) on yesterday's quiz, all three KBAR scores and their total ( /45). If your KBAR handout is not attached to your notebook, write, "Handout -5." You do not have to copy the questions. As always, look for mistakes to fix for more extra credit.

1. (3) We already can tell that the main conflict of The Outsiders is a)_______ vs. b)______. An example of this conflict that we have already seen or heard about is c)______________.
2. (3) Our narrator Ponyboy uses the pronoun I, and is a part of the story. This is called a a)_________-person narrator. Two disadvantages of this type of narrator is that he can't ever tell us b)___________ or c)_____________.
3. What is the only way the three brothers can stay together?
4. (2) Words like gross, ugly, fun, and wierd are really a)___________(s), and not b)___________(s).
5. What is the one thing you should almost never do in a KBAR response?
6. (7) Match the character with the characteristic:

a) "Gets drunk on plain living." b) His real name is Keith. c) Keeps "his mouth shut good." d) He is compared to a "lost puppy." e) "...cold with a hatred of the the whole world." f) "...never has time to do anything any more." g) Thinks Pony is "a tag-along and a kid."

Dally Soda Darry Johnny Two-Bit Ponyboy Steve

7. Two-Bit, for some "unfathomable reason" liked school even though he was "still a junior at eighteen and a half and he never learned anything."  The word unfathomable most nearly means... a)  not understandable  b) insane  c) curious  d) not smart.
8. (2) Though their a) connotations/denotations are very different, the words nosy and curious have similar b) connotations/denotations.
9. 90% : 80% :: ________ : 24/30
10. I : first :: you : _________
11. I : first :: they : ________
12. tough : wimpy :: tuff : _______
13. icebox : fridge :: cooler : _______

• Each letter must touch the previous one.
• A letter my be used only once per word.
• Words must be at least 3 letters long.
• No proper nouns, foreign words, or abbreviations.
• 15 words = +1.  25 = +2.  35 = +3 . Etc.

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