Test #18 -- Record any extra credit you may have earned during the week. Min +5, Max +10. If you do not have your crossword, write "xw -10." Be sure to record ( /20) your vocabulary homework score. Record your 600 words count for the week. Title each section of the test on your own paper. Spelling section: All do all. Vocabulary section: If you are exempt, say so, and do only #4. 
Spelling
  1. antinym, antiseptic, admission, abuse, all correct
  2. absorb, absolute, ajustment, administer, all correct
  3. abominable, abdominal, postdate, antaganize, all correct
  4. antifreeze, adviser, advisor, absence, all correct
  5. postgraduate, postscript, adept, abzolved, all correct
  6. *"away from standard" = ____________ 
  7. *"opposite name"  = __________ 
  8. *"near/toward/close to equal"= __________ 
  9. *"together throw thing"= __________ 
  10. *"away from being"= __________ 
Vocabulary--conjecture, perturb, reciprocate, phoenix, dowry, insolent, adept, bane, surge
  1. They had no proof he had committed the crime; they only had ____________.
  2. Some say pollution is the __________ of  our motorized existence. 
  3. They say that at halftime of the Super Bowl, water use __________(es) because everyone gets up to use the bathroom.
  4. The word _____________ is what the so-called Golden Rule is all about.
  5. Does ___________, Arizona have a lot of large fiery birds? (Capitalize!)
  6. (2) __________(ence)* will always ________ a teacher.
  7. Don't base your decision on _______________; find out for sure.
  8. It would be very perilous to be ________ to Mr. Anderson.
  9. When someone helps you out, you should ___________ in some way.
 "ASIAD" -- Be sure to copy the answer, not just the letter. Use a separate sheet for #9.
  1. What does this passage show about the change in the students' attitude?---"They stood as if someone had driven them with so many stakes into the floor ... They looked at their hands and feet, their faces down." (p110) a) They think they're going to be punished. b) They are sad about the rain starting again so soon. c) They now realize how cruel they have been. d) All of the above. e) None of the above.
  2. What does the title of the story mean?  a) It all happened on a summer day. b) Since the period of sun was so short, the kids were forced to live a whole summer in a day. c) The summer seemed like it lasted only a day. d) The days are long in the summer.
  3. What point is made about Margot when the story says that the rain had washed "the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair"?  a) The lack of sun is making her pale. b) She hated the rain. c) She was very sensitive to rain. d) The rain was draining the life out of her.
  4. Locking Margot up is especially mean because...a) she is afraid of the dark. b) sunshine is so rare on this planet. c) she has no friends. d) she cries when she is locked up.
  5. The main purpose of the story is probably...a) to provide a picture of what everyday life on Venus might be like. b) to show how weather conditions can affect your personality. c) To show how nine year old kids are. d) to show how differences can make some people a target for others.
  6. The main conflict of the story was...a) the kids of Venus vs. the rain and nature. b) William vs. Margot, c) The kids vs. someone different. d) Margot vs. the teacher for not helping her. e) the kids vs. themselves.
  7. The first thing the kids notice as soon as the rain stops is...a) the warmth. b) the brightness. c) the mud everywhere. d) the silence.
  8. Ray Bradbury compares the jungle on Venus to...a) tentacles of an octopus. b) the color of white cheese. c) the color of the moon. d) All of the above. e) None of the above.
  9. (Separate sheet) Write the last paragraph of the story, showing what happens next. (Re)Use a quote from the story to show that what you have Margot do is plausible. Counts for 600 words.