Test #9 -- Eighth Grade -- Record your KBAR score for the week (/40), your vocabulary homework score (/20), your Pigman quiz score (/12), and your extra credit for the week (+5 min/+ 10 max). No crossword? -10. Do not copy.
Spelling. Do the ones you missed on Monday, plus 26-30.
  1. Is the cayotee related to the wolf?
  2. We camped on the maysa high above the dessert.
  3. Lions roamed free on the grassy savannah.
  4. Bricks made of adohbe are baked in the sun.
  5. One man lived on the top floor of the pwueblo.
  6. The stampeede of elephants shook the ground.
  7. She tied a loop in the rope to form a larriet.
  8. Clean the grill before lighting the barbeeq.
  9. The winds of the tornado caused much damage.
  10. The night sky was a deep indego color.
  11. Is a jaguire as fast as a tiger?
  12. The muskeeto is an annoying insect.
  13. Does the school cafateria serve good food?
  14. Use mascera to make your eyelashes look long.
  15. The Spanish armahda was a feared fighting force.
  16. His false bravado fooled nobody; we all knew he was scared.
  17. He was a renagade from the Army; running away from battle.
  18. The prisoner was held incomunicado, not allowed to call even his lawyer.
  19. She found the hammuk quite comfy for sleeping.
  20. Guacamole is made with avacados.
  21. There was a floatilla of ships at the Harbor Festival in Morro Bay.
  22. He received a lot of choclate for Halloween.
  23. Can you catch and ride that broncko?
  24. They served hot coacoa at the Halloween party.
  25. He likes vannilla ice cream.
  26. color : indigo :: fauna : _________  (Only give 1 answer.)
  27. mascara : makeup :: _______ : facade
  28. philanthropy : greed :: _________ : accessible
  29. mortified : proud :: _________ : loyalist 
  30. flavor : vanilla :: terrain : ________ (Only give 1 answer.)
Vocabulary. Skip if you are exempt, writing "exempt." mortified, philanthropy, prevaricate, subliminal, subsidize, aficionado, compulsive, mundane, congeal, avocation
  1. By some ________ sense, I could feel his presence in the room, even though I couldn't see or hear him.
  2. The two brothers who hoarded stuff until it killed them, did so ____(ly), not really able to stop themselves.
  3. melt : congeal :: testify : __________
  4. valley : mesa :: _________ : thrilling
  5. There is a store downtown that caters to cigar __________(s).
  6. (2) benefactor : philanthropy :: ________ : __________
  7. Bill Gates is not only the richest man in the world, he is also one of the biggest ______(ists) in the world.
  8. The government actually __________(s) the tobacco industry with payments to farmers, while it spends money advertising the bad effects of smoking.
  9. Lorraine says that John "always has to twist things _________(ly)" even if he doesn't realize it.
Pigman
  1. How does John say he could tell Lorraine was furious with him as he took Mr. Pignati's check?
  2. (3) Who does better at using Mr. Pignati's memory trick? Why?
  3. What comparison does John make between his mom and Mr. Pignati?