Test #10 -- Eighth Grade. KEY.
(20) Spelling --All take all. Fix the wrong one or write "all correct."

1. AMATEUR genre, amature, grafted, boulevard, all correct
2. HORS D'OUVRES antique, hor d'ouvres, elite, Wednesday, all correct
3. ALL CORRECT rendezvous, opaque, banana, intrigue, all correct
4. CHAUFFEUR chauffuer, camouflage, mustache, souvenir, all correct
5. MEMOIR foyer, memoire, saute, etiquette, all correct
6. ALL CORRECT suit, suite, brochure, aficionado, all correct
7. GOURMET gormet, buffet, fillet, Lorraine, all correct
8. OMELET omelette, preposition, adjective, demented, all correct
9. PUTRID connoisseur, oscillate, pewtrid, hawk, all correct
10. SUCCINCT liaison, graft, fixation, succint, all correct

(10) Vocabulary.

1. OSCILLATION The pendulum's _____________(ion) was very hypnotic.
2. FIXATION Sigmund Freud said that we all start life with an oral ___________. That's why babies suck their thumbs.
3. HAWK Many web sites have pop-up ads that __________ useless merchandise and services.
4. DEMENTED The police think the killer is ___________, and not acting logically.
5. LIAISON The student body president acted as a ______ between the students and the administration.
6. PUTRID The smell from the water treatment plant was ____________.
7. OSCILLATED The fan ___________(ed) back and forth.
8. SUCCINCT His speech at the meeting was ____________, so we got out of there on time.
9. SUCCINCT Eloquence is not always ____________.
10. CONNOISSEUR Mr. Pignati is more of an aficionado than a ______________.

(16) Grammar.

1. (12) Copy and label.(ADV) Yesterday, (PREP)at (ADJ)the (ADJ)big (N)race, (N)Jimmy (ADV)blindly (V)ran (PREP)into (ADJ)an (ADJ)oblivious (N)pedestrian.
2. FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE...Fix the sentence in the Vocabulary directions that is grammatically incorrect.
3. (3) Identify the prepositional phrases in each of the following sentences.
• ONTO THE AILING TREE a) The gardener grafted a new limb onto the ailing tree.
• TO THE DEPARTMENT STORE, WITH THEMb) Lorraine went with them to the department store because she felt she had to watch John.

(9) The Pigman

1. "I GOT A RUN..."How does Lorraine's mom thank her for the stockings?
2. OLD LADY ON CHAMBERS STREET What foreshadowing does Lorraine give about the end of the chapter?
3. HE WOULD HAVE TO TELL THEM ABOUT HIS WIFE Lorraine was sorry she had told John they had to tell Mr. Pignati the truth because she knew...?
4. BY GIVING JOHN THE CHOCOLATE-COVERED ANTS How does Lorraine get a laugh out of Mr. Pignati after that?
5. (5) Which character?  NORTON a) Wanted to know if Mr. Pignate had anything worth stealing. HIS FATHERb) Encouraged John's drinking. LORRAINE c) Thought the Pigman's psychology game was "actually pretty accurate."  BOBOd) Wouldn't eat, thus making Mr. Pignati sad.  JOHNe) Couldn't handle chocolate-covered ants.