Test #15key -- Seventh Grade 46 pp
Spelling. All take all. Do not copy.
  1. (2) adapt, inspire, HARMONY, divine, all correct
  2. (2) harmonious, combine, dispose, Mars, all correct
  3. (2) ADAPTATION, narrate, narration, genes
  4. (2) DISPOSITION, excel, genetic, excellence
  5. (2) TRIUMPHANT, various, academic, admiration
  6. (2) combine, COMBINATION, variety, impose
  7. (2) imposition, INSPIRATION, academy, inspire
  8. (2) * lose : triumph :: cacophony : HARMONY 
  9. (2) * divide : combine :: environmental : GENETIC 
  10. (2) * narrate : story :: DISPOSE : debris 
Vocabulary. 
  1. When dad asked me to mow the lawn, I DEMURRED, but he told me that was not an option.
  2. There was a STARK contrast between Langston Hughes' life and that of his teacher.
  3. The kings of old used to think that they had a DIVINE right to do whatever they wanted, that God had personally chosen them to be kings.
  4. The contract he signed turned out to be REVOKABLE at any time if his performance lagged.
  5. Everyone was shocked by the LURID details of the murder.
  6. lose : prevail :: demur : CORRECT
  7. "What if?" he BROODED to himself after the accident.
  8. (2) My dad REVOKED my TV privileges, and forced me to make RESTITUTION after I broke the neighbors' window.
  9. "Don't cry over spilled milk" is an old expression that means not to BROOD too much over mistakes that you can't change. 
  10. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always PREVAILS. What you are is what the majority of people think you are.
  11. She felt that if a person were very DISCERNING he/she would see that many things that appear to be weird, are really quite sane.
  12. On the other hand, things that we think are normal, are STARLKY mad.
 "TOF" Write out the answer. Open book.
  1. The expression "the shoe is on the other foot now" means... c) "The tables have turned." 
  2. Willie thinks the people who are excited about seeing the white man are... a) forgetful. b) heroic. c) fools. d) silly. e) a and c.
  3. When Willie says he'll let the white people live up there, he is being...a) generous. b) forgiving. c) ironic. 
  4. Willie wanted the paint and stencils to... d) paint the same sort of signs he grew up seeing and hating.
  5. On page 36, when Hattie thinks about "tearing down walls,"  what do the walls represent? a) The people's hatred. 
  6. The white man is there to...a) Say "We're sorry." b) Ask for help. c) Help steal Mars from the blacks. d) Get away from earth.
  7. How does the white man know whether a certain person is alive or dead, or whether a particular building is still standing or not? a) Everything was destroyed, so he knows that they're all gone. b) He has a computer inside his ship which can look it up. c) He's been there. d) He's in radio contact with Earth.
  8. What does that tree represent?  a) Willie's home back on Earth. b) The destruction of the Earth by the white man. c) All the injustices that the white man inflicted on the black man. d) The death of Willie's father. e) All of the above.
  9. How does this story illustrate the idea of "turning the other cheek"?  b) Willie and the others didn't try to get revenge. 
  10. Willie and the others decided to "turn the other cheek" because...a) There was nothing left to hate. b) They realized that the white man was lonely just like them. c) They realized that the white man had turned his hatred on himself. d) The white man had already been punished enough. e) All of the above.
  11. What is the first thing Willie paints a sign on/in? a) Train car. b) Restaurant. c) Bathroom. d) Trolley car. e) Theater.
  12. How old was Willie when he left Earth? a) 12. b) 13. c) 16. d) 20. e) Just a baby.
  13. The story takes place in... a) 1965. b) 1985. c) 1952. d) 2004.