Test #18 -- Seventh Grade
Be sure to record: Vocabulary homework score (/20), KBAR score (/40), and any extra credit you may have earned (+6 min/+10 max). No crossword? -10. Please attach the gold verbs sheet.
Spelling. (15) All do all.
  1. (2) campaign, bureau, vaccuum, mileage, all correct 
  2. (2) separate, cylander, scholar, gauge, all correct 
  3. (2) beige, prior, circuit, raspberry, all correct 
  4. (2) foreign, biscuit, rythm, tortoise, all correct 
  5. (2) prior, consaquence, asthma, similar, all correct
  6. (2) livelihood, nusance, bough, goad, all correct 
  7. boy : wolf :: ________ : hare 
  8. candidate : speeches :: election : ___________ 
  9. promise : warranty :: job :  ____________
Vocabulary. (10) Exempt? Do #2 only.
transparent, flourish, nimble, translucent, malicious, malleable, chide, prudent, goad, binge, (un)alloy(ed)
  1. Most little brothers  and sisters are pretty ______; you can get them to act almost any way you want.
  2. "How could you be mad at some dumb, pain-___(ed) animal?" The pain drove him to do it.
  3. A dog (or any other pet) will _________ if you take the time and care for its needs.
  4. Uncle opened the door with a _________, and showed us inside.
  5. Vandalism is considered a type of _______ mischief under the law, and therefore a serious crime. 
  6. My "friends" _________(ed) me into doing something stupid.
  7. Tom's joy when Becky finally talked to him was complete and ________.
  8. She ate every bit of candy in the house during her last sugar _________.
  9. Bronze is a(n) ______ made of copper and tin.
  10. It would not be ________ to cuss at a police officer. 
VERBS! (10) ID the verb(s), and any direct or indirect objects or adverbs the sentence may have. Also tell whether the verb is transitive or intransitive.
1) Did you hit the ball?
2) I sold Jim my llama.
3) The troll tripped clumsily.
 		 Plurals. (10)
1) Jones  2) volcano  3) cheese  4) wife's  5) deer 
6) navy  7) thesis  8) fox  9) sock  10) box

"TFM" (10)

  1. True or False: The Flying One understands why the Emperor is killing him.
  2. The mechanical garden that the Emperor "dreamt to being" represents...  a) how the Emperor is as skillful in his own way as the flying man. b) the fragility and beauty of the Emperor's kingdom. c) how China must look from the sky. d) all of the above. e) none of the above.
  3. The Emperor has the Flying One killed because... a) he thinks he will drops stones on the Great Wall.  b) he thinks that the man has an evil heart. c) he fears that someone will use the man's invention for evil. d) none of the above.
  4. There are several places where the author foreshadows that the Emperor is worried about the Flying One's feat. Quote one from page 246 or before.
  5. On page 247, when the Emperor says that it is "well for her" that the Flying One's wife is asleep, what does he mean?
  6. The Emperor is really afraid of... a) rocks being dropped on the Great Wall, b) the future, c) the Flying One, d) flying machines.
  7. Which of the following groups of words best describe the theme of the story? a) Strength, pain, joy. b) Foolishness, anger, endurance. c) Communication, friendship, honesty. d) Fear, frustration, bewilderment.
  8. "The butterfly now touches the earth. And suddenly...a clumsy worm." (p246) The Servant is using a metaphor to describe the Flying One and his apparatus. Explain his comparison.
  9. True or False: We can say that the emperor agrees with the expression, "the end justifies the means."
  10. "The unmarked grave is dug where Time, some little while, must sleep to wake again some other year." (p251) The Emperor is speaking metaphorically, and most likely means...a) he wishes he could go back in Time and prevent the Flying One from flying. b) he is predicting that soon, man will also be traveling in Time as well as the air. c) that by killing the Flying One, the Emperor has only delayed, not stopped the development of flying. d) he believes that the Flying One will soon be going to Heaven.