Test #20 -- Seventh Grade -- Be sure to record any extra credit you may have earned during the week (min. = 4, max. = 10). Record your study questions score (/20) and your vocabulary homework score (/20).
Spelling/Roots.
  1. (2) dictionary, appendix, dependable, contradict, all correct
  2. (2) expense, pendulum, perdiction, suspense, all correct
  3. (2) compensation, dictaition, edict, suspend, all correct
  4. (2) dictater, verdict, impending, dispense, all correct
  5. (2) predicament, pension, pendant, appendage, all correct
  6. (2) valedictorian, inditement, dependent, predicate, all correct
  7. "before say thing"
  8. "farewell say person"
  9. "truly say"
  10. "under hang"
  11. " saying person" = __________
  12. "under hang thing" = _________
  13. expensive : expense :: suspend : ________
  14. psychic : prediction :: dictator : _________
Vocabulary -- If you are exempt, say so, and do #2 only.
venerate, skeptic, improvise, fastidious, impulse, haughty, smug, benevolent, embroider
  1. The teacher was being very ____________ to award that essay an A!
  2. Candy, gum and other similar items are usually displayed right next to the checkout line to encourage you to buy one last item on _________.
  3. White Deer _______(ly) washed his hands and face before dinner.
  4. Uncle is a __________, who has to see it to believe it.
  5. She forgot her lines for the scene, so she had to ____________.
  6. When Uncle sits on his "throne" he has a tendency to make __________ pronouncements.
  7. "That test was easy!" he said________(ly) in that annoying way of his.
  8. villain : hate :: hero : ____________
  9. Even though WR often disagrees with Uncle, he really ___________(s)  the old man.
Dragonwings. Open book. Open study questions.
  1. What was the only "proof" Father had that his dream might have actually happened?
  2. What name do the dragons use for humans?
  3. What crime did Father commit as a dragon that got him turned into a human?
  4. What is the only remnant of Father's skills as a healer (when he was a dragon) that he still has as a human?
  5. How can Father become a dragon again?
  6. (3) I do think you’ve grown an inch since you’ve been here." (p70) Who’s talking? What’s going on? What does he/she mean?
  7. What does Father mean when he says, "You've been using Hand Clap's ruler again"? (p70)
  8. (4) When they go to look for Black Dog, WR and MS cover the a) _______, Lefty goes to the b) _________, Hand Clap goes to the c) ________, and White Deer goes to the d) _______ .
  9. How did BD get the money for his opium binge?
  10. (2) "...I am going to take definite pleasure in tromping every worm, cockroach, and fly that I meet." (p74) Who's talking? What is going on?
  11. What "decidedly demonic talent" did Windrider use to save Black Dog?