Test 22: Seventh Grade:
Record:a) extra credit for the week. Keep it all. b) vocabulary
homework score ( /20). c) DW study questions score ( /20). d) No
Xword? -10.
--[Mr. B will check Dragonwings study
questions for Chapters 7, 8, 9, vocab. homework, & crosswords, while
you work on the test]
Spelling Test: all do all; don't copy into
notebook; (12 points possible)
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blizzard, hurricane, satelite, bulletin, all correct
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cancellation, possibility, forbidding, alotted, all correct
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misspell, credited, professor, exagerate, remit, all correct
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medallion, villain, gossiping, challenge, all correct
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equipped, neccessary, abbreviate, dissimilar, all correct
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permitting, modeling, pavilion, miscellaneous, all correct
Vocabulary Test: Skip if you are exempt; don't
copy into notebook; (10 points possible)
shrewd, erratic,
tentative, undulate, hunker, querulous, adversity, secondary, primary
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________ comes from the same root word as "quarrel" does.
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He was a ________ negotiator. He saved $3000 when he
bought his new car.
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A stretch of Highway 58, near Buttonwillow, __________
(s) like a roller coaster ride.
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With a fresh supply of popcorn and apple juice, my son Elias
________ (ed) down for an intense session of "Rogue Squadron 2."
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He was pulled over for driving _________ (ally);
they thought he was drunk.
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He was nervous and self-conscious, so his performance was
____________
and unsure.
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When you are resilient, you are able to bounce back from
__________.
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A personal interview with an expert on diabetes would be
considered a _______ source for a paper on diabetes.
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An encyclopedia entry would always be considered a __________
source.
Dragonwings Questions: all
do all; don't copy into notebook; (15 points possible)
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How much free time is MS allotted each day?
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"No dragon pleasant. A dragon dragonee." (p117) What does MS mean?
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Name one thing that MS teaches the Whitlaws?
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Name one thing that the Whitlaws teach MS?
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Why does Robin think that MS is "crazy"? (p121)
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(2) Name two of his own "charms" that MS discovers will protect him.
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Which "charm" does MS carry in his pocket for "insurance."
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Who says: "We see the same things and yet find different truths."
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(Yes or No) Robin is afraid of frogs and snakes?
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How do Father and Miss Whitlaw "persuade" people to help dig for survivors?
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Explain how they get a wagon with which to evacuate.
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Where do they evacuate to?
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(2) "This earthquake'll bring out the best and worst in folks," says
Miss Whitlaw (p166). Give an example of each from Chapter 9.