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)

  1. blizzard, hurricane, satelite, bulletin, all correct
  2. cancellation, possibility, forbidding, alotted, all correct
  3. misspell, credited, professor, exagerate, remit, all correct
  4. medallion, villain, gossiping, challenge, all correct
  5. equipped, neccessary, abbreviate, dissimilar, all correct
  6. 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
  1. ________ comes from the same root word as "quarrel" does.
  2. He was a ________ negotiator.  He saved $3000 when he bought his new car.
  3. A stretch of Highway 58, near Buttonwillow,  __________ (s) like a roller coaster ride.
  4. With a fresh supply of popcorn and apple juice, my son Elias ________ (ed) down for an intense session of "Rogue Squadron 2."
  5. He was pulled over for driving  _________ (ally); they thought he was drunk.
  6. He was nervous and self-conscious, so his performance was ____________ and unsure.
  7. When you are resilient, you are able to bounce back from __________.
  8. A personal interview with an expert on diabetes would be considered a _______ source for a paper on diabetes.
  9. An encyclopedia entry would always be considered a __________ source.
Dragonwings Questions: all do all; don't copy into notebook; (15 points possible)
  1. How much free time is MS allotted each day?
  2. "No dragon pleasant. A dragon dragonee." (p117) What does MS mean?
  3. Name one thing that MS teaches the Whitlaws?
  4. Name one thing that the Whitlaws teach MS?
  5. Why does Robin think that MS is "crazy"? (p121)
  6. (2) Name two of his own "charms" that MS discovers will protect him.
  7. Which "charm" does MS carry in his pocket for "insurance."
  8. Who says: "We see the same things and yet find different truths."
  9. (Yes or No) Robin is afraid of frogs and snakes?
  10. How do Father and Miss Whitlaw "persuade" people to help dig for survivors?
  11. Explain how they get a wagon with which to evacuate.
  12. Where do they evacuate to?
  13. (2) "This earthquake'll bring out the best and worst in folks," says Miss Whitlaw (p166). Give an example of each from Chapter 9.