Test #13. KEY. 42 PP
Spelling. 
  1. BALLET, petite, depot, vague, all correct
  2. portrait, fatigue, routine, detour, all correct
  3. technique, coupon, antecedent, reservoir, all correct
  4. massage, antique, BOUTIQUE, ensemble, all correct
  5. BOULEVARD, plaque, debris, routine, all correct
  6. naive, SURVEILLANCE, amateur, debut, all correct
  7. ballet : dance :: pointe : TECHNIQUE
  8. flowers : bouquet :: musicians : ENSEMBLE
  9. rubric : grades :: camera : PORTRAIT or SURVEILLANCE
  10. savvy : professional :: NAIVE : amateur 
 Pronoun Agreement.
  1. Pronouns that do not refer to a specific PPT are called INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.
  2. Before the test, anyone can look at HIS/HER book.
  3. Each of the cars had ITS headlights smashed in the accident.
  4. All of the readers got A's or B's on THEIR 120 Seconds presentations.
  5. After the fight, each of the witnesses told HIS/HER version of what happened.
  6. Have any of the containers lost THEIR lids?
Vocabulary -
  1. He tried to be be very POISED and calm when he met his girlfriend's parents.
  2. prevail : triumph :: attach : GRAFT
  3. infinite : infinitesimal :: valuable : EXPENDABLE
  4. "The government doesn't like us here. We have to pay big GRAFT to keep our business."
  5. The green carpet of grass and moss was RESILIENT and soft.
  6. "It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too POISED and balanced for its ten tons."
  7. "That'd be a PARADOX Time doesn't permit that sort of mess -- a man meeting himself."
  8. The rain forest looked like the PRIMEVAL jungle of long ago.
  9. A good quality to have is RESILIENCE -- the ability to bounce back when things go wrong.
  10. Since there were 1,000 points possible in the quarter, one or two would be a(n) INFINITESIMAL amount.
  11. There were some delicious smells EMANATING from the kitchen.
"ASoT" Be sure to write out the correct answers.
1) The theme of "ASOT" is probably... a) don't mess with time. b) follow directions. c) small actions can lead to huge consequences. d) don't kill butterflies. e) all of the above.
2) Eckels runs off the path because... a) he panics. b) he doesn't believe Travis. c) he doesn't care, d) it's fun.
3) After the dinosaur is dead, Travis: a)  threatens to leave Eckels behind, b) tells him to clean the mud off his shoes, c) goes and retrieves the bullets from the dinosaur, d) all of the above e) none of the above.
4) When Travis sees the mud on Eckels' shoes he is worried about...a) the effects of Eckels' actions on history. b) money. c) the loss of the Time Safari business. d) the government. e) all of the above. f) none of the above.
5) When Travis yells at Eckels for leaving the Path, Eckels...a) offers to get the bullets out of the dinosaur. b) threatens Travis with a lawsuit. c) cries. d) offers graft to Travis. e) all of the above. f) none of the above.
6) The first thing Eckels does when he sees the butterfly in the mud on his boot is... a) try to clean it up. b) check to see if it was really dead. c) throw the boot across the room. d) ask who won the election. e) none of the above.
7) When they first return to the office, the first thing Eckels notices is...a) the weird spelling of the sign. b) something in the air. c) that the man behind the desk acted differently. d) a dog howling. e) a strange whistle.
8) True or False: The man behind the desk thinks that the right man won the election.
9) What year do they leave from? 2055
10) By giving Deutscher a German-sounding name, Ray Bradbury probably wants us to associate him with  HITLER
11) (2) Tyrannosaurus is Latin for... TYRANT LIZARD
12) (3) What are (at least) three things the phrase "a sound of thunder" represents? (Be very specific; for example, "gun" wouldn't be enough.) THE SOUND OF THE T-REX, TRAVIS'S GUN KILLING ECKELS, THE EFFECT THEY HAD ON THE FUTURE, THE BLASTS OF THEIR GUNS AS THEY KILL THE DINO, THE ROAR OF THE TIME MACHINE ANY 3