Test #17. Do not copy. Attach study questions if you have them; otherwise take the TS part of the test. Record your extra credit for the week (+2min./+10max.). No crossword? -10. Do the Mental Floss AFTER the test.
Spelling.
  1. cylinder, guage, circuit, guarantee, all correct
  2. livelihood, nuisance, prior, vaccuum, all correct
  3. tongue, asthma, consequence, tortoise, all correct
  4. biscuite, beige, scholar, campaign, all correct
  5. bureau, bow, bough, emporer, all correct
  6. raspberry, mileage, seperate, rhythm, all correct
  7. boy : wolf :: ________ : hare
  8. alien : foreign :: prior : _______
  9. tortoise : shell :: piston :  _________
  10. grape : vine :: _______ : cane
 Mental Floss. (Do only after the test is completed!)
  1. There is a misspelled word in the following sentence that makes it look like only two people died, when actually three people died. What word is misspelled? -- One night, a king and a queen went on a boat trip. Their boat sank and they all drowned.
  2. Skaters from the Netherlands normally dominate in speed skating in the Winter Olympics, yet in 1944, they didn't win a single medal. What country won all the medals?
  3. (4) Each of the following phrases can be rearranged into a single word. (All the words you end up with have something in common.) What are the words?  a) as a ritual  b) sir usa  c) grey man  d) a fruit chaos
Vocabulary. Do only #9 if you are "exempt." (Attach your pretest!) You might use words more than once; you might not use them all. gratification, (im)perishable, jeer, stupor, bode, wane, wax, wretch, oppress(ive), effusive, clamor(ous)
  1. In the Bible, Job was a poor ___________ whom God "tested" by sending him disaster after disaster.
  2. The teacher was so strict, and there were so many rules in that classroom, the atmosphere was _______.
  3. He greeted us __________(ly), as though we were long-lost friends whom he missed very much.
  4. Tom thought that Huck's dream about rats was a ________(ing) of trouble ahead.
  5. After a while, interest in yoyos _________(ed) and some other fad took over.
  6. Nelson's HAHA! is a perfect example of _______(ing).
  7. Throughout history, minorities have been _____________(ed) by majorities.
  8. Muff was in a __________ after the whiskey and the whack on the head.
  9. (2) To the immense ____________ of the class, Mr. Coward said there was no homework that night, and the class erupted into __________ applause.
Tom Sawyer. Only do if you don't have study questions. Write out a portion of each multiple choice answer.
  1. What is ironic about the Welshman's comment that begins, "I judged so..." (p220)? a) The boys already have a lot of money.  b) The boys don't really work hard.  c) They wouldn't really "make twice the money at regular work." d) That's normal human behavior.  e) None of the above.
  2. Once everyone found out about the treasure, what happened to every  "haunted" house in St. Petersburg?
  3. The widow let Huck (if he asked first)...  A) smoke, B) go fishing, C) cuss, D) scratch in front of people, E) all of the above.
  4. Where does Tom find Huck when he runs away from the widow?  a) On the island.  b) In a boat.  c) In a barrel. d) At the haunted house.  e) In the widow's woodshed.
  5. The total amount of the treasure was about...A) five thousand dollars, B) $12,000, C) several hundred dollars, D) a thousand dollars.
  6. Becky's dad compared Tom's lie that saved Becky from a whipping over the torn book to...? a) A man giving his life in war. b) George Washington saying he cut down the cherry tree. c) A heroic act.  d) Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves.  e) None of the above.
  7. Which one is NOT a complaint Huck had about the widow?  a) She wouldn't let him cuss.  b) He had to go to church.  c) She's mean to him.  d) He has to wash.  e) All are complaints he had.
  8. Give a quote that shows how Huck feels about being rich.
  9. What does Huck try to do with his share of the money?
  10. How does Tom get Huck to go back to the widow?  a) He tells him he can have a bigger share of the money.  b) He tells him he won't be his friend any more.  c) He tells him he has to be more respectable to be a robber in the gang.  d) He tells him that the widow is heartbroken and misses him. e) None of the above.