Wednesday, 2/21/07 -- Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. ID the Adverbs. Copy and Circle and Click.
Go Over Vocabulary Homework | Vocabulary Pretest. Click it.
  1. Grandparents often spoil their grandkids, letting them ______ in candy and everything else.  a) exact  b) genial  c) mirth  d) rapt  e) indulge
  2. When Tom testified about the dead cat, "there was a ripple of ___" through the audience. Everyone thought that was funny. a) regalia  b) mirth  c) rapt  d) melancholy  e) temperance
  3. The chips used in computers have to be made to very __________ standards; the least flaw will ruin a chip. a) vindictive  b) exacting  c) regalia  d) temperance  e) nigh
  4. After Tom talked to Muff Potter, he was feeling very __________ about Muff's situation.  a) nigh  b) vindictive  c) mirthful  d) melacholy  e) indulgent
  5. Tom ________(ed)  for the glory of winning the Bible prize, not the Bible itself. a) yearn  b) exact  c) indulge  d) rapt  e) mirth
  6. The only reason Tom joined the Cadets of __________, was because he wanted to march in parades wearing the _______.  a) Mirth, regalia  b) Mirth, melancholy  c) Temperance, regalia  d) Temperance, mirth  e) Geniality, regalia
  7. When Tom testified at the trial, the audience was "________ in the ghastly fascination of the tale."  a) vindictive  b) melancholy  c) genial  d) exacting  e) rapt
  8. He was a good salesman, and part of it was that he was naturally a very _________ man.  a) mirth  b) genial  c) melancholy  d) rapt  e) vindictive
  9. Some groups of people are preparing for the end of the world, because they think the end is __________, and a __________ God will punish the nonbelievers.  a) exacting, vindictive  b) nigh, genial  c) rapt, vindictive  d) nigh, vindictive  e) nigh, melancholy
  10. mirth : melancholy :: temperance  :: __________  a) vindictiveness  b) geniality  c) regalia d) yearning  e) indulgence
  11. aloof : genial :: distracted : _____ a) indulgent  b) genial  c) rapt  d) mirthful  e) exacting

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TS QUIZ.

  1. Why did Tom swear to never again trust a man like Judge Frazer? a) He lied to Tom.  b) He died after starting to get better.  c) He wouldn't let Tom march in the parade.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
  2. Why did Tom think the storm in Chapter 22 was intended for him? a) As punishment for running away.  b) As punishment for not telling about Injun Joe.  c) As punishment for not going to the revival.  d) As punishment for treating Aunt Polly so badly.  e) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
  3. Which of these did the prosecution NOT use as evidence that Muff did it?  a) The fact that the knife was Muff's.  b) Muff's guilty behavior at the scene.  c) Muff washing up in the creek.  d) Injun Joe's eyewitness account.  e) They used them all.
  4. At the beginning of the trial, what was Muff's lawyer's strategy for defending him?  a) To admit he did it and ask for mercy.  b) To prove that Muff couldn't have done it because he got whacked in the head.  c) To show that there wasn't enough proof that Muff did it.  d) To plead guilty by reason of drunkenness.  e) All of the above.
  5. "Tom was out late that night and came to bed through the window." (p151)  Where did he go?  a) To the jail to see Muff one more time.  b) To see Huck and try to talk him into telling.  c) To see Muff's lawyer.  d) To follow Injun Joe around, trying to get evidence that he did it.  e) There is no way to know.