Wednesday, 11/01/06 -- Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Copy and Click.  Go over Vocabulary Homework
Vocabulary Pretest. Click Only! Then... Outsiders, Chapter 12.

1. Even though we were losing in the first half, I knew we would eventually  _______.  a) divine  b) revoke  c) discerning  d) prevail  e) demur
2. When I asked if she wanted to go skydiving, she ________,  and said she was scared.  a) demurred  b) discerned  c) prevailed  d) revoked  e) starked
3. "Don't cry over spilled milk" is an old expression that means not to _____ too much over mistakes that you can't change.  a) impertinent  b) stark  c) lurid  d) demur  e) brood
4. The stain on the white shirt stood out _________(ly).  a) demure  b) demur  c) stark  d) restitution  e) brood
5. A comic book collector must be very __________ when it comes to the condition of the comic. The smallest flaw can affect the value immensely. a) divine  b) discerning  c) revoke  d) demur  e) impertinent
6. The popular, new restaurant's interior was very ____, with few pictures and not much decoration... a) impertinent  b) stark  c) lurid  d) demur  e) brood
7. ...I guess they wanted you to focus on their _________ food.   a) divine  b) discerning  c) revoke  d) demur  e) impertinent
8. Very few things annoy teachers more than __________(ce).   a) stark  b) discerning  c) revoke  d) demur  e) impertinent
9. The man swore _________(ly) after he hit his thumb with a hammer.

a) restitution  b) stark  c) lurid  d) demur  e) brood
10. As he sat in the principal's office, he hoped for __________ intervention; maybe an angel would swoop in and save him.(Not.)   a) impertinent  b) stark  c) lurid  d) demur  e) divine
11. Most Americans agree that the right to live free is an (ir)__________(able) one that should only be taken away if we commit a crime. a) divine  b) revoke  c) discerning  d) prevail  e) demur
12. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always prevailed on the question of...   a) what is the right thing to do. b) who's weird and who isn't. c) who's cool and who isn't. d) who's important and who isn't. e) All of the above.
13. The poem says that if a person looked very carefully...  a) he would see that everyone is weird. b) he would see that what might look weird really isn't. c) he would see that what might seem sane really isn't. d) All of the above. e) b and c.
14. The poem says that if you disagree with the majority...  a) you're weird. b) you're stupid. c) you're considered dangerous. d) you're doing the right thing.  e) all of the above.