1. ESP stands for Extra Sensory __________.    a) procedure  b) principle  c) previously  d) perception  e) potential
2. The coach thought the rookie was a __________ starter.    a) achieve  b) acquire  c) impact  d) resource  e) potential
3. His expensive car was also expensive to ___________.     a) achieve  b) impact  c) maintain  d) consume  e) resource
4. He didn't study, ____________ he failed.     a) consequently  b) previously  c) principally  d) distinctly  e) potentially
5. The noun form of acquire is _________... a) acquiring  b) acquired  c) acquirement  d) acquisition  e) acquireness
6. ...which means something you _______.  a) own  b) sell  c) get  d) destroy  e) eat

1. The game of Survivor is full of ___________ and back-stabbing.   a) disconsolate  b) pallid  c) croon  d) treachery  e) euthanasia
2. exposed : buried :: complimentary : ____________   a) fawning  b) derogatory  c) pallid  d) compensate  e) dynamo
3. The movie studios sometimes pay writers to write ____________ reviews of the worst movies, so it looks like someone liked them.   a) fawning  b) derogatory  c) pallid  d) compensate  e) indiscriminate
4. Make sure that, on your pink sheet, you don't just ____________(ly) underline every pronoun you see. Make sure you mark only the type of pronoun asked for.   a) indiscriminate  b) derogatory  c) pallid  d) compensate  e) dynamo
5. After Maggie's son died she was ___________.   a) fawning  b) derogatory  c) pallid  d) compensate  e) disconsolate
6. The wedding singer _________(ed) a love song at the reception.   a) compensate  b) pallid  c) croon  d) treachery  e) euthanasia
7. His face was as __________ as the ghost he thought he saw.   a) euthanasia  b) pallid  c) croon  d) treachery  e) dynamo
8. Vanna White's career has ________(ed) simply by her turning of the letters with a _____________.  a) treachery, flourish  b) compensate, croon  c) croon, flourish  d) flourish, flourish  e) flourish, fawning
9. After all that hard work, his only ___________(ion) turned out to be a "Good job," and he was __________ about that for a long time.   a) disconsolate, flourish  b) compensate, disconsolate  c) croon, flourish  d) flourish, flourish  e) flourish, fawning
10. The captain and his men were alarmed to discovered they had signed papers for _________________ "if such a step should become necessary."   a) treachery  b) pallid  c) croon  d) compensate  e) euthanasia
11. He was a very *_____________(ic) speaker, who really energized the crowd.  a) croon  b) dynamo  c) flourish  d) compensate  e) fawning

EMEN/Taxpayer - Closed Mouth. Open Book.

1.  It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is...   a) military  b) government leader  c) police  d) immigration  e) psychology
2. Why was there no "hullabaloo" to welcome the Earth men?    a) The Martians didn't believe the Earth men's story. b) There are many people on Mars who claim to be from Earth. c) The Martians had already met Earth men before (from the First Expedition). d) The Martians wanted the Earth men to go home. e) none of the above
3. What was the Martian's explanation for the rocket?    a) It came from somewhere else on Mars. b) It was left there by the First Expedition. c) It was a product of the Earth men's minds. d) It was a giant fake. e) none of the above
4. Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the captain?    a) The captain is a danger to Martians. b) The captain is in pain and wants Mr. Xxx to put him out of his misery. c) Mr. Xxx believes they really are from Earth. d) Mr. Xxx thinks he will be happier dead. e) none of the above
5. Why does EMEN end with a "weather report"?     a) As a foreshadowing of things to come. b) To show how the Martians are starting anew after the Earthmen are gone.  c) To show that, as far as the Martians are concerned, the Earthmen were never there.  d) To show that Mars has weather like Earth.  e) All of the above.

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6. When they tell the taxpayer that the first two expeditions to Mars probably died, he suggests that what really happened was...    a) they were kidnapped by the Martians.  b) they decided to stay on Mars.  c) their radio equipment failed.  d) they came back, but it was kept secret.  e) all of the above.
7. The taxpayer wants to go to Mars because...     a) "it's the land of milk and honey up there."  b) he thinks there's going to be a war on Earth.  c) he wants a better life.  d) he's looking for adventure.  e) he doesn't want to pay taxes any more.