Test 5/4/07 -- If you are exempt, skip questions 11-20. For questions 6-10, click A if it is a good research-type question. Click B if it is not. Questions 21-30 are open book. Do questions 31 and 32 on the back of your test sheet.
  1. What is a despot? (p135, Charlotte) a) A cruel person.  b) A maelstrom.  c) A captain.  d) A dictator.  e) None of the above.
  2. V + IXX  = _____  a) VIX  b) IXV  c) XXIV  d) XIV  e) None of the above.
  3. The figurehead is under the...  a) cathead.  b) bowsprit.  c) ratlines.  d) forecastle.  e) stern.
  4. Scuttlebutt = ___ a) the nickname for the lowest-ranking crew member. b) another name for the head.  c) hatred   d) insults.  e) gossip.
  5. Mess = ____  a) human, ummm, waste  b) the last watch of the day  c) where the sailors sleep  d) food or where you eat it  e) none of the above
  6. Why are flamingos pink?
  7. What was the first video game?
  8. How did the Titanic sink?
  9. Is eating chocolate bad?
  10. What is a ghost?
  11. After Charlotte asked to be a part of the crew, they _____ amongst themselves, and decided that if she climbed to the royal yard, she would be allowed to sign on.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) reproved  e) cowed
  12. Dorothy and her little dog Toto were carried off to Oz by the _________.  a) tract  b) gumption  c) thwart  d) maelstrom  e) rebuff
  13. Jaggery _______ Charlotte's efforts to apologize.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) reproved  e) cowed
  14. encourage : prevent :: gentle : _____  a) reprove  b) rebuff  c) brusque  d) edify  e) cowed
  15. tract : pamphlet  ::  meeting : _______    a) reprove  b) maelstrom  c) gumption  d) caucus  e) cowed
  16. Jaggery told Hollybrass to whip Zachariah "with strength," or else to "stand aside for someone who has the _____."  a) brusqueness  b) maelstrom  c) edification  d) gumption  e) thwart
  17. People read both for pleasure and _____.   a) brusqueness  b) maelstrom  c) edification  d) gumption  e) tracts
  18. Before they walked on the field, the team was already _____ by the thought of how big and intimidating the other team was.   a) brusqued  b) cowed  c) edified  d) rebuffed  e) thwarted
  19. If you crashed the car, Mom would probably do much more than just _____ you. a) reprove  b) rebuff  c) thwart  d) caucus  e) edify
  20. His attempt to climb Mt. Everest was _______ by bad weather, which forced him to turn back.  a) reproved  b) rebuffed  c) thwarted  d) caucused  e) edified
  21. Why do the sailors have to go aloft during the hurricane?  a) To cut away the sails.  b) To see where the clear weather is.  c) Because Jaggery is a jerk.  d) To fix the sails.  e) None of the above.
  22. As she is climbing the mast during the hurricane, what does Charlotte do on the way up?  a) Drops the knife.  b) Slips and almost falls off.  c) Cuts off her hair.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
  23. (On whiteboard.) Which "illustration" best shows the situation Charlotte was in in Chapter 15?
  24. Who saves Charlotte during the hurricane?  a) Hollybrass.  b) Grimes.  c) Keetch.  d) Ewing.  e) None of the above.
  25. In the diagram on p220, it shows that a brig like the one Charlotte is on would have as many as 14 (or more) sails when it was running.  How many were left after the hurricane?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 4  d) 6  e) 0
  26. When Charlotte wakes up after the storm, she notices many signs that something strange is going on. Which one is not one of these signs?  a) They let her sleep so long.  b) The main mast is broken.  c) Both watches were on duty.  d) The way the sailors greeted her on deck.  e) All were things she noticed.
  27. Besides the knife, what is the other piece of evidence that Charlotte killed Hollybrass?  a) Her fingerprints on the knife.  b) Blood on Charlotte's clothes.  c) Jaggery claims to have witnessed it.  d) Hollybrass was holding her handerchief.  e) All of the above.
  28. Besides a stool for sitting, what is the only other thing in the brig?  a) A bucket of water.  b) A lantern.  c) A chamberpot.  d) A hammock.  e) There isn't anything else.
  29. For Charlotte, "of all the misfortunes that was the most hurtful to bear." What is that?  a) That she was accused of murder.  b) That Zachariah was dead.  c) That she was in the brig.  d) That the crew had turned against her.  e) None of the above.
  30. Whom does Charlotte see when she's in the brig? a) Hollybrass.  b) Grimes.  c) Keetch.  d) Ewing.  e) None of the above.
    On the back of your test sheet, arrange the following lists of words into outlines. Each outline should have three main topics, each with three subtopics. The order of the topics and subtopics does not matter in this case.
  31. (12) Topic: snack foods.  bananas, peanuts, dry cereal, fruit, cashews, bread, apples, grains, walnuts, oranges, crackers, nuts
  32. (12) Topic: Kinds of schoolwork. laboratory work, discussions, quizzes, written assignments, reports, tests, class activities, bubble tests, essays, debates, final exams, notes