Test #12. If you are exempt from vocabulary, skip 13-21.

1. a) incision  b) scissers  c) fragile  d) congestion  e) all correct
2. a) dissolve  b) soluable  c) physiology  d) physician  e) all correct
3. a) memoir  b) kaleidoscope  c) assistent  d) resolve  e) all correct
4. a) periscope  b) memorabilia  c) criticism  d) designate  e) all correct
5. a) hypocrite  b) compatition  c) decisive  d) critique  e) all correct
6. a) insignia  b) appetite  c) infraction  d) perpetuel  e) all correct
7. "beneath (less than)  judge" = ____ a) 1a  b) 5a  c) 4c  d) 5d  e) 5c
8. "beautiful look" = ______   a) 4a  b) 6a  c) 3b  d) 5d  e) 3a
9. law : crime :: rule : ______  a) 1d  b) 3d  c) 4d  d) 6a  e) 6c
10. cut : incise :: choose : _____  a) 5a  b) 5d  c) 5c  d) 4d  e) 5b
11. "together to seek thing" = ____  a) 1b  b) 4b  c) 5b  d) 4d  e) 3a
12. "again loosen" = _____ a) 5c  b) 3d  c) 6d  d) 2a  e) 2b

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13. After a long, wet, three days, the storm finally ___(ed). a) pinion  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) verbose  e) shirk
14. Before you sign anything, always ___ it very carefully. a) atone  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) concoct  e) shirk
15. He did a lot of community service to help __ for his crime.  a) pinion  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) atone  e) shirk
16. I didn't have time to __ a plausible story, so I had to tell the truth. a) atone  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) concoct  e) shirk
17. Mother Teresa was a(n) __ volunteer for the poor. She dedicated her life to helping them. a) laconic  b) verbose  c) dexterous  d) unstinting  e) abate
18. My teacher thought I was ___(ing) my work, but I really didn't understand how to do it. a) pinion  b) abate  c) dexterous  d) atone  e) shirk
19. Señor Juan  is so ____, even around his friends, you might think he is rude. a) laconic  b) verbose  c) dexterous  d) unstinting  e) abate
20. A surgeon has to be very _____, in order not to do damage to the patient. The slightest mistake with the scalpel could be disasterous. a) laconic  b) verbose  c) dexterous  d) unstinting  e) abate
21. _____ and _____ are antonyms of each other. a) dexterous and unstinting  b) pinion and abate  c) atone and abate  d) laconic and dexterous  e) laconic and verbose

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22. Besides Jaggery, Keetch and Hollybrass, who give the orders, how many sailors are there on board the Seahawk when the mutiny attempt is made?  a) 12  b) 9  c) 10  d) 11  e) 13
23. When the crew rushes out, Charlotte uses an old vocabulary word (adjective) for how ragged and tattered they look. Which one?  a) wretch  b) destitute  c) jaded  d) vidictive  e) rapt
24. The crew were all armed when they attempted the mutiny. a) True  b) False
25. Who was the leader of the attempted mutiny? a) Zacariah  b) Morgan  c) Barlow  d) Cranick  e) Ewing
26. How does Jaggery crush the mutiny?  a) He hangs one of them.  b) He theatens them with his guns.  c) He shoots Barlow.  d) He tells Charlotte to pick which one will be shot.  e) None of the above.
27. How does Jaggery demonstrate how little regard he had for Cranick after he died?  a) He kicked him.  b) He didn't enter the event in the ship's log.  c) He laughed.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
28. Which person actually disobeys Jaggery, without getting punished? a) Zacariah  b) Morgan  c) Barlow  d) Cranick  e) Charlotte
29. When Jaggery makes Charlotte choose whom to punish for the attempted mutiny, she chooses... a) Cranick.  b) Morgan. c) Zachariah.  d) Barlow.  e) None of the above.
30. Charlotte describes him as "nervous and agitated." a) Zacariah b) Barlow  c) Hollybrass  d) Morgan  e) Keetch