Test 8A. Skip 1-15 if you are exempt from the AWs. Skip 21-31 if you are exempt from Vocabulary.
  1. The king didn't follow any written laws, and his punishments seemed very _________ and unfair.  a) inevitable  b) uniform  c) minimize  d) reinforce  e) arbitrary
  2. The teacher had the class repeat the rule several times to ______________ how important it was.  a) reinforce  b) accumulate  c) exploit  d) displace  e) thereby
  3. Make sure you mix the paint well, so that the color is ______________ and not splotchy.  a) crucial  b) uniform  c) bias  d) arbitrary  e) contemporary
  4. Even though we have a gentle climate, the temperature can still ____________ by as much as fifty degrees between day and night.  a) denote  b) displace  c) deviate  d) bias  e) fluctuate
  5. After three days of game-play, he had ________________(ed) enough points to move to the next level.  a) ambiguous  b) inevitable  c) manipulate  d) fluctuate  e) accumulate
  6. In this class, if you do not do your homework, you will ______________(ly) fail.  a) exploit  b) arbitrary  c) thereby  d) ambiguous  e) inevitable
  7. The hacker was able to __________ the trust and ignorance people have online, and gain access to a lot of passwords.  a) exploit  b) arbitrary  c) thereby  d) ambiguous  e) inevitable
  8. I asked my friend for an (un)_________(ed) opinion, but it was difficult because she was my friend.  a) exploit  b) arbitrary  c) bias  d) ambiguous  e) inevitable
  9. Many of the buildings downtown were built of (un)_____________(ed) brick, and could collapse in an earthquake.  a) accumulate  b) reinforce  c) exploit  d) displace  e) uniform
  10. Mr. Coward's answer to my question was _____________, so I didn't know what to expect. a) exploit  b) fluctuate  c) thereby  d) ambiguous  e) inevitable
  11. With a little persuasion, I was able to ____________ him to lessen the punishment.  a) accumulate  b) displace  c) induce  d) reinforce  e) fluctuate
  12. Most classroom rules don't have to be written down, they should be known ________(ly).   a) reinforce  b) bias  c) arbitrary  d) implicit  e) crucial
  13. The guest teacher __________(ed) from the lesson plan, and spent the period watching a video.  a) denote  b) exploit  c) manipulate  d) arbitrary  e) deviate
  14. The Titanic ___________(ed) more than 13 million gallons of water, making it the world's largest ship at the time.  a) accumulated  b) displace  c) arbitrary  d) induce  e) fluctuate
  15. His decision wasn't entirely ____________; he actually had a reason behind it.  a) clarify  b) contemporary  c) uniform  d) arbitrary  e) bias
  16. The poem's language was so ____________ that everyone interpreted it differently. a) accumulate  b) crucial  c) deviate  d) fluctuate  e) ambiguous
  17. The word ____________ literally means "one shape."  a) exploit  b) uniform  c) contemporary  d) bias  e) denote
  18. Many people think that the big farm owners ___________ the people who pick their crops.  a) induce  b) accumulate  c) exploit  d) displace  e) denote
  19. The man's blood pressure ____________(ed) wildly right before his heart attack.  a) exploit  b) manipulate  c) clarify  d) fluctuate  e) minimize
  20. Even in _____________ slang, the word cool still means good.  a) contemporary  b) arbitrary  c) ambiguous  d) deviate  e) implicit
    Vocabulary. Skip 21-31 if you are exempt.
  21. The cave was like a labyrinth, full of dead-ends and _____ twists and turns. a) amiss  b) diverge  c) precarious  d) sinuous  e) earnest
  22. The road ___, and then ___, forming an "x." a) diverged, converged  b) converged, diverged
  23. They __________(ed) the neighborhood searching for the lost girl. a) amiss  b) canvass  c) apathetic  d) forlorn  e) proscribe
  24. This assignment is especially important for him, because his grade (59%) is in a _____ position. a) amiss  b) forlorn  c) crestfallen  d) omniscient  e) precarious
  25. He has been ________(ly) trying to improve his grade by turning in every assignment. a) crestfallen  b) diverge  c) apathetic  d) precarious  e) earnest
  26. Many countries ____ television and music. They claim those things are against the laws of Islam. a) proscribe  b) apathetic  c) diverge  d) amiss  e) canvass
  27. One reason that few people vote is because many are ________ about politics and government. a) amiss  b) apathetic  c) omniscient  d) forlorn  e) precarious
  28. Gossip often begins with __________, not evidence. a) proscribe  b) conjecture  c) diverge  d) earnest  e) apathetic
  29. "Tom's cheeks burned. He gathered himself and sneaked off, crushed and ___________. a) conjecture  b) omniscient  c) crestfallen  d) apathetic  e) precarious
  30. "Well, you didn't get a lick _________, I reckon. You been in some other audacious mischief, like as not." a) amiss  b) earnest  c) diverge  d) conjecture  e) forlorn
  31. "Two roads __________(ed) in a yellow wood..." I went left. a) amiss  b) earnest  c) diverge  d) conjecture  e) forlorn
  32. In The Outsiders, Ponyboy was a _____ -person, limited narrator. He can tell us only what he sees and hears. In Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain is a ______-person, _________ narrator, who knows everything about everybody.  a) 1st, 2nd, apathetic  b) 1st, 3rd, apathetic  c) 3rd, 1st, omniscient  d) 1st, 3rd, omniscient  e) 3rd, 1st, crestfallen
    Tom Sawyer Chapter 16
  33. Which of these things does Tom try, in order to keep the boys on the island? (It doesn't work.)  a) He calls them babies.  b) He says there might be treasure on the island.  c) He reminds them how great the fishing and swimming is there.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
  34. What does Tom finally do that keeps the other boys from leaving the island? (This one works.) a) He bribes them.  b) He tells them about his great idea.  c) He tells them how cool the island is.  d) He claims there is treasure on the island.  e) He calls them babies.
  35. What does Tom claimed to have done "hundreds of times"?  a) Smoked.  b) Pretended to be dead.  c) Thought about learning to smoke.  d) Been a pirate.  e) Tricked people.
  36. What is expectoration? (p112)  a) spitting  b) coughing  c) sneezing  d) barfing  e) wheezing
  37. The giant sycamore tree, under which they made their camp, saved the boys' from being hurt in the huge storm.  a) True  b) False
  38. What made it an "extremely satisfactory day" playing Indians?  a) They went by the book.  b) There were no arguments.  c) They found what they thought were some Indian arrowheads.  d) They did lots of "killing."  e) None of the above
  39.  "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116) Which two?  a) Tom and Huck  b) Tom and Joe  c) Joe and Huck
  40.  "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116)  Why?  a) Being a pirate was more fun.  b) They didn't want to smoke again.  c) The other one was cheating.  d) They were losing the "battle."  e) None of the above.