Wednesday, 2/6/08 -- Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Click and Copy.

1. The CD is a much more efficient ___________ for storing music than the old vinyl record.  a) ethic  b) medium  c) supplement  d) mutual  e) protocol
2. There was a workbook that came as a ___________ to our regular textbook.  a) medium  b) protocol  c) inherent  d) integral  e) supplement
3. The pattern of electrical plugs and sockets in Europe is not _______________ with the one we use for our appliances here.  a) inherent  b) subordinate  c) compatible  d) coincide  e) concurrent
4. The teams would not have made the trade if there wasn't a(n)__________ benefit.  a) mutual  b) attain  c) anticipate  d) mediate  e) passive
5. Sometimes third period is so quiet, it seems that, instead of concentrating, they are just being ______________.  a) inherent  b) coherent  c) mediate  d) passive  e) accommodating
6. The importance of the grade should be _________ to the main goal of learning the material.  a) supplement  b) inherent  c) subordinate  d) compatible  e) converse

Prepositional Phrases.

1. I always work harder early in the day, because I am tired by afternoon.  a) adjective  b) adverb  c) neither
2. I always work harder early in the day, because I am tired by afternoon.  a) adjective  b) adverb  c) neither
   Maynard asked about the sauce at the falafel hut.
3. "About the sauce" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False
4. "At the falafel hut" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adjective.  a) True  b) False
   That field of corn was eaten by a swarm of locusts from Neptune.
5. "Of corn" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adjective.  a) True  b) False
6. "By a swarm of locusts" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False
7. "From Neptune" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False

Go over vocabulary homework
Vocabulary Pretest

1. After he was arrested for fighting, the soldier was reprimanded for "conduct (un)____________ an officer." a) becoming  b) swagger  c) rank  d) repentant  e) sham
2. "Every pore inside the boys cheeks became a spouting fountain; they could scarcely bail out the cellars under their tongues fast enough to prevent a(n)     ____________(ion)." a) swagger  b) sullen  c) conflagration  d) becoming  e) inundate
3. The ________ was helped along by the presence of many old gasoline cans in the warehouse. a) swaggering  b) sullen  c) conflagration  d) becoming  e) inundation
4. The cemetery was old, run-down, and ___________, and nobody wanted to go there. a) becoming  b) serene  c) rank  d) repentant  e) sham
5. Even as the class went wild, the sub sat _________(ly) in his chair, smiling and doing nothing. a) swagger  b) repentant  c) vivacious  d) rank  e) serene
6. After he realized how much he hurt Aunt Polly, Tom was genuinely ___________. a) sullen  b) repentant  c) swaggering  d) vivacious  e) sham
7. When Tom returned from "the dead," he walked with a cocky ________, which he thought was very ________ for a "pirate" like himself.  a) becoming, swagger  b) swagger, becoming  c) sham, vivacious  d) vivacious, serene  e) serene, vivacious
8. The students liked the teacher because she was _____________, exciting, and rarely boring. a) sullen  b) repentant  c) swaggering  d) vivacious  e) sham
9. The student sat ______(ly) outside Mr. Anderson's office, muttering about how "lame all this is." a) swaggering  b) serene  c) sullen  d) repentant  e) becoming
10. When she saw Tom talking to Amy, Becky was "disturbed and uneasy." She wanted to make him jealous. So she pretended to be happy and lively, and "she said to a girl almost at Tom's elbow -- with _____   _____, "Why Mary Austin...! You silly thing."  a) serene swaggering  b) sham vivacity  c) sullen sham  d) sham swaggering  e) rank conflagration

Tom Sawyer, ch 19-20

1. How does Aunt Polly find out Tom's dream was a sham?  a) He finally tells her.  b) Joe's mom tells her.  c) Joe tells her.  d) Sid tells her.  e) She figures it out
2. What makes her forgive him? a) He says he's sorry.  b) She says she has to because the Bible says so.  c) She reads the note he almost left.  d) Joe tells her how sorry Tom was.  e) None of the above.
3. What was Mr. Dobbins' (the schoolmaster) secret ambition? a) To be a judge like Judge Thatcher.  b) To be President.  c) To be an artist.  d) To be a doctor.  e) To be a minister.
4. What kind of book does Becky rip? a) An art book of nudes.  b) A book about the human body.  c) A school book.  d) A Bible.  e) None of the above.
5. Why does Tom say that Becky will get caught, even if he doesn't tell on her? a) "Old Dobbins will just know who done it."  b) Alfred was watching, and will tell.  c) She will admit it because that's the right thing to do.  d) "Girls' faces always tell on 'em."  e) "Old Dobbins will beat it out of one of us."
6. Why was Tom not at all upset about being whipped for the ink in the spelling book?  a) He was too worried about Becky. b) He knew he could get revenge on the one who really did it.  c) He thought he might actually have done it and forgotten. d) It was worth it.  e) None of the above
7. What were Tom's punishments for the teacher's ripped book? a) A whipping and sitting in the dunce corner.  b) Sitting on the girls' side (away from Becky) and a whipping.  c) Two whippings.  d) A whipping and two hours detention.  e) A whipping, after-school detention, and before-school detention the next day.
8. The fact that Tom has started thinking more about others than himself (examples: his guilt after lying to Aunt Polly, the way he took Becky's punishment) is evidence that Tom might be... a) kissing up to people so he can get away with more pranks.  b) maturing.  c) hoping the kids forgive him for fooling the whole town.  d) foreshadowing that he will hatch another scheme.  e) flashing back to when he used to be nicer.