Wednesday, 2/20/08 - Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Copy the first three.
  1. crowd : throng :: transport : _____    a) shanty  b) convey  c) attrition  d) rollicking  e) absolve
  2. sticky : adhesive ::  forgive : ______  a) forsake  b) absolve  c) convey  d) rollicking  e) shanty
  3. "Please don't _______ me, oh my darlin'!"  a) grisly  b) convey  c) forsake  d) rollicking  e) absolve
  4. A Welshman would be from where?  a) England  b) Ireland  c) Welshland  d) Wales  e) NOTA
  5. The candles the kids use in the cave are made of beeswax.  a) True  b) False
  6. When Tom says, "S'pose we tackle that old dead-limb tree on the hill t'other side of Still-House branch?"  what does he mean by "branch"?  a) the branch of the tree  b) a branch of the trail   c) a slang term for an over-grown road  d) a creek  e) NOTA
  7. When Tom says that almost any diamond is worth at least "six bits or a dollar,"  how much is six bits?  a) a quarter  b) fifty cents  c) 2 dollars d) 75 cents  e) NOTA
Lolly's!
Correct Adverb Sheet.
Adverb Pretest 3.
  1. Tom went home miserable, and his dreams were full of horrors.  a) home  b) miserable  c) home, miserable  d) home, full  e) no adverbs

  2. That field of corn was eaten by a swarm of locusts from Neptune.
  3. "By a swarm" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False
  4. "Of locusts" is a prepositional phrase that is acting as an adverb.  a) True  b) False

  5. His teacher, a very quiet woman with much karate experience, appears relatively unamused.
  6. very  a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  7. much   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  8. relatively   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither

  9. It pleads silently and pathetically, requesting student to clean up after themselves.
  10. silently   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  11. up   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  12. after   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  13. Read the last sentence on p187 in Tom Sawyer. How many adverbs? (Don't count as.)  a) none  b) 1  c) 2  d) 3  e) more than 3
Tom Sawyer Quiz (ch.28, 29) 
  1. Name the two people in the picture. a) Huck and Tom  b) Injun Joe and Huck  c) Injun Joe and Tom  d) Tom and "the ragged man"  e) Injun Joe and his partner.
  2. How did the one with the lantern get in?  a) He tried every key he could find until one worked.  b) The door wasn't locked  c) He crawled through the window.  d) There was a secret way in.  e) NOTA
  3. Why is it ironic that there are whisky bottles everywhere? a) It's a temperance tavern.  b) They sold a lot of whiskey.  c) They always claimed to be out of whiskey.  d) The box of money was in there with the whiskey.  e) Huck sleeps in an old whiskey barrel.
  4. Where do Tom and Becky plan to go after the picnic? a) Becky's house.  b) Aunt Polly's.  c) The widow Douglas's.  d) Each to his/her own house.  e) NOTA
  5. Only a few of the parents went on the picnic with the kids. a) True  b) False
  6. Why doesn't Huck go get Tom, like they planned, when he sees Injun Joe leaving the tavern?  a) He knows Tom is away on the picnic.  b) He's afraid.  c) He thinks Injun Joe is carrying the box.  d) He gets too excited and forgets.  e) NOTA
  7. The widow did Injun Joe wrong so he wants revenge.  a) True  b) False
  8. What does Injun Joe want to do to the widow?  a) Kill her.  b) Rob her.  c) Vandalize her house.  d) Kidnap her.  e) NOTA
  9. What is the Welshman's reaction when Huck knocks on his door to tell him about Injun Joe? a) He welcomes him.  b) He says that he can't open his door for him.  c) He says that people usually wouldn't open their door for Huck. d) He doesn't believe it's Huck. e) All of the above.


Tom Sawyer aloud.