Thursday, 2/21/08 - 36. Vocabulary is due!
Warm Up. Adjective or Adverb.
Copy  with the correct modifier and click.
  1. It is a) real  b) really fortunate he had his book.
  2. She played that part a) good  b) well  enough to be a professional.
  3. He could have been injured a) bad  b) badly.
  4. He hit a a) real  b) really long home run.
  5. I feel a) bad  b) badly that Jimmy slipped.
  6. The interview with the llama went pretty a) good  b) well.
"Lolly's!"
Adverb Pretest IV.
You may use your cheat sheet either today or tomorrow on the test, not both!
To be exempt: 18/21 total OR 11/11 today.
Eventually, we will have to pull out some of those hairs, because they are becoming too purple at the top, where they are supposed to be blonde.
  1. eventually   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  2. out   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  3. some   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  4. those  a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  5. because   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  6. becoming   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  7. too  a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  8. purple  a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  9. at   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  10. top   a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
  11. supposed    a) adverb  b) adjective  c) neither
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. Consider #5 and #6 one sentence.
  1. If you are Catholic, you believe that a priest can _________ of your sins.  a) forsake  b) absolve  c) convey  d) rollicking  e) shanty
  2. Injun Joe has __________ plans for revenge. a) attrition  b) jaded  c) grisly  d) rollicking  e) fresco
  3. Tom felt lonely and _________ after Becky dumped him and Aunt Polly punished him.  a) grisly  b) countenance  c) jaded  d) forsaken  e) absolved
  4. We had a __________ good time at the state fair, even though there were __________(s) of people, and the lines were very long. a) jaded, grisly  b) throng, forsake  c) rollicking, fresco  d) grisly, throng  e) rollicking, throng
  5. The man had a _________  __________, with lines and wrinkles...  a) rollicking, jaded  b) jaded, countenance  c) grisly, throng  d) jaded, shanty  e) rollicking, countenance
  6. ...that __________ a lifetime of hard living.  a) conveyed  b) forsook  c) frescoed  d) absolved  e) thronged
  7. Graffiti on the side of a building would NOT be considered a __________. a) grisly  b) countenance  c) fresco  d) throng  e) shanty
  8. The boys didn't say anything, but their looks and gestures ___________ a lot. a) frescoed  b) jaded  c) forsook  d) absolved  e) conveyed
  9. "I want to quit this _________," said IJ. "I wanted to yesterday, only it warn't any use...with those infernal boys...in full view."  a) grisly  b) countenance  c) fresco  d) throng  e) shanty
  10. The accelerated class began the year with 25 student, but through the __________ of the workload, there were only 20 students left by winter break. a) attrition  b) jaded  c) grisly  d) rollicking  e) fresco
  11. In parades and such, the pope is __________(ed) in a bulletproof Popemobile.  a) countenance  b) convey  c) grisly  d) absolve  e) fresco
  12. sticky : adhesive ::  forgive : ______  a) forsake  b) absolve  c) convey  d) rollicking  e) shanty
Tom Sawyer, ch. 30.
  1. Until the Welshman said it, what word(s) had Huck never heard directed at him before? a) thank you  b) welcome  c) help yourself  d) go away  e) you can stay here
  2. What secret does the Welshman keep from everyone? a) What IJ was going to do to the widow.  b) The secret of the money.  c) That Tom and Becky aren't really in the cave.  d) That Huck was the one who warned the Welshman about IJ.  e) None of the above.
  3. When Huck is talking to the Welshman about Injun Joe, he's trying very hard not to talk about two things. What are they?  a) The box of money, and that he and Tom know where it is.  b) That the Spaniard is IJ, and that he wants revenge on Tom too.  c) That the Spaniard is IJ, and the box of money he and Tom are tracking.  d) That the Spaniard is IJ, and that IJ knows that Tom and Huck are following him.  e) None of the above.
  4. When/Where/How are Tom and Becky discovered missing?  a) When Becky doesn't show up at the Harper's after the picnic.  b) When Tom doesn't show up at home, and Sid tells Aunt Polly.  c) When everyone is on the ferry boat, and they count heads to make sure everyone is there.  d) When Mrs. Thatcher asks Mrs. Harper about Becky after church.  e) When Joe Harper shows up at Tom's house looking for him.
  5. What two signs of Becky and Tom do the searchers find in the cave?  a) Tom's hat and Becky's hair ribbon.  b) Becky's hair ribbon and a torn piece of Tom's clothing.  c) Their names written on the wall of the cave and Tom's hat.  d) Their names written on the wall of the cave and Becky's hair ribbon.  e) A piece of cake, and their names written on the wall of the cave.
  6. At the end of Chapter 30, how long have Tom and Becky been in the cave? a) 1 day  b) 2 days and a night  c) 3 days and nights  d) days and 2 nights  e) It doesn't say, but we can figure out that it's about 3 or 4 days.
  7. Why doesn't Huck know Tom is lost in the cave?  a) He's hiding from IJ.  b) He's still following IJ as he and Tom agreed.  c) He's with the posse chasing IJ and his partner.  d) He left town until IJ is caught.  e) None of the above.