Thursday, 1/24/08 - Last Day of the First Semester.
Mini Mental Floss
1.While riding in the car I saw a license plate that read like this: IXMNIZ.
What occupation did the man in the car have?
2. What's an Appositive? (English Trivia.)
LQFS '08
  1. Which of these things is not described by MT as something the boys did on the island?  a) pretending to be clowns  b) finding an old empty treasure chest  c) swimming naked  d) catching and eating fish  e) They did all these things.
  2. "The other pirates envied him this majestic vice, and secretly resolved to acquire it shortly." (p93) What is a vice? a) stealing  b) being a pirate  c) a cool set of clothes  d) a bad habit  e) NOTA.
  3. Why does Mark Twain call the boys "curiously inconsistent pirates"?  a) Because they are not really pirates.  b) Because they are pirates who have vowed not to steal.  c) Because they are too young to be pirates.  d) Because they are not going by the books about pirates.  e) Because they are going by the books about pirates.
  4. A?  a) St. Louis  b) St. Petersburg  c) Illinois  d) Jackson's Island  e) NOTA.
  5. B + D = ?  a) 1 mile  b) 2 miles  c) 3 miles  d) 4 miles  e) 5 miles
  6. save : dispose :: upright : ___ a) prone  b) fickle  c) eloquent  d) palpable  e) smote
  7. After his fight with Becky, Tom moped around ______(ly).  a) lugubrious  b) fickle  c) prone  d) eloquent  e) incantation
  8. There are two Commandments against _______(ing). a) incantation  b) covet  c) lugubrious  d) fickle  e) eloquent
  9. After a short __, the magician pulled the rabbit out of his hat. a) fickle  b) incantation  c) smote  d) eloquence  e) frivolity
  10. Tom and Huck were surprised when God didn't _____ Injun Joe for lying. a) smote  b) prone  c) lugubrious  d) incantation  e) smite
  11. His surgically repaired knee will be _____ to re-injury when he starts playing again. a) covet  b) palpable  c) alacrity  d) fickle  e) prone
  12. Tom : audacious :: Two-Bit : _ a) prone  b) fickle  c) eloquent  d) palpable  e) smote
  13. There was a stereotype in Mark Twain's day that women were _________, but men change their minds at least as often as women do. a) palpable  b) fickle  c) incantation  d) eloquent  e) smote
  14. Many times, the leader's actions did not match his _____ speeches. a) lugubrious  b) fickle  c) prone  d) eloquent  e) incantation
District Benchmark II.
Bubble and Click.