1. With a little persuasion, I was able to ____________ him to lessen the punishment.  a) accumulate  b) displace  c) induce  d) reinforce  e) fluctuate
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. His decision wasn't entirely __________; he actually had a reason behind it.  a) clarify  b) contemporary  c) uniform  d) arbitrary  e) bias

1. The train roared through the tunnel, blasting its horn at the ducks.  a) roared, blasting  b) through  c) at  d) through, at  e) through, at, its
2. He made us walk around together.  a) around  b) together  c) around, together  d) walk, around, together  e) no prepositions
3. The class about cheese was held in the gym.  a) about  b) about, in  c) about, was, in  d) the(2), about, in  e) no prepositions
4. We came inside, we sat around the table, and we ate.  a) inside  b) inside, and  c) inside, around  d) around  e) inside, and, around
5. Jan showed the penguin to her teacher before class.  a) showed, to, her  b) showed, to, before  d) to, before  e) no prepositions
6. During the obedience training, her turtle seemed happy and calm.  a) during  b) during, seemed  c) her  d) during, seemed, her  e) no prepositions

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest

1. The sub was slow to realize when something was ____; he thought everything was fine.  a) forlorn  b) amiss  c) apathetic  d) earnest  e) crestfallen
2. A person cannot be convicted on ________; there must be evidence to back up the accusation.  a) precarious  b) canvass  c) conjecture  d) proscribe  e) omniscient
3. The NFL head coach's position is rather ______. If the team doesn't do well this season, he might lose his job.  a) omniscient  b) forlorn  c) apathetic  d) conjecture  e) precarious
4. Many countries ________ television and music. They claim those things are against the laws of Islam.  a) proscribe  b) amiss  c) precarious  d) conjecture  e) apathetic
5. The ______ river was difficult to navigate because of all its twists and turns.  a) sinuous  b) canvass  c) diverge  d) converge  e) amiss
6. The searchers __(ed) the cave, looking for the lost miners. a) forlorn  b) proscribe  c) diverge  d) canvass  e) omniscient
7. 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
8. There were many _________(ent)  opinions about what should be done. No one could agree. a) diverge  b) converge  c) conjecture  d) earnest  e) apathetic
9. For two roads form a diamond shape, they must first ____, then ___.  a) converge, diverge  b) diverge, converge
10. For the prank, the bucket was ________(ly) balanced on the top of the door. a) amiss  b) forlorn  c) earnest  d) diverge  e) precarious
11. After Becky rejected him yet again, Tom was _____ and _____, and thought nobody cared for him.  a) forlorn, precarious  b) crestfallen, earnest  c) diverge, converge  d) crestfallen, forlorn  e) earnest, apathetic
12. The class discussion was not very lively; the students were _______ about the topic. a) earnest  b) apathetic  c) crestfallen  d) canvass  e) omniscient

Tom Sawyer, Chapter 15.

1. Why does Tom not "capture" the rowboat he uses to get back to the island, even though he's tempted to? a) Because of the guilt from stealing.  b) Because it was too big to hide.  c) Because he didn't have time.  d) Because he thought its absence might be noticed.  e) Because a pirate wouldn't do that.
2. Why does Aunt Polly scold Sid? a) For not telling her that Tom was running away.  b) She thinks he had something to do with Tom's death.  c) He talks badly of Tom.  d) He doesn't believe that Tom is dead.  e) None of the above.
3. What was it that finally convinced the villagers that the boys had drowned?  a) The missing raft.  b) The fact that the boys missed dinner.  c) They found out that the boys weren't good swimmers.  d) Finding the empty raft downstream.  e) They found Joe's hat.
4. What does Tom start to do, and then decide not to do? (Besides capturing the rowboat.)  a) Give Aunt Polly a kiss. b) Leave a note for Aunt Polly.  c) Play a prank on Sid.  d) Take some more food.  e) Pretend to be a ghost.
5. Tom was late back to camp, so the other boys got to keep his stuff.  a) True  b) False