Wednesday, 3/19/08 - Early Release Schedule
Warm Up. Copy and Click. No peekee! Exemption requires 18/20 for M,T,W OR 10/10 for M,T.
  1. "edge look" =  a) kaleidoscope  b) periscope  c) microscope  d) insignia  e) designate
  2. "nature person" =   a) physiology  b) hypocrite  c) assistant  d) physician  e) critic
  3. "into cut thing" =   a) scissors  b) digestion  c) incision  d) critique  e) infraction
  4. "together to bear thing" =   a) competition  b) decisive  c) critique  d) assistant  e) congestion
  5. "through to seek (or go)" (adj.) a) periscope  b) designate  c) perpetual  d) soluble  e) decisive
  6. "mindful stuff" =  a) memorabilia  b) fragile  c) criticism  d) soluble  e) perpetual
Go over Vocabulary Homework. +1/2 for no cap. on #4.
Vocabulary Pretest
  1. After Charlotte asked to be a part of the crew, they _____ amongst themselves, and decided that if she climbed to the royal yard, she would be allowed to sign on.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) thwarted  e) cowed
  2. Dorothy and her little dog Toto were carried off to Oz by the...  a) acrid  b) gumption  c) thwart  d) maelstrom  e) rebuff
  3. The teacher _______ the students into being quiet by threatening to use the Quiet Stick.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) brusqued  e) cowed
  4. Jaggery _______ Charlotte's efforts to apologize.  a) edified  b) caucused  c) rebuffed  d) brusqued  e) cowed
  5. People say New Yorkers are very ____, almost rude, and always in a hurry.  a) thwart  b) edified  c) cowed  d) gumption  e) brusque
  6. After working 17 hours through the hurricane, Charlotte said she "slept the sleep of the dead who wait--with perfect ___________--upon the final judgment."  a) brusqueness  b) maelstrom  c) edification  d) gumption  e) equanimity
  7. Jaggery told Hollybrass to whip Zachariah "with strength," or else to "stand aside for someone who has the _____."  a) brusqueness  b) maelstrom  c) edification  d) gumption  e) thwart
  8. People read both for pleasure and _____.   a) brusqueness  b) acridness  c) edification  d) gumption  e) equanimity
  9. The Women's _______ is a political group that promotes issues that are important to women.  a) maelstrom  b) gumption  c) edification  d) caucus  e) brusqueness
  10. Before they walked on the field, the team was already _____ by the thought of how big and intimidating the other team was.   a) brusqued  b) cowed  c) edified  d) rebuffed  e) thwarted
  11. They had to clear the science lab after the experiment generated _______ fumes.  a) acrid  b) brusque  c) cowed  d) equanimous  e) maelstrom
  12. His attempt to climb Mt. Everest was _______(ed) by bad weather, which forced him to turn back.  a) brusqued  b) rebuffed  c) thwarted  d) caucused  e) edified
  13. The only two adjectives on this week's list are...  a) brusque and edify  b) cowed and gumption  c) caucused and acrid  d) acrid and brusque  e) equanimity and gumption
Charlotte Quiz. (19-20)
  1. Charlotte thought that the reason the crew didn't speak up in her defense was that they thought she really did it.  a) True.  b) False.
  2. During her "trial," why didn't Charlotte tell Jaggery that she thought Zachariah had committed the murder?  a) She didn't think Jaggery would believe her.  b) She felt sorry for Zachariah.  c) She promised Zachariah that she wouldn't.  d) She wanted Zachariah to be able to attempt his plan of reporting Jaggery.  e) None of the above.
  3. What is Zachariah talking about when he uses an old sailors' expression, "the Devil will tie any knot, save the hangman's noose. That Jack does for himself"? (p179)  a) That Captain Jaggery is like the Devil.  b) That Charlotte is going to the Devil for what she did.  c) That if she doesn't tell Zachariah what she knows, she will die.  d) That whoever did kill Hollybrass is going to the Devil.  e) None of the above.
  4. Jaggery knows Zachariah is alive.  a) True.  b) False.
  5. Hollybrass was Jaggery's only friend, but he hates Charlotte so much that he killed him anyway to frame Charlotte.  a) True.  b) False.
  6. Charlotte realizes that Jaggery considered three people on the Seahawk threats to his power and control. Which three?  a) Hollybrass, Charlotte, Keetch   b) Zachariah, Charlotte, Keetch  c) Charlotte, Hollybrass, Fisk  d) Zachariah, Charlotte, Hollybrass  e) None of the above.
  7. Why is Jaggery in such a hurry to hang Charlotte?  a) He hates her so much.  b) They are almost to Providence.  c) He's not; 24 hours is the usual time.  d) He wants to scare the crew into not talking.  e) NOTA
  8. While waiting for Zachariah in her cage, Charlotte, for the first time in a while, thinks about her family. What does she picture?  a) How they will be shocked by her haircut.  b) How they will be shocked by her clothes.  c) How they will think she made it all up.  d) How they will eagerly listen to her adventurous tale.  e) NOTA
  9. Whom do Charlotte and Zachariah let in on their plan?  a) Barlow  b) Keetch  c) Fisk  d) Hollybrass  e) NOTA
  10. While approaching the captain's cabin, Charlotte has a flashback to her first night on board the ship.  What triggers it?  a) The creaking of the mast.  b) The banging of her cabin door.  c) The smell.  d) The sound of voices.  e) NOTA