1. In this class, if you do not do your homework, you will ______(ly) fail.   a) earnest  b) arbitrary  c) thereby  d) amiss  e) inevitable
2. The hacker was able to ________ the trust people have online, and get a lot of passwords.   a) exploit  b) arbitrary  c) omniscient  d) ambiguous  e) proscribe
3. I asked my friend for an (un)_________(ed) opinion, but it was difficult because she was my friend.  a) exploit  b) arbitrary  c) bias  d) ambiguous  e) conjecture
4. Many of the buildings downtown are built of (un)________(ed) brick, and could collapse in an earthquake.  a) accumulate  b) reinforce  c) exploit  d) bias  e) canvass
5. Mr. Coward's answer to my question was ________, so I didn't know what to expect...  a) forlorn  b) fluctuate  c) sinuous  d) ambiguous  e) clarify
6. ...and so I asked him to please _______.   a) accumulate  b) reinforce  c) exploit  d) diverge  e) clarify

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7. Gossip often begins with _______, not facts.   a) apathy  b) earnest  c) proscribe  d) conjecture  e) amiss
8. "Well, you didn't get a lick ______, I reckon. You been in some other audacious mischief, like as not."   a) proscribe  b) earnest  c) forlorn  d) conjecture  e) amiss
9. This assignment is especially important for him, because his grade (59%) is in a(n) _____ position.   a) apathetic  b) earnest  c) proscribe  d) precarious  e) amiss

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10. (Husker Du? 11/06/08) Into the hole he fell.  a) Fragment   b) Run-On   c) Complete Sentence
11. Bonus for +1. What does Mark Twain mean? ("Be good and you will be lonesome.")

Tom Sawyer, 15 and 16.

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. 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.
3. Which of these things does Tom try, in order to try to keep the boys on the island? (It doesn't work.)  a) He calls them babies.  b) He says there might be treasure on the island.  c) He reminds them how great the fishing and swimming is there.  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
4. What does Tom finally do that keeps the other boys from leaving the island? (This one works.) a) He bribes them.  b) He tells them about his great idea.  c) He tells them how cool the island is.  d) He claims there is treasure on the island.  e) He calls them babies.
5. What does Tom claimed to have done "hundreds of times"?  a) Smoked.  b) Pretended to be dead.  c) Thought about learning to smoke.  d) Been a pirate.  e) Tricked people.
6. What is expectoration? (p112)  a) spitting  b) coughing  c) sneezing  d) barfing  e) wheezing
7. The giant sycamore tree, under which they made their camp, saved the boys' from being hurt in the huge storm.  a) True  b) False
8. What made it an "extremely satisfactory day" playing Indians?  a) They went by the book.  b) There were no arguments.  c) They found what they thought were some Indian arrowheads.  d) They did lots of "killing."  e) NOTA
9.  "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116) Which two?  a) Tom and Huck  b) Tom and Joe  c) Joe and Huck
10.  "Two of the savages almost wished they had remained pirates." (p116)  Why?  a) Being a pirate was more fun.  b) They didn't want to smoke again.  c) The other one was cheating.  d) They were losing the "battle."  e) NOTA

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