Tuesday, 3/3/09 - Weird State-Writing-Test Schedule
Warm Up - Academic Words IX. Click and Copy.
  1. Even though sky-diving is relatively safe today, the sport is still ______(ly) risky.  a) supplement  b) medium  c) passive  d) concurrent  e) inherent
  2. His argument was ______, and his paper was persuasive.  a) subordinate  b) anticipate  c) compatible  d) coherent  e) mutual
  3. He is the most _______ part of the team; without him the mission would fail.  a) compatible  b) integral  c) inherent  d) coherent  e) protocol
  4. After the strike, a ________(or) was brought in to help settle the dispute.  a) anticipate  b) ethic  c) mediate  d) behalf  e) compatible
  5. He had a very strong work _______, and always gave his full effort.  a) ethic  b) inherent  c) supplement  d) medium  e) protocol
  6. The http you see at the beginning of URLs stands for the ______, or set of rules, that computers use to communicate.  a) ethic  b) medium  c) compatible  d) protocol  e) passive
Charlotte Question/Answers


Looking down from part way up
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Working in the rigging.

Looking up!

Literally miles of rope!

Charlotte Quiz. Chapters 1 and 2. Bonus:  The knife handle was scrimshaw. What is that?

  1. How is Charlotte able to recall just what happened with all the details?   a) She talked to people afterwards to make sure she remembered it correctly. b) She used the ship's records to recreate the journey.  c) She made up the parts she couldn't recall exactly.  d) Her father made her write it all down.  e) NOTA
  2. What made the first porter leave?  a) Charlotte's trunk was too heavy.  b) The mention of Capt. Jaggery's name.  c) The mention of the name Seahawk.  d) Charlotte was acting spoiled. e) Charlotte wouldn't pay him extra.
  3. What literary term would we use for this scene?  a) flashback  b) conflict  c) foreshadowing  d) irony  e) theme
  4. Who demanded a receipt for Charlotte?  a) Keetch  b) Grummage  c) Zachariah  d) Barlow e) NOTA
  5. What's a Jack Tar? (p23)   a) slave  b) sailor  c) poor person  d) sick person  e) The stuff they use to plug holes in the ship.
  6. When Charlotte watches Grummage arguing with someone she can't see (ch 1), who does it turn out to be?  a) Jaggery  b) Keetch  c) The first mate.  d) Barlow.  e) Zachariah
  7. When Zachariah offers to be Charlotte's friend, she...   a) is grateful.   b) feels insulted.  c) is secretly grateful, but turns him down.   d) says she needs a friend.  e) NOTA
  8. Zachariah tells Charlotte that they have two things in common, "enough to begin a friendship." One of them is that they are both different from the crew; he's the only black, she's the only girl.  How else does he say they are different from the crew?  a) She's the only high-class person, he's the only slave.  b) She's never been to sea, he's been a sailor longer than anyone.  c) She's so young, and he's so old.  d) They are both much smarter than the rest of the crew.  e) None of the above.
  9. Who gave Charlotte a knife?  a) Keetch  b) Grummage  c) Zachariah  d) Barlow e) NOTA
  10. On a ship, the head is the captain.  a) True  b) False
  11. What does Charlotte do with the knife she is given?  a) Gives it back.  b) Throws it overboard.  c) Secretly puts it back. d) Hides it under her bed.  e) NOTA
  12. Who only pretended to want Charlotte off the ship?   a) Barlow  b) Keetch  c) Zachariah  d) Grummage  e) NOTA
  13. In the conversation Charlotte overhears outside her cabin, it sounds like Charlotte is on the ship... a) because her dad messed up.  b) because it was the only ship available.  c) as a part of someone else's plan.  d) for her own protection.  e) All of these.