1. leaves : blower :: crumbs : ______
2. rock : roll :: _______ : blues
3. student : scholar :: roll : _______
4. vacuum : clean :: ________ : measure
5. before : prior :: alien : _______

Pink Sheet Partners - Quotation Marks
Do p199 with your partner/trio. Correct.
Quotation Marks Pretest #1 (w/partner)

1. Whenever a different person speaks in a dialogue, we start a new paragraph.  a) True  b) False
2. Periods and question marks always go inside the end quotation marks.  a) True  b) False
3. An example of an indirect quotation would be: Professor Gould announced that he was secretly an alien. a) True  b) False
4. "Didn't John give you the message?" asked Bill -  is an example of a divided quotation.  a) True  b) False
5. "Didn't John give you the message?" asked Bill.  a) Correct  b) Incorrect
6. "My mom," said Ben, "loves to cook. She is always trying new recipes."  a) Correct  b) Incorrect
7. Mary told me, "that she didn't have any money."  a) Correct  b) Incorrect
8. Were his exact words, "I think that's a stupid idea"?  a) Correct  b) Incorrect
9. "I'm hungry," Jordan said, "Let's eat now."  a) Correct  b) Incorrect
10. "Come here" said Jerry to his dog, "and bring the ball."  a) Correct  b) Incorrect

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. Will it be the OLD SCHOOL kind? His Majesty will decide.

1. After a long, wet three days, the storm finally _______(ed). a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
2. Before you sign anything, always ________ it very carefully.  a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
3. He did a lot of community service to help _______ for his crime. a) reprove  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) shirk  e) atone
4. He makes all sorts of weird fruit _______(ions) with that blender of his.  a) concoct  b) dexterous  c) laconic  d) shirk  e) verbose
5. Jaggery told the court that he beat Cranick because Cranick was _______(ing) his duty.  a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
6. Mother Teresa was a(n) _____ volunteer for the poor. She dedicated her life to helping them. a) decrepit  b) reprove  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose
7. My teacher thought I was ____(ing) my work, but I really didn't understand how to do it. a) concoct  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
8. The crew is, at first, very _________ around Charlotte, but later they open up to her, and start talking.  a) laconic  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose
9. The magician _________(ly) manipulated the cards. a) laconic  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose
10. ________ and _______ are antonyms of each other.  a) unstinting, shirk  b) laconic, verbose  c) dexterous, unstinting  d) abate, reprove  e) concoct, shirk
11. If you crashed the car, Mom would probably do much more than just _____ you. a) reprove  b) abate  c) scrutinize  d) shirk  e) atone
12.  The "haunted" house where Injun Joe found the money was so _________ that the stairs collapsed under him.  a) laconic  b) decrepit  c) unstinting  d) dexterous  e) verbose