1. savvy : professional :: _____ : amateur    a) ballet  b) ensemble  c) debut  d) naive  e) routine
2. throw : bouquet :: cruise : _____    a) naive  b) portrait  c) plateau  d) boulevard  e) plaque
3. professional : amateur :: farewell : ____    a) debris  b) detour  c) antique  d) fatigue  e) debut
4. coupon : savings :: marathon : ______   a) detour  b) fatigue  c) depot  d) technique  e) petite
5. extraordinary : routine :: specific : _____   a) technique  b) surveillance  c) vague  d) amateur  e) detour
6. city : map :: person : ______   a) naive  b) portrait  c) plateau  d) boulevard  e) amateur

1. A direct object tells for whom an action is done.  a) True  b) False
2. A predicate noun renames or defines the subject.  a) True  b) False
3. Words like between, beside, and for are examples of objects of prepositions.  a) True  b) False

Did your cousin send you a switchblade?
4. you:  a) S  b) DO  c) IO  d) PN  e) OP
5. switchblade:  a) S  b) DO  c) IO  d) PN  e) OP

For a Christmas present, Itchy sent Scratchy a ticking bomb in the mail.
6. present: a) S  b) DO  c) IO  d) PN  e) OP
7. Itchy: a) S  b) DO  c) IO  d) PN  e) OP
8. Scratchy:  a) S  b) DO  c) IO  d) PN  e) OP
9. bomb:  a) S  b) DO  c) IO  d) PN  e) OP
10. mail:  a) S  b) DO  c) IO  d) PN  e) OP

1. If you search more methodically, instead of so _________(ly), you will be more likely to find whatever you're looking for.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulgent
2. Everyone in the library politely tried to __________ their giggles when Mr. Miller walked into the wall.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulge
3. The Giver described Rosemary's eyes as being __________, unlike the dull eyes of the rest of the people of the community.  a) luminous  b) magnitude  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) suppressed
4. The belly dancer glided __________(ly) across the room.  a) escalate  b) cult  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) indulgent
5. He is so ____________ when he plays baseball, he is just fun to watch.  a) magnitude  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) utopia
6. After the police mishandled the fight, it __________(ed) into a riot. a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) magnitude  d) sinuous  e) cult
7. Most people agree that creating a __________ is impossible, because people are not perfect. a) magnitude  b) exuberant  c) escalator  d) cult  e) utopia
8. In 1978, 900 members of the __________ of followers of Jim Jones committed suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid.  a) utopia  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) cult
9. The Pills _________ the Stirrings, as well as deep emotions.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) magnitude  d) suppress  e) indulge
10. The _________ of Bill gates's wealth is staggering. On average, since 1986, he has made over $3700 per minute, 24 hours a day.  a) escalate  b) magnitude  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) indulgent
11. At the Ceremony, instead of frowning at the disturbance, all the adults __________(ed) the little ones up front, and chuckled at their squalling and squirming.  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) indulge

The Giver (20/21)

1. The Giver has lied to Jonas before. a) True  b) False
2. What does The Giver say is the worst part of holding the memories? a) the loneliness  b) the pain  c) the emptiness  d) the sorrow  e) all of the above
3. What plan do The Giver and Jonas make?  a) They will both escape the community together.  b) Jonas will break the rules three times so he has to be Released.  c) Jonas will start releasing memories on people in the Community to show them what they're missing. d) Nothing; they will continue on as normal because there's nothing they can do.  e) NOTA
4. The Giver says that caring about others is the meaning of everything.  a) True  b) False

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5. What causes a change in Jonas's plan?  a) His family suspects something.   b) He just can't live that way any more.  c) He can't handle any more memories.  d) The Giver has no more memories to give.  e) NOTA
6. What rule did Jonas break?  a) Leaving the dwelling at night.   b) Taking food from the Community. c) Taking his father's bicycle.  d) All of the above.  e) None of them; he's the Receiver-in-Training, he can do what he wants.
7. Gabriel does not handle the journey very well.  a) True  b) False
8. The penalty if Jonas is caught is death.   a) True  b) False
9. Jonas transmits memories of _____ to keep the planes from seeing them. a) blindness  b) camouflage  c) snow  d) sunshine  e) NOTA