Warm Up. Practice for Test 25. Click Only.
Bonus Question. Write it in your notebook. What scene is depicted at right?

1. obvious : furtive :: idol : _____  a) ecstatic  b) guile  c) condescending  d) pariah  e) contemplate
2. method : technique :: trickery  : ______   a) blather  b) guile  c) condescending  d) contemplate  e) loathing
3. a) eight  b) height  c) receive  d) neice  e) all correct
4. a) weird  b) deceive  c) leisure  d) either  e) all correct
5. a) atheist  b) seize  c) reinvent  d) albeit e) all correct
6. a) desirable  b) wasting  c) becoming  d) courageous e) all correct
7. a) statement  b) reservation  c) expensive  d) argument  e) all correct
8. a) truley  b) joking  c) storage  d) famous  e) all correct

Apostrophe's p209. (D'oh!)
Circle the following on p209 for a pretest: A1, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, B2, B4, B7, B10
Correct the rest. 9 + 7 + 10 = 26. You need 23/26 (or 10/10) for exemption.
 
 
 
 

Tom Sawyer Chapters 4-6

1. Who is the man with the book in the illustration? a) the teacher (AKA: schoolmaster  b) the Superintendent  c) the mayor  d) the judge  e) none of the above
2. Tom is very nervous around the man. Choose the correct quote that tells why.  a) "He was 'showing off,' too."  b) "...mainly because he was her parent."  c) "He was from Constantinople, twelve miles away..."   d) "It was the most stunning surprise of the decade."  e) None of the above.
3. (p28) "Tom...could not meet Amy Lawrence's eye, he could not brook her loving gaze."  WHY?  a) He doesn't know who she is.  b) He's always hated her.  c) She's a very strange girl.  d) He feels guilty.  e) None of the above.
4. Why does Tom want the Bible prize so much? a) It's worth a lot of money.  b) Like Aunt Polly, he really does pay attention to the Bible.  c) His cousin Mary has already won two of them, and he feels left out.  d) Aunt Polly told him he had to, or else.  e) He really just wants the recognition.
5. What does the last line of chapter 4 mean? a) They closed the curtain in the church so they couldn't see any more.  b) Let's find out what happens to Tom in the next chapter.  c) Let's have a little sympathy for Tom, and not watch what will happen next d) Let's pretend that Tom managed to figure another way out (again).  e) None of the above.

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6. What happens to Tom's pulled tooth?  a) He loses it.  b) He trades it to Huck for a dead cat.  c) He trades it to Huck for a tick.  d) He trades it for a blue ticket and a bladder from the slaughterhouse.  e) None of the above.
7. Why did Tom admit to talking to Huck when he knew it would get him in trouble?  a) He forgot that Huck is a pariah among the adults.  b) He may pull pranks, but he doesn't lie.  c) He wanted to impress Becky. d) He likes the attention the punishment gets him.  e) NOTA
8. Re. the picture at right. Who is the tall one? a) Tom  b) Becky  c) the schoolmaster  d) Huck  e) a man
9. Re. the picture at right. Why was it drawn?  a) To impress someone.  b) To help someone with is/her work.  c) As art to display.  d) For no reason; just doodling.  e) None of the above.
10. Read the last paragraph of chapter 6. After meeting Becky, Tom... a) misspelled a bunch of easy words.  b) had trouble reading in class.  c) had to give up a spelling award he had won.  d) actually tried to study. e) all of the above.

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