Thursday, 12/03/09
Warm Up. Click and copy what you get wrong.
  1. a) insignia  b) appetite  c) infraction  d) scissers  e) all correct
  2. a) memior  b) soluble  c) assistant  d) resolve  e) all correct
  3. a) insignia  b) appetite  c) criticism  d) perpetuel  e) all correct
  4. aggravate : assuage :: escalate : _______  a) indulge  b) magnitude  c) haphazard  d) suppress  e) exuberant
  5. perfectionist : meticulous :: _______ : perfect   a) sinuous  b) magnitude  c) cult  d) utopia  e) exuberance
  6. fashion model : petite :: mountain road : ___   a) luminous  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) sinuous  e) cult
  7. straight : sinuous :: dark : ___  a) escalate  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) luminous  e) indulge
  8. brief : temporary :: forever : ___   a) fragile  b) competition  c) memoir  d) appetite  e) perpetual
  9. "beneath (less than) judge" =   a) physiology  b) soluble  c) critique  d) hypocrite  e) criticism
  10. "through loosen"  =    a) soluble  b) resolve  c) congest  d) digest   e) dissolve
Pink Sheet, p176: Circle: A2, A3, A8, A10, B1, B3, B5, B7, B8.  Correct the rest. Exemption = 27/30 or 10/10
Pretest III. Subject/Verb Agreement Issues.
  1. p176, A2  a) has  b) have
  2. p176, A3  a) has  b) have
  3. p176, A8  a) Is  b) Are
  4. p176, A10  a) is  b) are
  5. p176, B1  a) correct  b) has
  6. p176, B3  a) correct  b) have
  7. p176, B5  a) correct  b) have
  8. p176, B7  a) correct  b) are
  9. p176, B8  a) correct  b) have
  10. Which word is an example of a collective noun?  a) hypocrites  b) measles  c) physics  d) majority  e) NOTA
The Giver. Chapters 14/15 Q/A. Quiz
  1. What is Jonas's first taste of real pain?  a) Death  b) Losing an arm. c) Hunger   d) A broken leg.  e)  Being shot.
  2. What makes Jonas feel "desperately lonely"?  a)  The fact that he went to bed early   b) He misses Asher and Fiona   c) The realization that the others have  never felt pain   d) Not being able to talk about his training   e) The fact that he has to spend all of his time with The Giver
  3. The Giver tells Jonas that the memories of pain and suffering give them wisdom.  a) True  b) False
  4. What is now a regular part of Jonas's daily training?  a) colors  b) music  c) war  d) pain  e) the rules of the community
  5. What memory was the strongest when the Elders sought the Giver's advice about increasing the birthrate?  a) Jealousy  b) Racism  c) Sickness.  d) Hunger  e) NOTA
  6. What memory followed that? a) Jealousy  b) Racism  c) Sickness.  d) Hunger  e) NOTA
  7. Why is The Giver the one with all of the memories?  a) So that not everyone will be burdened and pained.   b) Because he is the most intelligent person in the community.  c) So there is no jealousy.  d) So that everything will stay the same and the community won't rebel  e) NOTA
  8. When Jonas says, "Why can't we just apply for a change of rules?" on p107, he is being ironic.  a) True  b) False
  9. How do they usually decide which identical twin to release?  a) The Birthmother decides.  b) There's a number system.  c) Birthweight.  d) Raffle King  e) The one that's more fussy.
  10. What does Jonas do to soothe Gabriel?  a) He rocks him to sleep.  b) Nothing; he is not allowed.  c) He accidentally gives him a memory.  d) Tells him about elephants and giraffes.  e) Chants softly.
  11. What is it about himself that Jonas is frightened of?  a) That he's different.  b) That he has felt pain.  c) That he can soothe Gabriel.  d) That he might mess up being the Receiver.  e) NOTA
  12. At the beginning of chapter 15, why does Jonas have to remind The Giver to put his hands on Jonas’s back? a) Because the old man has been forgetting lately.  b) It's part of his training to help remind The Giver.  c) The Giver is in such pain that Jonas thinks he might forget.  d) The Giver has told him to remind him, because he often gets distracted.  e) NOTA
  13. What does the boy in the memory want?  a) Water  b) Revenge.  c) A gun   d)  Food   e) To be "put out of his misery."