Thursday, 1/21/10 _ "Test" Tomorrow: Quotations (Pink Sheet), Vocabulary, MWA (30 questions)
Pink Sheet: Quotations. Round II. (Exemption: 21/24 OR 12/12, PLUS P200, PART B completed correctly.)
  1. "How strangely that movie ended." shouted Shelby, who was hard-of-hearing.  a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  2. Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight?"   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  3. Sofia exclaimed "You've got to be kidding!"   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  4. "Take this note to Mr. Shnitzengruben," said the teacher.   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  5. Dr. Bravo has announced that his team will find intelligent life in third period.   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  6. "Interesting!" exclaimed Dr. Lyon, "I'd like to see how he plans to do this."   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  7. "That," said Dr. MacFarlane, "is preposterous. I don't believe he'll find anything."   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  8. Dr. Lyon snapped back, "The class is large. Can't you admit that intelligent life might be in there somewhere?"   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  9. Emily told me that she didn't have any money to pay the Popple Mafia.   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  10. "Come here," said Peter to his dog, "and bring the ball."   a) Correct  b) Incorrect
  11. On p200, #7A is an example of an indirect quotation.  a) True  b) False
  12. On p200, #10A is an example of an indirect quotation.  a) True  b) False
Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
  1. The 42-0 score was a _____ victory for the home team.  a) boon  b) tantalizing  c) resounding  d) disreputable  e) sham
  2. There was nothing the Martians could do to ____ the flow of Earthmen coming to Mars.  a) abide  b) boon  c) resound  d) sham  e) stanch
  3. The codeine in your cough syrup is a ______ of the same plant that is used to make heroin. a) tantalize  b) boon  c) stanch  d) sham  e) derivative  (Bonus: What plant?)
  4. He bought his computer from a _______ dealer, and when it broke the next day, they told him he was out of luck.  a) abide  b) tantalizing  c) resounding  d) disreputable  e) derivative
  5. Their relationship was rather ____________, with lots of ups, downs, and in-betweens over the years.  a) tumultuous  b) tantalizing  c) stanch  d) disreputable  e) incompetent
  6. When Alyce told Joan that the midwife was just "relieving herself," Joan knew it was a ________.  a) sham  b) boon  c) incompetent  d) disreputable  e) stanch
  7. The cat liked to "bite at the ____(ly) moving pen."   a) sham  b) boon  c) incompetent  d) disreputable  e) tantalizing
  8. I cannot ____ someone who cheats. He/she will be punished by...   a) sham  b) boon  c) incompetent  d) abide  e) stanch
  9. Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be. Often, the money brings unhappiness instead of happiness.  a) abide  b) tantalizing  c) boon  d) sham  e) derivative
  10. Alyce thinks she is _____, but she is actually very skilled and smart.   a) incompetent  b) tantalizing  c) resounding  d) disreputable  e) derivative
  11. Which two words this week have a prefix that means not?  a) resounding and disreputable  b) sham and abide  c) incompetent and disreputable  d) abide and stanch  e) derivative and incompetent
  12. serene : tumultuous :: responsible : ________   a) resounding  b) sham  c) tantalizing  d) boon  e) disreputable
  13. She is a ________ environmentalist; she tries to be "green" in all aspects of her life.  a) abide  b) boon  c) resound  d) sham  e) stanch
120 Seconds.
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