1. Let's _________ a meeting of all the volunteers.  a) illustrate  b) correspond  c) contribute  d) convene  e) consent
2. The computer says that I have (in)_____________ space to save my file; it won't fit.  a) consent  b) valid  c) justify  d) constrain  e) sufficient
3. He didn't actually say it, but he ___________(ed) it very strongly.  a) contribute  b) dominate  c) justify  d) imply  e) valid
4. He lost the debate, because most of his arguments were (in)________.  a) justified  b) specified  c) dominated  d) valid  e) illustrated
5. After she left town, she still ____________ (ed) with her friends back home.  a) dominate  b) imply  c) correspond  d) consent  e) illustrate
6. The __________(atic) diagram for the television covered several large pages.  a) imply  b) scheme  c) illustrate  d) outcome  e) sequence
7. disquieting : unnerving :: uncertain : _________   a) benign  b) conspicuous  c) tentative  d) indolent  e) excruciating
8. simple : intricate :: harmful : __________    a) benign  b) conspicuous  c) tentative  d) indolent  e) excruciating

NEW! Sentence Combining Practice! Using conjunctions and clauses and suchlike to connect sentences, combine each of the following groups of short choppy sentences into a single, smooth-sounding sentence. Add or subtract words as you see fit; just make sure all the info is in each sentence.  Make sure you punctuate properly.   There are several ways to do each one, and you can receive extra credit for each extra sentence.

Class Clown

1a) Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk.  1b) He is the class clown.  1c) He clucks like a chicken.	2a) His fingers make sounds.  2b) The sounds are scratching.  2c) They claw the desktop.  2d) The desktop is battered.	3a) Then a voice freezes his behavior.  3b) The voice is stern.  3c) The behavior is disturbing.
4a) He spins around.  4b) He raises his eyebrows.  4c) He asks, "Who me?"	5a) His teacher appears unamused.  5b) His teacher is a woman.  5c) She is very quiet.  5d) She has karate experience.	6a) She advances down the aisle.  6b) Her advance is slow.  6c) Her advance is quiet.  6d) Her advance is scary.

The Outsiders -  Chapter 6 Quiz. Open Mouth Stylie.

1. Who stopped the greasers from jumping Cherry when she came by the vacant lot? a) Dally  b) Pony  c) Soda  d) Two-Bit  e) Darry
2. How did Dally know about the church?  a) He'd hidden there before.  b) All the older greaser knew about it.  c) He used to live in the country.  d) A relative told him about it.  e) NOTA
3. Which is one of the reasons Dally gave Johnny for not turning himself in?  a) Dally would get in trouble  b) Johnny would get the electric chair.  c) He didn't want Johnny to end up like him.  d) The boys are worried about him  e) His parents don't care.
4. When Johnny announces that he wants to turn himself in, Pony disagrees, and wants to stay in the church because he's afraid.  a) True  b) False
5. What do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail?   a) Dally is proud of his past.  b) Dally is cold and mean.  c) Dally has jail savvy.  d) Dally cares about something.  e) NOTA
6. When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood "studie(s) his wedding ring," what's going on?  a) He's thinking about his wife.  b) It's still hot from the fire.  c) It's stuck, and painful, so he pauses to adjust it.  d) He's stalling, trying to think of how to break the news.  e) NOTA
7. It is ironic when Jerry says, "...Or are you just professional heroes or something?"  a) True  b) False
8. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?  a) When he says, "Oh Ponyboy, your hair..."  b) When he reads the letter from Soda.  c) When Darry offers him a cigarette.  d) When Darry starts crying.  e) When he rescues Pony from the fire.
9. It is ironic when Pony starts smoking at the hospital.  a) True  b) False
10. Johnny's behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both ironic and not ironic.  a) True  b) False