1. She speaks so softly that I can hardly hear her.  a) softly - adjective,  hardly - not  b) softly - not,  hardly - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
2. She jumped up suddenly and left the room.  a) adjective  b) not
3. This recipe calls for finely chopped garlic.   a) adjective  b) not
4. The friendly ranger mysteriously lost his nose.  a) friendly - adjective,  mysteriously - not  b) friendly - not,  mysteriously - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
5. I'm a good bowler; I bowl pretty well.  a) good - adjective,  pretty - not  b) good - not,  pretty - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
6. In the following sentence, the word savvy is used as an adjective:  It took a lot of savvy for Kal-El to know what to do.  a) True  b) False  (Bonus for knowing which comic book character Kal-El is.)
7. Click the only word that is an adjective:  We beat a hasty retreat from his lair.    a) hasty  b) his  c) lair  d) from  e) It's a trick; there aren't any adjectives.
8. Which is NOT a question an adjective would answer about a noun?  a) How many?  b) How?  c) What kind?  d) Which one?  e) All are questions an adjective might answer.

Go over Vocabulary Homework
Vocabulary Pretest #2. Raffle King says what?

1. At the party, he stood ______ off to the side of the room, quietly watching the festivities. a) gallantly  b) roguishly  c) facade  d) savvy  e) aloofly
2. If you make the Scholar List you are a part of the educational ________. a) wince  b) aloof  c) elite  d) gallant  e) asset
3. The old-school gentleman ________(ly) put his jacket over the mud puddle so his lady wouldn't soil her shoes.  a)  incredulous  b) contemptuous  c) roguish  d) gallant  e) aloof
4. "Guess what I've been in for?" asked Dally, grinning ________(ly).  a) asset  b) aloof  c) gallant  d) roguish  e) incredulous
5. Dally spat _______(ly) as he thought of what they did to Johnny. a) aloof  b) contemptuous  c) roguish  d) savvy  e) wince
6. Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) ironic  d) facade  e) wince
7. The paper said that the business man was a(n) __________ to society, but _________(ly), he was secretly a mobster.  a) facade, roguish  b) asset, ironic  c) elite, facade,   d) ironic, facade  e) elite, ironic
8. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me. a) wince  b) gallant  c) facade  d) elude  e) savvy
9. It rather ________ that Mr. Coward's web page about the "Perfect Paper" assignment had a mistake in it.  a) ironic  b) savvy  c) incredulous  d) elude  e) facade
10. I looked at my grandma __________(ly) when she said she wanted to ride the colossal roller coaster.  a) wince  b) incredulous  c) credible  d) ironic  e) aloof
11. The bank's _________ was cracked and damaged by the wind, but the inside was fine. a) facade  b) asset  c) gallant  d) irony  e) elite
12. The delinquents ran to _________ responsibility for their actions.  a) wince  b) facade  c) asset  d) elude  e) contemptuous
13. Joey _________(ed) at the thought of his brother being a drop-out. He just couldn't stand it.  a) facade  b) elude  c) ironic  d) wince  e) connotation
14. It would be ironic if a poor hobo spent his last dollar on a lottery ticket, and won.  a) True   b) False

The Outsiders.

• 1967
• What are some connotations of the word outsider?
• Who are the outsiders?