Thursday, 9/17/09 -- SSI People: Turn in your AW Sentences!
Warm Up. Click and Copy 1-6. All do all.
  1. He was obsessed with his new hobby; it totally __________(ed) his life.  a) acquire  b) vary  c) consume  d) perceive  e) design
  2. lazy : dogged :: flattered : _______ a) acquit  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside
  3. His latest ____ was a rare comic collection.  a) acquiring  b) previous  c) acquirement  d) acquisition  e) principle
  4. fear : panic :: ask : ________  a) acquit  b) conducive  c) bluff  d) implore  e) gorge
  5. His _____ of the incident was very different from hers.    a) procedure  b) principle  c) previous  d) perception  e) potential
  6. The council studied the ______  _______ of the new shopping center.  a) consume effect  b) affect strategy  c) site affect  d) potential impact  e) potential principle
  7. It is ironic that Two-Bit is still a junior at 18 1/2 years old. a) True  b) False
  8. The protagonist of our story so far is...  a) Darry  b) the Socs  c) the greasers  d) Soda  e) Ponyboy
  9. cooler : jail :: heater : _______  a) gun  b) bottle  c) something groovy  d) hot food  e) a threat     (*more 1967 slang)
  10. dig : like  ::  broad :  ________   a) wide  b) huge  c) good  d) woman  e) NOTA   (*more 1967 slang)
  11. An example of a state-of-being type verb would be the word seem.  a) True  b) False
Voibs+!
  1. We had to retreat from his lair.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
  2. We beat a hasty retreat from his lair.  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
  3. The word are is a form of the word be.  a) True  b) False
  4. "What time is it?"  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective   d) NOTA
  5. Only _____  have a past, present, and future tense.   a) adjectives  b) verbs   c) nouns   d) NOTA
  6. An article, (a, an, the) is always a signal of a(n)...   a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun   d) It's not always a signal.
  7. Running down the hill, Mayor McCheese tripped. a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun   d) NOTA
  8. The running man tripped and fell.  a) adjective  b) verb   c) noun   d) NOTA
  9. Two-Bit nodded sagely. "Nice  cut, too. Makes you look tough."  a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective   d) NOTA
  10. You can't have a sentence without a verb.  a) True  b) False
Outsiders   Chapter One Quiz. Open Mouth?
  1. "He gets drunk on plain living..."  a) Dally  b) Two-Bit  c) Steve  d) Darry  e) Sodapop
  2. "If it weren't for the gang, _______ would never have known what love and affection are."  a) Steve  b) Dally  c) Johnny  d) Darry  e) Two-Bit
  3. "I'd never tell Soda...but sometimes I can't stand _______... Sometime I hate him."  a) Soda  b) Steve  c) Two-Bit  d) Darry  e) Dally
  4. What is it about Pony that drives Darry crazy?  a) He's always getting into trouble.  b) His absentmindedness.  c) His grades are poor.  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
  5. "The shade of difference that separates a greaser from a hood wasn't present in _____."  a) Darry  b) Johnny  c) Two-Bit  d) Steve  e) Dally
  6.  Pony says that the greasers sometimes deserve the treatment they get from other people.  a) True  b) False
  7. In chapter 1, Pony compares himself to Pip, in Great Expectations, because... a) Pip was an orphan like him.  b) Pip had two older brothers.  c) People judged Pip as low-class  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
  8. "They are right. You are a hood." Who's talking?  a) The girl in one of Pony's classes  b) Dally's ex-girlfriend   c) Steve  d) Two-Bit's mom  e) The Socs who jumped Pony
  9. This scene illustrates how Pony has an internal conflict about whether or not he likes being a greaser.  a) True  b) False
  10. Which quote is the reason Pony gives for the behavior of  Soda and Steve? (The fights, drag races, etc.)  a) "...it's fun..."   b) most girls "looked at us like we were dirt..."   c) the Socs "got all the breaks..."   d) "...too much feeling with no way to blow it off..."   e) "...no specific thing to hate..."
  11. Soda agrees that Darry doesn't seem to like Pony very much.  a) True  b) False
  12. Dally : the world :: Johnny : ___   a) Dally  b) his parents  c) the world  d) Steve  e) All of these.

 
 

The Outsiders   - Chapter 2.
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