1. Last Fall, my Dad and i drove East to South Carolina in his Fifties' mustang.
2. At the Grocery store, we picked up some Purina Dog Chow for our Irish setter named Morton.
3. We were going to the pumpkin Festival for halloween; We wanted to see frankenstein's monster.

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.

1. The main action in The Outsiders _________(s) over the course of only a week.   a) contort  b) morose  c) transpire  d) affix  e) renounce
2. The balloon wouldn't rise any higher until they cut loose some ____ to make it lighter.  a) vivid  b) melancholy  c) disarray  d) ballast  e) renounce
3. His room is in such __________ that he can't find anything any more.  a) litany  b) ensue  c) disarray  d) affix  e) melancholy
4. Today's televisions have a much more _______ picture than in previous generations. a) vivid  b) morose  c) contorted  d) affixing  e) litany
5. After Charlotte's trial there will be a(n)   _______(ing)  punishment.  a) renounce  b) ensue  c) morose  d) affix  e) melancholy
6. These days, you don't have to lick stamps in order to _____ them to envelopes. They are peel-and-stick.   a) ballast  b) ensue  c) disarray  d) affix  e) vivid
7. educational : edifying :: gloomy : ____  a) contorting  b) disarray  c) morose  d) vivid  e) ensuing
8. There was no ____ at Cranick's "funeral."  a) litany  b) ensue  c) disarray  d) affix  e) renounce
9. Captain Jaggery's list of ways a sailor could be punished was almost as long as the _______ of things he could be punished for. a) vivid  b) melancholy  c) ballasting  d) affixing  e) litany
10. He used some pretty ________ logic to justify his actions. He was really stretching the facts. a) vivid  b) contorted  c) renounced  d) morose  e) melancholy
11. The recent death of a close friend of everyone made the atmosphere at the party rather _____. a) vivid  b) melancholy  c) ballast  d) affixing  e) disarrayed
12. Their close friendship provided the _________ she needed to keep her life steady.  a) vivid  b) melancholy  c) ballast  d) affixing  e) disarray
13. The people of Egypt have _________(ed) their leader.  a) transpire  b) melancholy  c) renounce  d) affix  e) disarray

1. Foley compliments Charlotte by calling her a pretty girl. a) True  b) False  (Don't even raise your hand. Read the sentence again.)
2. While the men were discussing whether or not they would take Charlotte's offer, she said they looked at her like she was...   a) a murderer  b) a little child  c) insane  d) a thing  e) not even there
3. When she agrees to the test, they look at her with a combination of...  a) fear and hatred  b) suspicion and mistrust  c) respect and trust  d) admiration and contempt  e) pity and contempt
4. Ewing's advice to Charlotte...  a) "Don't! Don't!"  b) "Don't look down. Or up."  c) "Up on the ratlines."  d) "Now before never."  e) NOTA
5. The "great mistake" Charlotte made when she started out was that she chose to climb the ratlines instead of going up the mast.  a) True  b) False
6. Charlotte's descent was even harder than the ascent.  a) True  b) False
7. Which "illustration"  best shows the situation Charlotte was in in Chapter 13?

a)	b)	c)
d)	e)

Charlotte aloud.
 
 
 

Eighth Grade.
Warm Up.Copy exactly, and then mark all capitalization errors.

1. Last Fall, my Dad and i drove East to South Carolina in his Fifties' mustang.
2. At the Grocery store, we picked up some Purina Dog Chow for our Irish setter named Morton.
3. We were going to the pumpkin Festival for halloween; We wanted to see frankenstein's monster.

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest.
 palatable, intimate, progeny, diatribe, conciliate, bode, pent, surreptitious, vicarious, docile

1. The dog was _____ for the men he respected, but vicious with those who mistreated him.   a) palatable  b) pent  c) docile  d) progeny  e) vicarious
2. His _______ anger burst forth like water from a broken dam.  a) diatribed  b) pent  c) conciliate  d) docile  e) intimate
3. Reading romance novels gave the lonely old woman a ___________ thrill.  a) pent  b) vicarious  c) progeny  d) palatable  e) docile
4. prestidigitator : magician :: offspring : ________   a) bode  b) vicarious  c) surreptitious  d) progeny  e) palatable
5. His mother used a little sugar to make the medicine more _____________.   a) intimate  b) vicarious  c) surreptitious  d) progeny  e) palatable
6. After his _________ at the meeting they don't let him talk any more...   a) palatable  b) pent  c) docile  d) progeny  e) diatribe
7. ...and now there was no hope for __________(ion).  a) surreptitious  b) pent  c) conciliate  d) docile  e) intimate
8. His wink _________(ed) that I was now accepted by the group.     a) intimate  b) vicarious  c) surreptitious  d) progeny  e) conciliate
9. "...during those two days and nights of torment, he accumulated a fund of wrath that ________(ed) ill for whoever first fell afoul of him."   a) bode  b) vicarious  c) surreptitious  d) progeny  e) palatable
10. He ___________(ly) palmed the quarter, and pretended to pull it from her ear.  a) bode  b) vicarious  c) surreptitious  d) progeny  e) intimate
11. Perhaps Mr. Pignati got some _________ enjoyment from listening to John and Lorraine's stories...  a) pent  b) vicarious  c) progeny  d) palatable  e) docile
12. ...and in pretending that they were his ___________.  a) conciliate  b) vicarious  c) progeny  d) palatable  e) docile
13. Neither option was very __________, but I had to choose one whether I liked it or not.  a) surreptitious  b) vicarious  c) progeny  d) palatable  e) docile

The Pigman. Write out the correct answer. (12)

1. Lorraine's mom's first reaction when the police bring her home after the party is... a) to cry.  b) slap Lorraine. c) tell the police to leave them alone.  d) none of the above.
2. (Quote.) Why does Lorraine say she won't apologize to her mother?
3. Once Lorraine explains (almost) everything to her mom, her mother's reaction is... a) more anger and slapping. b) complete understanding.  c) better than Lorraine expected. d) disbelief.
4. Just as Lorraine starts to think her mother might understand her a little, her mom blows it. How?
5. In Chapter 12, Lorraine talks about the night she and John kissed, and she says that it felt like she was "being told about something wonderful...waiting just" for her. In Chapter 14, she brings up that moment again, and compares it to...?
6. John's father says the consequence for his actions in Chapter 13 will be...
7. Why did Lorraine wear her Ben Franklin sunglasses to the zoo even though it wasn't sunny?
8. What does Lorraine say is the most (horribly) memorable thing about Mr. Pignati's death?
9. What (very symbolic) thing happens when Mr. Pignati dies?
10. (3) It could be said that Mr. Pignati died because he simply gave up after losing three "things" he held dearly. What are they?