1. * destroyed : wrecked :: caused : ______
2. * These two have to do with time: ______ and ______  (2)
3. * beginning : end :: absence : _______
4. ** discreet : rash :: cheerful  : _______  (2)
5. ** begin : commence :: follow : _______

Prepositions II. "The Busy P's...If You Please."
Steps to Identifying Prepositions. I. Make sure it's not something else, like an article.   II. Check to see if it's followed by a verb. Yes? It's part of the verb, not a preposition.   III. Ask, _____what? If there is an answer to that question, it's a preposition. If there isn't, it's an adverb.

1. The train roared through the tunnel, blasting its horn at the ducks.  a) roared, blasting  b) through  c) at  d) through, at  e) through, at, its
2. He made us walk around together.  a) around  b) together  c) around, together  d) walk, around, together  e) no prepositions
3. The class about cheese was held in the gym.  a) about  b) about, in  c) about, was, in  d) no prepositions
4. We came inside, we sat around the table, and we ate.  a) inside  b) inside, and  c) inside, around  d) around  e) no prepositions
5. Jan showed the penguin to her teacher before class.  a) showed, to, her  b) showed, to, before  c) to, before  d) no prepositions
6. At the obedience training, her turtle seemed happy and calm.  a) during  b) during, seemed  c) her  d) during, seemed, her  e) no prepositions
7. Forrest Gump liked to run when he was sad.  a) to  b) to, when  c) when  d) no prepositions
8. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of that object.  a) of (both)  b) of (both), its  c) of (both), its, and  d) no prepositions
9. A preposition must have an noun or pronoun object.  a) True  b) False
10. A prepositional phrase can act like an adverb.  a) True  b) False

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. Several countries in the Middle East have _________(ed) their leaders in the past couple of years.  a) transpire  b) melancholy  c) renounce  d) affix  e) disarray

Charlotte 18-19

1. The crew was eager to testify against Charlotte.  a) True  b) False
2. The crew was eager to defend Charlotte.  a) True  b) False
3. At the "trial," Jaggery uses all of these as evidence against Charlotte, except... a) it was her knife.  b) that she cut off her hair.  c) that she worked with the crew  d) that Hollybrass was holding her handkerchief  e) He used all of these.
4. What is Jaggery's main argument against Charlotte?  a) That she hated Hollybrass.  b) That she is unnatural.  c) That Hollybrass had her handkerchief in his hand.  d) That she was trying to get back at Jaggery.  e) NOTA
5. Jaggery says that one of the reasons he has to punish Charlotte is to protect the way that society works.  a) True  b) False
6. Charlotte thought that the reason the crew didn't speak up in her defense was that they thought she really did it.  a) True.  b) False.
7. What is Zachariah talking about when he uses an old sailors' expression, "the Devil will tie any knot, save the hangman's noose. That Jack does for himself"? (p179)  a) That Captain Jaggery is like the Devil.  b) That Charlotte is going to the Devil for what she did.  c) By keeping quiet about what she knows, she's just helping Jaggery.  d) That whoever did kill Hollybrass is going to the Devil.  e) None of the above.
8. Hollybrass was Jaggery's only friend, but Jaggery hated Charlotte so much that he killed him anyway to frame Charlotte.  a) True.  b) False.
9. Charlotte realizes that Jaggery considered three people on the Seahawk threats to his power and control. Which three?  a) Hollybrass, Charlotte, Keetch   b) Zachariah, Charlotte, Keetch  c) Charlotte, Hollybrass, Fisk  d) Zachariah, Charlotte, Hollybrass  e) None of the above.
10. Why is Jaggery in such a hurry to hang Charlotte?  a) He hates her so much.  b) They are almost to Providence.  c) He's not; 24 hours is the usual time.  d) He wants to scare the crew into not talking.  e) NOTA

Charlotte 20 aloud...