Wednesday, 3/21/12
Warm Up. Copy. Use your spelling/vocabulary list.
  1. * "together feeling" = _____
  2. * "from hang-able" = _____
  3. * "into cut thing" = _____
  4. * "against stand thing" = _____
  5. ** doctor : prescribe :: law : ______
  6. ** ecstatic : crestfallen :: apathetic : ______
  7. ** amiss : perfect :: ignorant : ______


Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest. Cheat sheets are proscribed.

  1. The sub guest teacher was slow to realize when something was ____; he thought everything was fine. a) forlorn  b) amiss  c) apathetic  d) earnest  e) crestfallen
  2. A person cannot be convicted on ________; there must be evidence to back up the accusation.  a) precarious  b) canvass  c) conjecture  d) proscribe  e) omniscient
  3. The NFL head coach's position is rather ______. If the team doesn't do well this season, he might lose his job.  a) omniscient  b) forlorn  c) apathetic  d) haggard  e) precarious
  4. Many countries ________ television and music. They claim those things are against the laws of Islam.  a) proscribe  b) amiss  c) precarious  d) conjecture  e) apathetic
  5. The man's face was ______, and his eyes showed the ordeal he had been through.  a) haggard  b) canvass  c) diverge  d) converge  e) amiss
  6. There is a famous play about a man who sold his soul to the Devil so he could be _________.  a) apathetic  b) amiss  c) sinuous  d) canvassed   e) omniscient
  7. The searchers _____(ed) the cave, looking for the lost kids. a) forlorn  b) proscribe  c) diverge  d) canvass  e) omniscient
  8. There were many _______(ent)  opinions about what should be done. No one could agree. a) diverge  b) converge  c) conjecture  d) earnest  e) apathetic
  9. For two roads form a diamond shape, they must first ____, then ___.  a) converge, diverge  b) diverge, converge
  10. For the prank, the bucket was ________(ly) balanced on the top of the door. a) amiss  b) forlorn  c) earnest  d) diverge  e) precarious
  11. After Becky rejected him yet again, Tom was _____ and _____, and thought nobody cared for him.  a) forlorn, precarious  b) crestfallen, haggard  c) diverge, converge  d) crestfallen, forlorn  e) earnest, apathetic
  12. The class discussion was not very lively; the students were rather _______ about the topic. a) earnest  b) apathetic  c) crestfallen  d) canvass  e) omniscient
  13. The boys _____(ed) matter inwardly, thinking about all the possibilities.  a) apathetic  b) haggard  c) canvass  d) proscribe  e) omniscient


Tom Sawyer, 12/13

  1. Why did Aunt Polly think Tom had been taking the Painkiller all that time? a) He told her he was taking it. b) She was watching the level of the medicine in the bottle. c) She watched him take it a few times, and then just assumed he was still taking it. d) She had Sid watching Tom to make sure. e) None of the above.
  2. What was he really doing with it?  a) Giving it to the cat the whole time. b) Dumping it out the window.  c) Putting it in the flowers' water. d) Dumping it down a crack in the floor. e) None of the above.
  3. "Because if he'd 'a had one, she'd 'a burnt him one herself!" Who's he? a) Peter. b) Tom. c) Injun Joe. d) Sid. e) Huck.
  4. "Because if he'd 'a had one, she'd 'a burnt him one herself!" What does "burnt him one" mean?  a) Lit him on fire. b) Spanked him. c) Punished him by making him chop wood and make the fire. d) Given him the Painkiller. e)  None of the above.
  5. What does Tom do when Becky finally comes back to school?  a) Runs over and says hi. b) Ignores her, because they're still fighting. c) Tries to kiss her. d) Brings her a gift. e) Starts showing off.
  6. She responds to this very coldly.  a) True.  b) False
  7. In chapter 13 we see another example of  Tom doing things the hard way (like he did when he climbed the fence instead of using the gate). What was it?  a) Stealing food.  b) Going over the cliff.  c) Pretending to be dead.  d) Climbing on the roof.  e) NOTA
  8. (p92) bullyrag?  a) punish  b) nag  c) try to help  d) beat up  e) NOTA
  9. From Tom's description on p92, which best describes a hermit?  a) a type of Robin Hood  b) a sort of monk-like figure  c) a common occurance in the 1840's  d) a miscreant  e) a crab
  10. According to Tom, pirates are pariahs because they steal and kill.  a) True  b) False
  11. "The other pirates envied him this majestic vice, and secretly resolved to acquire it shortly." (p93) What is a vice? a) stealing  b) being a pirate  c) a cool set of clothes  d) a bad habit  e) NOTA.
  12. We can tell from MT's language in that passage that he thinks this vice is actually a good thing.  a) True  b) False
  13. Why does Huck get sad when they are talking about being pirates?  a) He doesn't like the killing.  b) He thinks it sounds like a lot of work.  c) Because he didn't realize that pirates were outlaws.  d) He doesn't have a sword.  e) NOTA
  14. Who was the "intruder" who kept them from falling asleep?  a) Injun Joe  b) An animal.  c) Someone else hiding out on the island.  d) They couldn't tell.  e) NOTA
  15. Why does Mark Twain call the boys "curiously inconsistent pirates" at the end of chapter 13?  a) Because they are not really pirates.  b) Because they are pirates who have vowed not to steal.  c) Because they are too young to be pirates.  d) Because they are not going by the books about pirates.  e) Because they are going by the books about pirates.
Tom Sawyer aloud.