1. * optional : essential :: immediately : _______
2. * friendly : genial :: essential : _______
3. ** Mrs. Heck : exacting :: Ms. Lincoln : _______
4. ** salad : broccoli :: uniform : ______
5. ** vindictive : affectionate :: run : _______
6. TS Slang.  a) lick   b) lam  c) gay  d) keep mum  e) sawbones

Spelling Pretest #17. The the incorrectly spelled word correctly in your notebook. If all are correct, write all correct. 8/8 = exempt tomorrow.

1. a) personnel  b) personal  c) referral  d) all correct
2. a) occupation  b) recomend  c) occurrence  d) all correct
3. a) comittee b) essential  c) broccoli  d) all correct
4. a) summary  b) trespassing  c) possession  d) all correct
5. a) accommodate  b) embarass c) affectionate  d) all correct
6. a) harrassment  b) bulletin  c) cancellation  d) all correct
7. a) possibility  b) necessary  c) rennaissance  d) all correct
8. a) acclaim  b) eventually  c) dilemma  d) all correct

Tom Sawyer 20-21.

1. Why does Tom say that Becky will get caught, even if he doesn't tell on her? a) "Old Dobbins will just know who done it."  b) Alfred was watching, and will tell.  c) She will admit it because that's the right thing to do.  d) "Girls' faces always tell on 'em."  e) "Old Dobbins will beat it out of one of us."
2. Why was Tom not at all upset about being whipped for the ink in the spelling book?  a) He was too worried about Becky. b) He knew he could get revenge on the one who really did it.  c) He thought he might actually have done it and not noticed. d) It was worth it.  e) None of the above
3. The fact that Tom has started thinking more about others than himself (examples: his remorse after lying to Aunt Polly, the way he took Becky's punishment) is evidence that Tom might be... a) kissing up to people so he can get away with more pranks.  b) growing up.  c) hoping the kids forgive him for fooling the whole town.  d) foreshadowing that he will hatch another scheme.  e) flashing back to when he used to be nicer.
4. On p137, the word indifference most nearly means... a) hatred  b) dislike  c) apathy  d) jealousy  e) anger
5. On p138, read the sentence that begins "The retribution that followed..." and ends with "...badly worsted." Which is the best translation?  a) The boys got away with some of their pranks on the teacher.  b) The boys kept pranking the teacher more and more until they had beaten him.  c) Every time the boys tried to pull another prank, the teacher was ahead of them and punished them even more.  d) The teacher beat them so many times, they finally gave up.  e) NOTA
6. Draw a picture of the prank the boys pulled.

Special Feature!
Be able to name 5 major differences!