1. *His new obsession totally ______(ed) his life.
2. *He spent a lot of money _______(ing) the first Spider-Man comic.
3. *He _____(ed) the incident very differently than he did.
4. *The council studied the potential  _____ of the new shopping center. {There a a few ways to get this one correct.}
5. *{The nouns ____ and ____ both mean similar things.} {You must get them both to be correct.}

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6. **lazy : dogged :: flattered : _______
7. **fear : panic :: ask : ________
8. **Since I studied, I _________ myself quite well on that test.

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9. {It is ironic that Two-Bit is still a junior at 18 1/2 years old.} a) True  b) False
10. {The protagonist of our story so far is...}  a) Darry  b) the Socs  c) the greasers  d) Soda  e) Ponyboy

Voibs+! 18/21 = exempt from Verbs.

1. We had to retreat hastily 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. Which one is not a verb?  a) acquit  b) implore  c) subside  d) leery  e) All are verbs.
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
11. "Mr. Morton is the ____ of the sentence, and what the ___ says, he does."  a) predicate, subject  b) noun, subject  c) subject,  adjective  d) subject, predicate  e) NOTA

(if not already finished) Finish Outsiders chapter 1.

1. "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
2. "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
3. "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
4.  Pony says that the greasers sometimes deserve the treatment they get from other people.  a) True  b) False
5. 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
6. "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
7. This scene illustrates how Pony has an internal conflict about whether or not he likes being a greaser.  a) True  b) False
8. 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..."
9. Soda agrees that Darry doesn't seem to like Pony very much.  a) True  b) False
10. Deep down, Pony knows Darry loves him.  a) True  b) False
11.  Johnny : his parents :: Dally : _______   a) Dally  b) his parents  c) the world  d) Steve  e) All of these.

Onward to Chapter 2!