"Save Spirit Week - 12/19/12" (10p)
Write out the ANSWER in your notebook.

1. Which of these is not used to signal an opinion in the second paragraph?  a) loves  b) feel  c) finally  d) All are used to signal an opinion.
2. Which one is an example of the author's opinion?  a) "...last year we had a 70's theme."  b) "Teachers...feel that Spirit Week should be canceled."  c) "Some students goof around in class..."  d) "...we feel that Spirit Week teaches us to work in groups..."  e) They all are the author's opinions.
3. Which opinion is not supported by facts?  a) "They argue that it interrupts classes..."  b) "...last year we had a 70's theme."  c) "...we wear our school colors..."  d) "Everyone loves spirit week."  e) "Some students goof around in class..."
4. (4) The author lists one main reason that teachers want Spirit Week cancelled, and several examples. a) What is the main reason? b) List three examples they use to support their reason.
5. (3) The author lists one main reason that Spirit Week is good, and several examples.  a) What is the main reason?  b) List two examples he gives to support his reason.

Vocabulary Pretest #15. Write the word in your notebook.
reluctant, intrigue, blight, barren, begrudge, compliant, glutton, stupefied, frail, surfeit

1. reluctant : eager :: nonchalant : _______(ed)
2. moderation : gluttony :: shortage : _____
3. He paid the Popple only after being forced to, and even then he did it __(ingly), grumbling the whole time.
4. When he graduated from MIT with honors, he had a ________ of choices of where to work. He was in demand by everyone.
5. Which vocabulary word is this picture a good example of?  -------->
6. "Q was by far the most beautiful, she thought, even if it could not stand alone and must be accompanied everywhere by the ____ U." (The U goes along willingly.)
7. (3) When it comes to pizza, I am a bit of a ______, and I always eat a _____ of food, until I have to lie down and nap, somewhat _____ by the fullness of my belly.
8. Alyce did not know that Magister Reese had long watched her, and he had wondered what could so _____ a person so young. How could she be so "damaged?"
9. "...judging from the words pouring forth from her mouth with none to listen, (she) would not be ________ to talk to Alyce" about Edward.
10. He was very weak and ______ before he buffed up at the gym.
11. (2) After the _____, the lemon orchard survived, but it was ____ and could no longer produce fruit.
12. The 1-10 rating system helps make a class more _______ for the guest teacher.

ALYCE