Thursday, 2/7/13 - Please read the instructions carefully, because they will not be repeated orally. Warm Up. "Practice Test #19, 2/7/13."   Not in notebook? -5   No title/date? -5  Instructions: For 1-3, write the incorrectly spelled word correctly or write all correct. For 4 and 5, copy. For 6-9, write the word(s). Copy #10. Answer #11 with a complete sentence following the model.  No partners. No cheat sheet. Nine (9) minutes. Clock starts at official class start time. Yes, it counts as a grade. (11p) Giver Projects are postponed until Tuesday.
  1. a) nationality  b) hospitalty  c) consistency  d) all correct
  2. a) society  b) curiousity  c) generosity  d) all correct
  3. a) familarity  b) majority  c) privacy  d) all correct
  4. animals : herd :: humans : ______  (Choose from the nine words in #1-3.)
  5. poverty : prosperity :: boredom : ______  (Ditto above.)
  6. crafty : savvy :: patronizing : ________ a) condescending  b) adamant  c) guile  d) odious  e) impudent
  7. Aunt Polly was ______ that Tom be punished for his misbehavior; she just had to do her job as a parent. a) condescending  b) adamant  c) guile  d) contemplate  e) impudent
  8. It was Dally's quick thinking and _______ that sent the fuzz to Texas looking for the boys. a) condescending  b) adamant  c) guile  d) odious  e) furtive
  9. If there's one thing teachers ___________, it's __________ behavior. a) contemplate/ecstatic  b) odious/blather  c) condescending/loathe  d) loathe/impudent  e) vanquish/ecstatic
  10. Tom Sawyer is written in.... a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  11. What is an eccentricity? ("An eccentricity is... for example...")


Correct Test #18 (Finally.)

Tom Sawyer Chapter 4. Open book.For the MC questions, you may simply write the letter.

  1. What supposedly happened to the boy who won four or five Bible prizes?
  2. Who is the man with the book in the illustration?
  3. Tom is very nervous around the man. Choose the correct quote that tells why.  a) "He was 'showing off,' too."  b) "...mainly because he was her parent."  c) "He was from Constantinople, twelve miles away..."   d) "It was the most stunning surprise of the decade."  e) None of the above.
  4. (p28) "Tom...could not meet Amy Lawrence's eye, he could not brook her loving gaze." What does that mean?
  5. (p28) "Tom...could not meet Amy Lawrence's eye, he could not brook her loving gaze."  WHY?
  6. Why does Tom want the Bible prize so much? a) It's worth a lot of money.  b) Like Aunt Polly, he really does pay attention to the Bible.  c) His cousin Mary has already won two of them, and he feels left out.  d) Aunt Polly told him he had to, or else.  e) He really just wants the recognition.
  7. What does the last line of chapter 4 mean? a) They closed the curtain in the church so they couldn't see any more.  b) Let's find out what happens to Tom in the next chapter.  c) Let's have a little sympathy for Tom, and not watch what will happen next d) Let's pretend that Tom managed to figure another way out (again).  e) None of the above.

 

Tom Sawyer chapter 6. Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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