Test #1.  Name:                                                                               Date:                                 Period:
Vocabulary Homework: ____/20
Warm Ups: 8-23____/12   8-24:____/12   8-25:___/12 
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss:




Vocabulary. #8 and #9 together are one sentence. Read them both before answering either.
  1. Even though he may not be "book-smart" he has a lot of _____ about the world.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom
  2. Some people might have called him weird, but he preferred to be called a (non-)_____(ist).  a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) connotation
  3. Her outlook on life was very _____ after the accident. a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) bleak
  4. Jimmy nodded his head ____(ly), and said, "It would have been wiser to have someone pick you up."   a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) bleak  e) fathom
  5. "I shouldn't have done that," he said with a ___ sigh.  a) savvy  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) fathom
  6. "It's just because you're the baby--I mean he loves you a lot.  Do you ____?"  a) sage  b) savvy  c) gingerly  d) conform  e) connotation
  7. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ____  a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) rueful  e) conform
  8. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____... a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
  9. ...of a _____ who breaks windows and graffitis and such. a) sage  b) denotation  c) infer  d) delinquent  e) fathom
  10. Even though I was nervous, I tried to act cool and ______.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom
  11. Nobody could _____ why he liked school so much even though he got all F’s. a) sage  b) rueful  c) gingerly  d) bleak  e) fathom
  12. I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence. a) bleak  b) conform  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
  13. cool : good :: dig : ____   a) sage  b) rueful  c) conform  d) fathom  e) bleak
    Classwork.
  14. An adjective is a word that...  a) describes how you do something.  b) shows action.  c) describes another word.  d) describes a noun.  e) describes a relationship between words.
  15. A noun is...  a) an action word.  b) a thing.  c) describing word.  d) a person, place or thing.  e) the subject of the sentence.
  16. She has such a soft voice that I can hardly hear her.  a) soft - adjective,  hardly - not  b) soft - not,  hardly - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  17. I'm a good bowler, and my ball has pretty flowers on it.  a) good - adjective,  pretty - not  b) good - not,  pretty - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  18. A motto is: a) a short poem.  b) a wise saying.  c) words to live by.  d) a story by Langston Hughes.  e) NOTA
  19. The expression "Mind your own business" is a motto.  a) True  b) False
  20. The expression "Ignorance is bliss" is a motto. a) True  b) False
  21. In the poem "Delinquent," who's (the) delinquent?  a) Julie's parents  b) Julie  c) society  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
  22. What's the message of the poem "Motto"?  a) YOLO  b) Enjoy the good things while you can.  c) Treat others how you want to be treated.  d) "Dig it!"  e) NOTA
  23. Even though their _____ are similar, the words nosy and curious have very different _____.  a) connotations/denotations  b) denotations/connotations.
  24. 90% of 40 = ______.  a) 4  b) 30  c) 35  d) 36  e) NOTA
    The Outsiders
  25. As used in The Outsiders, the word hood is short for _____.  a) hoodie  b) neighborhood  c) hoodlum  d) livelihood  e) cheese
  26. lb. : pound :: Soc : _______ a) society  b) sock  c) greaser  d) social  e) punch
  27. What is it about our narrator that drives his brother Darry crazy?  a) He's always getting in trouble.  b) His absent-mindedness.  c) His grades are poor.  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
  28. you:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  29. she: a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person
  30. "Delinquent" : ________ :: The Outsiders :  ________  a) 1st person/3rd person  b) 3rd person/1st person.  c) both 1st person.  d) Both 3rd person.  e) NOTA




Trackwords! Spell words by connecting adjoining letters. Words must be at least 3 letters long. Each letter must touch the one before it. No proper nouns, abbreviations, or foreign words. You can only use a letter once in the same word. 10 words = +1, 20 words = +2, etc. Use the Trackwords section of your test sheet for your word list. Be sure to number your list.