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Academic Words. Skip if exempt.

1. Which word best matches the expression, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"?    a) procedure  b) principle  c) previously  d) perception  e) potential
2. The coach thought the rookie was a _____ starter.    a) achieve  b) acquire  c) impact  d) resource  e) potential
3. His expensive car was also expensive to _____.     a) achieve  b) impact  c) maintain  d) consume  e) resource
4. He didn't study, _____ he failed.     a) consequently  b) previously  c) principally  d) distinctly  e) potentially
5. The sun has many bad _________(s) on your skin.    a) affect  b) effect  c) potential  d) restrict  e) resource
6. I would recognize his ____ voice anywhere.  a) potential  b) distinctive  c) impact  d) restriction  e) procedure
7. He didn't realize the great ___ of his small action.  a) consume  b) perception  c) perceive  d) vary  e) impact
8. The Boy Scouts teach you to be _______(ful). a) design  b) resource  c) restrict  d) principle  e) site
9. The house was ______(ed) by fire before the firemen arrived.  a) obtain  b) vary  c) consume  d) perceive  e) design
10. His latest ____ was a rare comic collection.  a) acquiring  b) previous  c) acquirement  d) acquisition  e) principle
11. The council studied the ______  _______ of the new shopping center. a) consume effect  b) affect strategy  c) site affect  d) potential impact  e) potential principle
12. Many times, things are not really what we _______ them to be. a) vary  b) potential  c) maintain  d) perceive  e) secure

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    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
13. lazy : dogged :: flattered : _______ a) acquit  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside
14. fear : panic :: ask : ________  a) acquit  b) conducive  c) bluff  d) implore  e) gorge
15. I was _______ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my sister. a) acquitted  b) conducive  c) bluff  d) implore  e) indignant
16. Homesick away at camp, Stevie thought ________(ly) of his life back home.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) gorge
17. inventive : resourceful :: suspicious : _______  a) dogged  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside
18. I tried to __________ my way out of trouble, but Mom wasn't buying my excuses.  a) wistful  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) subside
19. "Johnny and I __________(ed) ourselves on barbecue sandwiches and banana splits."  a) implore  b) leery  c) bluff  d) indignant e) gorge
20. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one. a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) bluff
21. Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of bacteria.   a) indignant  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) gorge
22. Since I studied, I __________(ed) myself quite well on the test.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) acquit   d) implore  e) gorge

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    Verbs+. Skip if exempt.
23. The main verb in a sentence is called...   a) the action  b) the large and in charge verb  c) Mr. Morton  d) linking verb  e) NOTA
24. Only _______  have a past, present, and future tense.   a) adjectives   b) verbs   c) nouns   d) NOTA

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    Library
25. If you decide not to check out a book after you have pulled it from the shelf, make sure it goes back exactly where you got it.  a) True  b) False
26. The low shelves in the middle of the library are to devoted to what type of books?  a) story collections  b) reference  c) fiction  d) nonfiction  e) easy-to-read ones
27. How are those books in the middle of the library arranged?  a) alphabetically by title  b) by number  c) alphabetically by author  d) by subject or genre  e) NOTA 

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    Husker Du?
28. When Pony talks about the word dropout, and what it makes him think of, he is talking about the ___________ of the word.  a) harshness  b) connotation  c) denotation  d) stupidity  e) NOTA
29. She speaks so softly that I can hardly hear her.  a) softly - adjective,  hardly - not  b) softly - not,  hardly - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
30. Click/Circle the only word that is an adjective:  We hastily retreated from his lair.    a) hastily  b) his  c) lair  d) from  e) It's a trick; there aren't any adjectives.
31. It is ironic that Two-Bit is still a junior at 18 1/2 years old. a) True  b) False 

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    Outsiders Open book.
32. "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
33. What does Cherry say that spares Johnny's feelings? a) "Man, your brother is one doll."  b) "That's an original and lovely name."  c) He's not older than 16 or 17 is he?"  d) "16"  e)  "Y'all sit up here with us. You can protect us."
34. Why would Johnny idolize someone like Dally?  a) Because Dally protects him from the Socs.  b) Because Johnny's dad is a lot like Dally.  c) Because Dally told him to, and he always does what people say.  d) Because Dally stands up for himself like Johnny wishes he could.  e) There isn't any real reason we can see.
35. Which scene illustrates the difference in Dally's feelings about be labeled a greaser versus Pony's feelings?  a) When Cherry throws the Coke in Dally's face.  b) When Dally says, "You ought to see my record sometime."  c) When Dally leaves after Johnny tells him to leave the girls alone.  d) When Dally decides NOT to hit Johnny.  e) When Dally sneaks them into the movies.
36. According to Pony --  greasers : gang :: Socs : ___  a) gang  b) social club c) family  d) pack e) none of the above
37. "Sorry, kid...I forgot."(p27) Who said?  a) Cherry  b) Two-Bit  c) Dally  d) Pony  e) Soda
38. "Sorry, kid...I forgot."(p27) What's going on?  a) Johnny was jumped again.  b) Darry forgot to pick up Pony at the movies. c) Soda was sorry Steve was a jerk before.  d) Two-Bit forgot how jumpy Johnny was. e) Dally forgot that Johnny was the gang's pet.
39. "It was almost four months ago..." This begins an example of...  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) interruption  d) introduction  e) character analysis
40. The protagonist of our story so far is...  a) Darry  b) the Socs  c) the greasers  d) Soda  e) Ponyboy