Test #3. Name:                                                                                 Date:                          Period:
Warm Ups:  9-10:____/10,  9-11:___/11
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Mental Floss:




 
 

Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
  1. At the party, he stood ______ off to the side of the room, quietly watching the festivities. a) gallantly  b) roguishly  c) ironically  d) savvy  e) aloofly
  2. If you make the Scholar List you are a part of the educational ________. a) wince  b) aloof  c) elite  d) gallant  e) asset
  3. The paper said that the business man was a(n) __________ to society, but _________(ly), he was secretly a mobster.  a) facade, roguish  b) asset, ironic  c) elite, facade,   d) ironic, facade  e) elite, ironic
  4. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me. a) wince  b) gallant  c) facade  d) elude  e) savvy
  5. It was rather ________ that Mr. Coward's web page about the "Perfect Paper" assignment had a mistake in it.  a) ironic  b) savvy  c) incredulous  d) elude  e) facade
  6. Maybe Dally’s cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) ironic  d) facade  e) wince
  7. The Socs are the _________ social class in 1967 Tulsa, whereas the greasers are at the other end of the scale.  a) wince  b) aloof  c) elite  d) gallant  e) asset
  8. It would be ironic if you suddenly decided not to get on a plane, and then the plane crashed.  a) True  b) False
  9. Wow! That was a(n) ____ roller coaster!!  a) awesome  b) incredulous  c) aloof  d) ironic  e) NOTA
  10. I looked at my grandma __________(ly) when she said she wanted to ride the colossal roller coaster.  a) wince  b) incredulous  c) credible  d) ironic  e) aloof
  11. "Guess what I've been in for?" asked Dally, grinning ________(ly).  a) asset  b) aloof  c) gallant  d) roguish  e) incredulous
  12. I tried to act cheerful, but it was just a __. I was really depressed inside. a) wince  b) facade  c) rueful  d) elude  e) NOTA 
  13. The root cred means...   a) truth  b) crazy  c) pay  d) believe  e) wild
  14. Even though words like gross, ugly, fun, and weird are technically adjectives, they are really _____, and not ______.  a) descriptions, modifications  b) opinions, adjectives  c) opinions, descriptions  d) modifiers, descriptions  e) articles, opinions  (Hint: Show not Tell.)
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. The shelves along the outside wall of the library are devoted to what type of books?  a) story collections  b) reference  c) fiction  d) nonfiction  e) easy-to-read ones
  18. How do you save your documents in Google Docs?  a) You press control-S.  b) You choose Save from the Edit menu.  c) Click the "Save Now" button.  d) Ask your mom.  e) NOTA
    Husker Du
  19. cool : good :: dig : _______   a) sage  b) rueful  c) conform  d) fathom  e) bleak
  20. 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
  21. We have a pretty apple tree in our yard.  a) pretty - adjective, apple - not  b) pretty - not, apple - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  22. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ______  a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) rueful  e) conform
  23. The reason we don't drop the last e from a word like positive before we add an ending like -ly, is that...  a) Positive ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending -ly ends with an y.  c) The ending -ly  begins with a consonant  d) The ending -ly  makes it an adjective.  e) NOTA
  24. Instruction books are usually written in third person.  a) True  b) False
    The Outsiders
  25.  Pony says that the greasers sometimes deserve the treatment they get from other people.  a) True  b) False
  26. Soda agrees with Pony that Darry doesn't seem to like Pony very much.  a) True  b) False
  27. 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
  28. "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
  29. This scene illustrates how Pony has an internal conflict about whether or not he likes being a greaser.  a) True  b) False
  30. 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
  31. It is ironic that Two-Bit is still a junior at 18 1/2 years old. a) True  b) False
  32. Deep down, Pony knows Darry loves him.  a) True  b) False