Test #4.
Name:
Date:
Period:
Warm Ups: ___/6 ___/7 ___/10 ___/11
Outsiders Ch2: ___/8
Other Extra Credit:
Mental Floss
Academic Words. Skip if exempt.
- He was obsessed with his new hobby; it totally __________(ed) his life. a) acquire b) vary c) consume d) perceive e) design
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The coach thought the rookie was a _____ starter.
a) achieve b) acquire c) impact d) resource e)
potential
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His expensive car was also expensive to _____.
a) achieve b) impact c) maintain d) consume e)
resource
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He didn't study, _____ he failed. a) consequently
b) previously c) principally d) distinctly e) potentially
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The sun has many bad ___(s) on your skin.
a) affect b) effect c) potential d) restrict e)
resource
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Which academic word best matches this expression? "Beauty is in the
eye of the beholder." a)
potential b) distinctive c) impact d) restriction
e) perceive
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He didn't realize the great ___ of his small action. a) consume
b) perception c) perceive d) vary e) impact
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The Boy Scouts teach you to be _______(ful). a) design b)
resource c) restrict d) principle e) site
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The house was ______(ed) by fire before the firemen arrived. a)
obtain b) vary c) consume d) perceive e) design
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The council studied the ______ _______ of the new shopping center.
a)
consume design b) affect strategy c) site affect d) potential
impact e) potential principle
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He _____(ed) the incident very differently than she did. a) vary
b) potential c) maintain d) perceive e) secure
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After his heart attack, his doctor told him to ___ the fat and salt he ate, and to exercise more. a) acquire b) restrict c) principle d) secure e) potential
Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
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lazy : dogged :: flattered : _____ a) acquit b) leery
c) bluff d) indignant e) subside
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fear : panic :: ask : _____ a) acquit b) conducive
c) bluff d) implore e) gorge
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I was _____ when Dad blamed me for breaking the lamp instead of my
sister. a) acquitted b) conducive c) bluff d) implore
e) indignant
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Homesick away at camp, Stevie thought ______(ly) of his life back
home. a) bluff b) dogged c) conducive
d) wistful e) gorge
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inventive : resourceful :: suspicious : ______ a) dogged
b) leery c) bluff d) indignant e) subside
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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
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"Johnny and I __________(ed) ourselves on barbecue sandwiches and banana
splits." a) implore b) leery c) bluff d) indignant
e) gorge
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A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one. a) leery
b) dogged c) conducive d) wistful e) bluff
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Moisture and heat help create an environment _____ to the growth of
bacteria. a) indignant b) dogged c) conducive
d) wistful e) gorge
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Since I studied, I ______(ed) myself quite well on the test.
a) bluff b) dogged c) acquit d) implore e)
go
Husker Du?
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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
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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
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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
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It is ironic that Ponyboy pulled out his switchblade in biology class. a) True
b) False
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Instruction books are usually written in... a) 1st person b) 2nd person c) 3rd person d) 4th person
Verbs.
- Millie felt scared as she peeked around the corner.
Verb(s)? a) scared, peeked b) felt c) felt,
scared d) felt, peeked e) peeked
- "I am wet," she cried. Verb(s)? a) wet b) am c) cried d) am, cried e) NOTA
- Without a verb, it's not a sentence. a) True b) False
- Only verbs have a past, present and future tense. a) True b) False
- "Mr. Morton is the ____ of the sentence, and what the ____ says,
he does." a) predicate, subject b) noun, subject c)
subject, adjective d) subject, predicate e) NOTA
Outsiders. Open Book.
- Ponyboy says he sees huge differences between the Socs and the greasers. a) True b) False
- When Cherry raves about a river-bottom party to a friend, she
tells Pony, she's hiding behind a facade. a) True b) False
- Pony says that he and Johnny get along so well because they can really talk to each other. a) True b) False