Mental Floss:
 

Spelling.

1. group : ___ :: center : ___ a) corpse/core  b) core/corpse  c) corps/corp  d) corps/core
2. nugget : ___ :: rank : ___  a) cernel/kernel  b) colonel/kernel  c) kernel/kernal d) kernel/colonel
3. hero : ___ :: inactive : ___ a) idole/idol  b) idel/idol  c) idle/idol  d) idol/idle
4. Cheerios : ___ :: #25489 : ___  a) serial/cereal  b) cereal/cerial  c) cerial/serial  d) cereal/serial
5. most important : ___ :: administrator : ___  a) princapal/princaple  b) principal/principle  c) principle/principal  d) principal/principal
6. who is : ___ :: who owns : ___  a) whose/who's  b) who's/whose  c) who'se/who's  d) who's/whos'
7. it is : ___ :: it owns : ___  a) it's/its  b) its'/its  c) it's/its'
8. belongs to them : ___ :: location : ___  a) their/they're  b) there/their  c) their/there  d) they're/there

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   Vocabulary. 
   
9. Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _______(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed. a) reluctant  b) vain  c) mimic  d) elicit  e) patronize
10. Please be _____ when someone tells you a secret. a) discrete  b) discreet  c) reluctant  d) vain  e) illicit
11. I was _____ to tell the teacher about the cheating I saw, because the person was my friend.   a) reluctant  b) elicit  c) hysterical  d) dumbfounded  e) illicit
12. A spy must use ____(ion) and not go blabbing secrets around.    a) patronize  b) elicit  c) hysterical  d) stamina  e) discreet
13. Johnny and Two-Bit were ______ by what Pony said about Darry.   a) discreet  b) dumbfounded  c) hysterical  d) discrete e) illicit
14. nonchalant : hysterical ::  gossipy : _____  a) patronize  b) discrete  c) discreet  d) dumbfounded  e) reluctant
15. "You're so ___. You probably think this song is about you."  a) discrete b) discreet c) reluctant  d) vain e) illicit
16. The teacher tried to ___ the correct response from the students by giving hints. a) patronize  b) elicit  c) hysterical  d) stamina  e) illicit
17. I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.  a) reluctant  b) discreet  c) reluctant  d) vain  e) patronize
18. S. E. Hinton says that she didn't have the ____ to be a teacher.  a) patronize  b) elicit  c) hysterical  d) stamina  e) mimic

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    FROs.
19. There are shells all over the beach, so let's collect some!  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
20. The word chuck means "food" or "grub," that is what they served.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
21. I love that story, I have read it three times.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
22. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop. a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
23. Over the hills and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
24. Into the hole fell he.  a) Fragment   b) Run-On   c) Complete Sentence
25. He explained the rules of the game and demonstrated it. a) Fragment   b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence 

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    Outsiders/Plot. Open book, open notebook.
    
26. The fact that Johnny is getting more out of the book they're reading than Pony, even though Pony is the "smart" one, is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
27. The real message of  "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is that bad things always happen.  a) True  b) False
28. Who said? "I can't believe little old Johnny could kill somebody."  a) Pony  b) Dally  c) Soda  d) Darry  e) Two-Bit
29. This person is commenting on the irony of that.  a) True  b) False
30. Which quote best connects to the title of the novel?  a) "How'd you like to live with that?"  b) "I guess we're different."  c) "Too bad it couldn't stay like that all the time."  d) "Things have been happening so fast..."  e) "I bet they were cool old guys."
31. The same character said all five of the quotes in the previous question. Which one?  a) Pony  b) Soda  c) Dally  d) Johnny  e) NOTA
32. Which quote best relates to "Richard Cory"?  a) "I was wrong."  b) "...some of us watch the sunset too."  c) "I can't stand fights."  d) "Things are rough all over."  e) "I know better now."
33. Dally getting hauled in for the murder he didn't do is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False
34. Chapter 5 would be considered part of the ______ of this story.    a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) NOTA
35. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) NOTA
36. The part where he tastes the Green Eggs and Ham. ______  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) NOTA
37. Usually the longest part of the story, where most of the action occurs. ______.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) resolution