Test 8. Name:                                                                   Date:                    Period:
Warm Ups: ____/9,  ___/8,  ___/10      Non-Clicker Extra Credit:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Spelling. Do the ones you missed on Tuesday's pretest

  1. Speeding is the ____  cause of the crash. a) probible  b) probable  c) probably  d) probabel  e) NOTA
  2. It takes a ____  person to care for a pet. a) reliable  b) relyible  c) relyable  d) reliabel  e) NOTA
  3. Is the new video game ____ yet?  a) avalable  b) avalible  c) available  d) availible  e) NOTA
  4. His story about flying cows is ___!  a) incredable  b) increadable  c) increadible  d) incredible  e) NOTA
  5. The most ___ seats are in the first row.  a) desireable  b) desirible  c) desirable  d) desireable  e) NOTA
  6. Is an odd number ___ by ten?  a) divisable  b) divesable  c) divisible  d) devisible  e) NOTA
  7. I like a ___ straw better than a rigid one. a) flexible  b) flexable  c) NOTA
  8. I felt ___ when my best friend moved.  a) misserable  b) miserible  c) miserable  d) NOTA
  9. A carrot is an ___ root.  a) edable  b) eatable  c) eatible  d) edible  e) NOTA
  10. Her soft voice was barely ___. a) audible  b) audibal  c) audibil  d) audibile  e) NOTA
  11. Only students are ____ for the low price.  a) elgible  b) eligable  c) eligible  d) elgable  e) NOTA
  12. Our class trip was a ___ event.  a) memoriable  b) memorible  c) memerable  d) memorable  e) NOTA
  13. Did he ___ the tale to make it scarier?  a) exaggerate  b) exxagerate  c) exxaggerate  d) exagerrate  e) NOTA
  14. She won that gold ___ for bravery.  a) medalion  b) metalion  c) medallion  d) meddallion  e) NOTA
  15. Are you ___ for camping in cold weather?  a) equipt  b) equipped  c) equiptded  d) equiped  e) NOTA
  16. We __ words to save time and space. a) abreviate  b) abrevviate  c) abbreviatte  d) abrreviate  e) NOTA
  17. You have a lot of ___ shtuff.  a) misellaneous  b) miscelaneous  c) miscellanious  d) miscellaneous  e) NOTA
  18. Harmful rumors can spread through  __.  a) gosipping  b) gossiping  c) gossipping  d) gosiping  e) NOTA
  19. How long will the ___ stay in orbit?  a) satalite  b) satelite  c) sattelite  d) satellite  e) NOTA
  20. In the ___, it was only a dream. a) begining  b) beggining  c) begginning  d) beginning  e) NOTA
  21. Heavy snow forced the ___ of school. a) cansellation  b) cancellation  c) cancelation  d) canselation  e) NOTA
  22. Isn't that college ___ a famous poet?  a) profesor  b) professer  c) profeser  d) professor  e) NOTA
  23. Who saved the princess from the evil ___? a) villain  b) vilain  c) villin  d) villan  e) NOTA
  24. Plenty of sleep is ___ for good health. a) necessary  b) nesecary  c) necesary  d) nesessary  e) NOTA
  25. How could I ___ such an easy word? a) mispell  b) misspel  c) misspell  d) NOTA
    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
  26. The candidate's popularity ____(ed) as scandal after scandal was uncovered.   a) aghast  b) wheedle  c) enhance  d) ebb  e) sift
  27. While Mr. Buffy was in training, he took several different vitamin ______. a) enhances  b) supplements  c) palpables  d) transgressions  e) manifests
  28. The principal had to ______ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth. a) enhance  b) wheedle  c) palpable  d) ebb  e) sift
  29. The class was ________ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ______ like that in front of Mr. Coward. a) palpable/enhanced   b) nondescript/supplement  c) apprehensive/aghast  d) intrigued/sift  e) aghast/transgression
  30. After testing out several kinds of toilet paper, Mr. Sensitive found that one brand was _____ better than the others for comfort.  a) enhance  b) supplementary  c) palpably  d) transgression  e) aghast
  31. I found your story __________(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.  a) enhance    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) aghast
  32. I was _______ when I saw the 5/10 rating from the guest teacher!  a) enhanced    b) aghast  c) nondescript  d) intriguing  e) supplementary
  33. The movie was so scary, the feeling of fear in the theater was _____ .  a) supplement  b) aghast  c) enhance  d) nondescript  e) palpable
  34. A euphemism for plastic surgery might be... "surgical appearance _____(ment)."  a) apprehensive  b) aghast  c) transgression  d) nondescript  e) enhance
    Apostrophes. Skip if exempt.
  35. You should spend as much time washing _______ hands...   a) you're  b) your  c) neither of the above
  36. ...as it takes to say the ______.  a) ABC's   b) ABCs  c) neither of the above
  37. _______ suggestion was a good one.  a) Carlos's  b) Carlos'  c) something else   (His name is Carlos, not Carlo.)
  38. She is a member of the _______ softball team.  a) womans'  b) womens'  c) women's  d) womens's
  39. The ______ costumes were hilarious.   a) lady's  b) ladies'  c) ladies's   d) ladies  (Several of each.)
  40. There were four ______ in the room.  a) Jake's  b) Jakes'  c) Jakes's  d) Jakes
  41. The _______ clothes are on the second floor.   a) children's  b) childrens  c) childrens'
  42. Five _______ parents will be guests of honor.  a) student's  b) students'  c) students's
    Husker Du and Misc.
  43. The following quote from Pony is an example that demonstrates which conflict in The Outsiders?  "That didn't make me feel so hot." (in biology class)    a) Pony vs. Darry  b) greasers vs. Socs  c) Dally vs. the world  d) Pony vs. Pony  e) Pony vs. the world
  44. This kind of conflict is called a(n) _______ conflict.  a) external  b) natural  c) plot  d) internal  e) NOTA
  45. "It amazed me that Johnny could get more meaning ...than I could...I was supposed to be the smart one."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor
  46. The part in The Outsiders where Pony gets jumped walking home from the movies would be part of the ___ of the story. a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action
    Outsiders, chapter 8.
  47. What makes Pony, for the first time, think of Dally as his buddy? a) When Dally saved Johnny.  b) When Dally helped them get away.  c) When Dally said he was glad he didn't accidentally kill Pony putting out the flames.  d) When Dally wants revenge for what the Socs did to Johnny.  e) When Dally yells at him as he's being taken into the emergency room.
  48. On p126, we get an example of irony from Two-Bit. What is it? a) When he says that Darry will kill him if Pony's really sick.  b) When he pretends he doesn't know what Pony is talking about.  c) When he calls Pony chicken.  d) When he says that Darry's stricter with Pony than his parents were.  e) When he says Darry could be a Soc.
  49. Why does Pony get so angry with Cherry in chapter 8?  a) Cherry is mean to him.  b) Cherry disses Johnny.  c) Pony partially blames her for Johnny's condition.  d) Pony thinks Cherry is patronizing him.  e) NOTA
  50. Cherry tells Pony why she liked Bob, and he realizes that Bob was a lot like...a) Darry  b) Johnny  c) Pony  d) Soda  e) Dally
  51. Why does Pony suddenly bring up the sunset when he is talking to Cherry? (p129) What is he trying to say? a) "I understand your problems now." b) He's trying to change the subject, because Johnny's condition is too sad to talk about. c) "Can I come over to your house to watch the sunset?"  d) He's trying to make her feel guilty. e) None of the above.