Test #8. Name:                                                      Date:                            Period:
Warm Ups: 10/13:___/6  10/14:___/12   10/15:___/13   10/16:___/14
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss:
 
 

 

Spelling. All do all.
  1. a) subterranean  b) instatute  c) statue  d) all correct
  2. a) projector  b) dependant  c) predicate  d) all correct
  3. a) predicament  b) obstacal  c) superstition  d) all correct
  4. a) circumstances  b) stanza  c) interjection  d) all correct
  5. a) prediction  b) adjective  c) benaficial  d) all correct
  6. a) compensation  b) contradict  c) dictionary  d) all correct
  7. a) constatution  b) dependable  c) projectile  d) all correct
    Roots.
  8. "from hang-able" = ___    a) 7a  b) 3b  c) 1c  d) 7b  e) NOTA
  9. "between throw thing" = _____  a) 1b  b) 2a  c) 4c  d) 6b  e) NOTA
  10. "against stand thing" = _____  a) 1c  b) 3b  c) 1c  d) 5a  e) NOTA
  11. "against say" = _____  a) 3a  b) 2c  c) 7b  d) 6b e) NOTA
  12. "beside throw thing" = ___  a) 1c  b) 6b  c) 5b  d) 3c  e) NOTA
  13. "around stand things" = ____ a) 1c  b) 3c  c) 5a  d) 4a  e) NOTA
  14. Something that is static does not...    a) exist  b) stop  c) stand  d) move  e) stay
    Apostrophes
  15. The _______ clothes are on the second floor.   a) children's  b) childrens  c) childrens'  d) childrens's
  16. _______ suggestion was a good one.  a) Carlos's  b) Carlos'  c) something else   (His name is Carlos, not Carlo.)
  17. The ______ costumes were hilarious.   a) lady's  b) ladies'  c) ladies's   d) ladies  (Several of each.)
  18. There were four ______ in the room.  a) Jake's  b) Jakes'  c) Jakes's  d) Jakes
    Vocabulary.
  19. The excitement of the party ______(ed) away as the night dragged on.  a) aghast  b) wheedle  c) enhance  d) ebb  e) sift
  20. While Mr. Buff was in training, he took several different vitamin _______. a) enhances  b) supplements  c) palpables  d) transgressions  e) intrigues
  21. 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
  22. The new landscaping in front of the house really ______(ed) its value.  a) enhance  b) aghast  c) transgress  d) ebb  e) sift
  23. I found your story _____(ing), but ultimately unbelievable.  a) enhance    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) aghast
  24. Genevieve's  wardrobe was rather ____ and boring until she went on the show What not to Wear.   a) enhanced    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intriguing  e) supplementary
  25. The class's relief was ____ when Mr. Coward canceled the test. A giant sigh escaped from every student. (Then they woke up.)  a) enhance    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) palpable
  26. I really like mystery novels because of all the adventure and _____.   a) ebb    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) palpable
  27. As a rule, grandparents respond to _____(ing) more than parents do.   a) wheedle    b) ebb  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) sift
  28. Another name for detention might be "______ behavior training."  a) aghast   b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigued  e) supplementary   (Bonus: What's this kind of expression called?)
  29. "Why don't you get a job?"   asked Steve.  "What?" Two-Bit was _____. "And ruin my rep?"   a) enhanced  b) aghast  c) transgress  d) ebbed  e) sifted
    Outsiders, ch6.
  30. Why would Johnny be "having the time of his life" in the church? a) He wants to pay back for what he did to Bob. b) He feels needed for the first time. c) He likes little kids. d) He thinks the cops will go easy on him. e) He secretly wants to die.
  31. When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood "studie(s) his wedding ring," what's going on? a) He's thinking about his wife. b) It's still hot from the fire. c) It's stuck, and painful, so he pauses to adjust it. d) He's stalling, trying to think of how to break the news. e) NOTA
  32. It is ironic when Jerry says, "...(we) think you were sent straight from Heaven." a) True b) False
  33. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him? a) When he says, "Oh Ponyboy, your hair..." b) When he reads the letter from Soda. c) When Darry offers him a cigarette. d) When Darry starts crying. e) When he rescues Pony from the fire.
  34. The scene in the church would be considered part of the ________ of the story. a) climax b) inciting action c) exposition d) rising action e) NOTA
  35. 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) Pony vs. Pony  d) Pony vs. the Socs  e) NOTA
  36. "I can't believe little ol' Johnny could kill someone."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) irony  d) theme  e) NOTA
  37. "He looked like I felt when I saw that boy doubled up and still in the moonlight."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) simile  d) irony  e) NOTA
    Husker Du?
  38. Many times your future is ___(ed) by choices you make when you are younger.  a) component  b) document  c) constrain  d) initial  e) convene
  39. The fact that Johnny is getting more out of the book than Pony, even though Pony is the "smart" one, is an example of irony.  a) True  b) False