Test #9. Name:                                                                            Date:                              Period:
KoS Sheet: ___/15 (5 + 10 + Bonus)      Warm Ups: 10/17: ___/8  10/18:___/10   10/19: ___/8   10/20: ___/7
Vocabulary H/w: ___/20     Vocabulary Practices: 10/18:___/14   10/19:___/13  10/20: ___/14
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss



Vocabulary.
  1. His _____ facade hid a very dangerous person.   a) grovel  b) abundant  c) haggle  d) dire  e) diffident
  2. The lawyer's argument was so _____ the jury acquitted his client.   a) diligent  b) compelling  c) convene  d) turmoil  e) heedless
  3.  He practiced the skate trick __(ly) until he got it right. a) diligent  b) abundant  c)  haggle d) cordial  e) heedless
  4.  Because I _______(ed) with the merchant, I got a better deal.  a) haggle  b) compelling  c) cordial  d) diffident  e) convene
  5.  compelling : boring :: scarce : _____  a) diligent  b) abundant  c) grovel  d) heedless e) cordial
  6. After he forgot his wife's birthday, he had to _____ for several days before she forgave him.  a) turmoil  b) grovel  c) heedless  d) cordial  e) convene
  7.  In the fable “The Tortoise and the Hare,” the tortoise is ______ ...  a) diligent  b) abundant  c) compelling  d) heedless e) dire
  8. ...and the hare is _____.  a) diligent  b) turmoil  c) compelling  d) heedless e) convene
  9. The clown _____(tion) filled the parking lot with tiny cars.  a) diligent  b) turmoil  c) compelling  d) heedless e) convene
  10. gossipy : discreet :: safe : ______  a) heedless  b) convene  c) aloof  d) dire  e) diffident
  11. It’s ______ to study for the test because it’s your grade not mine.  a) complexity  b) interpret  c) interest  d) resourceful  e) in your interest
  12. The successful woman ______(ed) her success to listening to her middle school English teacher.  a) in her interest  b) project  c) attribute  d) analyze  e) design
  13. His brother's sudden disappearance caused great ____ in the family.  a) heedless  b) turmoil  c) groveling  d) dire  e) diffident
    KoS
  14. The subject of an imperative sentence is always ____.  a) they  b) I  c) somebody  d) it  e) NOTA
  15. A sentence like you might find in an encyclopedia entry would be called a(n) ____ sentence.  a) declarative  b) exclamatory  c) imperative  d) interrogative
  16. An exclamatory sentence must contain an interjection such as wow, OMG, or oh. a) True  b) False
  17. Please tell me what Limburger is    a) declarative  b) exclamatory  c) imperative  d) interrogative
  18. Will you please tell me what Limburger is    a) declarative  b) exclamatory  c) imperative  d) interrogative
  19. It is soooo unfair that you won’t tell me what Limburger is    a) declarative  b) exclamatory  c) imperative  d) interrogative
  20. I know what Limburger is    a) declarative  b) exclamatory  c) imperative  d) interrogative
    Husker Du?
  21. The ______ live next door to the Smiths.  a) Jones  b) Joneses  c) Jones'  d) Jones's  e) NOTA
  22. She saw _____ grave!  a) Elvis'  b) Elvis's  c) Elvi's
  23. _____ are not allowed...  a) Students  b) Students'  c) Student's  d) NOTA
  24. ...in the ___ lounge.  a) teacher's  b) teachers'  c) teachers's  d) NOTA
  25. Mr. Coward graduated in the _____.  a) 70's  b) '70's  c) 70s  d) '70s  e) NOTA
    Outsiders
  26. Who said? "Ponyboy...you're not like the rest of us and don't try to be."  a) Dally  b) Steve  c) Johnny  d) Soda.  e) Two-Bit
  27. Who else gave Pony the same advice?  a) Dally  b) Steve  c) Johnny  d) Soda  e) Two-Bit
  28. Why is Two-Bit relieved when he sees Pony picking up the broken glass? (p172)  a) He didn't think Pony was being tough enough.  b) He was worried that Pony was getting hardened like Dally.  c) He didn't want anyone to get a flat tire.  d) He wanted the Socs to pick up the glass.  e) He thought Pony was a litterbug.
  29. Who? "A handsome, dark boy with a reckless grin and a hot temper." (p179)  a) Steve.  b) Dally.  c) Johnny.  d) Bob.  e) Pony.
  30. What does Soda mean when he says, "If you don't have anything, you end up like Dallas...and I don't mean dead either. I mean like he was before. And that's worse than dead." (p176) a) Dally sort of deserved to die.  b) Dally didn't see any value to life.  c) Dally knew he was going to die young.  d) Dally wanted to die all along.  e) All of the above. 
  31. Reread the middle paragraph on p179. It's the one that begins, "Tell Dally." What is Pony's purpose in writing this all down?  a) To pass English.   b) To show everyone how gallant Johnny and Dally were. c) To try to show that we shouldn't judge people by how they look or what neighborhood they live in. d) To show that greasers like sunsets too. e) To show how people always discriminate against greasers.
  32. The death of Bob.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) climax  e) resolution
  33. The deaths of Johnny and Dally.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) climax  e) resolution
  34. When we find out that the book is Ponyboy's essay.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) climax  e) resolution
  35. Pony vs. Darry. This conflict is resolved when ... a) Pony runs away.  b) Pony appears before the judge.  c) Pony sees Darry crying at the hospital.  d) Darry hits Pony.  e) Soda tells them to stop fighting.
  36. Pony vs. ____. This conflict is resolved when Pony, right before the rumble says, "I wasn't going to live in a lousy neighborhood all my life."  a) Darry  b) Dally  c) Two-Bit  d) Steve  e) Pony