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Mental Floss.




Vocabulary Review    

1. The old man was considered the ________ of the village because of all his experience and wisdom.  a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) bleak  e) fathom
2. cool : good :: dig : _______   a) sage  b) rueful  c) conform  d) fathom  e) bleak
3. I tried to act cheerful, but it was just a __. I was really depressed inside. a) wince  b) facade  c) rueful  d) elude  e) NOTA 
4. 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
5. At the party, he stood ______ off to the side of the room, quietly watching the festivities. a) gallantly  b) roguishly  c) ironically  d) savvy  e) aloofly
6. Since I studied, I ______(ed) myself quite well on the test.   a) bluff  b) dogged  c) acquit   d) implore  e) go
7. It is ironic that Ponyboy pulled out his switchblade in biology class. a) True  b) False
   
8. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one. a) leery  b) dogged  c) conducive   d) wistful   e) bluff
9. Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _______(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed. a) illicit  b) vain  c) mimic  d) elicit  e) patronize
10. Please be _____ when someone tells you a secret. a) discrete  b) discreet  c) mimic  d) vain  e) illicit
11. S. E. Hinton says that she didn't have the ____ to be a teacher.  a) patronize  b) elicit  c) hysterical  d) stamina  e) mimic
12. flashback : reveals :: _____ : foreshadows    a) exploit  b) grimace  c) premonition  d) delirious e) circumvent
13. Rich, handsome, and royal, Richard Cory was described as "______(ly) slim." a) reminisce  b) premonition  c) imperial  d) exploit  e) circumvent
14. We sat there, _____ in his fascinating shipwreck tale.  a) banished   b) disdained  c) engrossed  d) aplombed  e) concocted
15. She tried to _______(ed) all thoughts of him from her mind; she was completely done with him.  a) disdain  b) engross  c) banish  d) exhilarate  e) adversary
16. Another name for detention might be "______ behavior training."  a) aghast   b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigued  e) supplementary   
17. 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) compelling
18.  My mom didn't find my reasons for "needing" an X-Box very ___, so I was denied.  a) diligent  b) compelling  c) groveling  d) turmoil  e) heedless

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    Outsiders.
19. "My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice."   a) foreshadowing  b) simile  c) irony  d) metaphor  e) NOTA
    
20. "Two-Bit, you still got that fancy, black-handled switch?"  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) theme  d) irony  e) NOTA
21. The fire in the church...  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) NOTA
    
22. "It amazed me that Johnny could get more meaning out of that book...than I could... I was supposed to be the smart one."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) theme  d) irony  e) NOTA
23. The part in The Outsiders where Johnny tells Pony to "stay gold" would be part of the _______ of the story.  a) exposition b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) NOTA
24. Only one of the four major types of conflicts is not present in The Outsiders. Which one?  a) man vs. man b) man vs. society  c) man vs. nature  d) man vs. himself
25. "...half the hoods I know are pretty decent guys...and a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean--but people usually go by looks." a) theme  b) simile  c) metaphor  d) irony  e) NOTA
26. "Quiet, soft-spoken little Johnny...had taken a human life."   a) foreshadowing  b) metaphor  c) antagonist  d) irony  e) NOTA
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. As Dally drives to the hospital he says, "...you get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you..." This is ironic because...  a) Dally isn't that tough.  b) Dally tried to harden himself, but something touched him anyway.  c) Johnny was tough, but got hurt anyway.  d) It isn't ironic at all.   e) NOTA
    
30. When Johnny smiles before he dies, it's because...  a) he's dying a hero.  b) the greasers won the rumble.  c) he wanted to die anyway.  d) Dally was proud of him.  e) he remembered a joke Pony made in the church.
31. What does Johnny mean when he tells Pony to "Stay gold"?  What does he mean?  a) Dally should soften up.  b) Pony should be more careful.  c) Johnny feels it's worth dying to save those kids.  d) Don't turn tough.  e) Win the rumble for me.
32. Dally's reaction when Johnny dies is... a) threaten to beat the tar out of him.  b) to silently accept it like the greaser he is.  c) to grab Pony and shake him.  d) to pound the wall and run out.  e) NOTA