Test #13. Name:                                                          Date:                            Period:
Outsiders Project: ______ 
Warm Ups: ___/10   ___/13   ___/10    Vocabulary Homework: ___/20

Mental Floss.





Vocabulary. You will use words more than once.
  1. A gentle smile revealed her kind ___________.  a) distraught  b) disposition  c) utopia  d) chortle  e) NOTA
  2. She was __________ over the death of her partner.  a) distraught  b) nurture  c) empathy  d) disquieting  e) NOTA
  3. The coaches watched each potential player, looking for any natural __________(s) he might have.   a) euphemism  b) aptitude  c) empathy  d) disquieting  e) NOTA
  4. After Halloween, I hid my _________ of candy so my brother wouldn't steal any of it.  a) euphemism  b) aptitude  c) adhere  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  5. The lost city of Atlantis was supposedly a _________.   a) euphemism  b) aptitude  c) transgression  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  6. The characters in The Outsiders are so realistic, that we __________(ize) with them and their problems.  a) euphemism  b) chastise  c) empathy  d) nurture  e) NOTA
  7. Please ___________ carefully to the instructions given.  a) aptitude  b) dystopia  c) transgression  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  8. "Sanitary landfill" is an example of a(n) ______________.   a) aptitude  b) dystopia  c) utopia  d) euphemism  e) NOTA
  9. Which is more important, your genes or the environment you are raised in?  This is often called the nature vs. _________ question.   a) aptitude  b) dystopia  c) utopia  d) chastise  e) NOTA
  10. The teacher's crabby ____________ sort of brought the whole class down.  a) aptitude  b) chastise  c) disposition  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  11. "The Hunger Games" shows a ______________(n) future.    a) utopia  b) euphemism  c) disposition  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  12. The root of this word means "to feel." ____________   a) nurture  b) chastise  c) empathy  d) distraught  e) NOTA
  13. ___________  could be used as either a noun or a verb.  a) dystopia  b) euphemism  c) empathy  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  14. The prefix of this word means "good."   a) dystopia  b) euphemism  c) empathy  d) utopia  e) NOTA
  15. The root of this word means "place" or "land."  a) utopia  b) euphemism  c) empathy  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  16. One of the things that might prevent a ____________(n) future would be human nature.    a) dystopia  b) euphemism  c) empathy  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  17. You should ask for forgiveness if you commit a _______________.  a) transgression  b) euphemism  c) chortle  d) hoard  e) NOTA
  18. The waiter was ________(ed) for forgetting the customer's order.  a) nurture  b) transgression  c) chastise  d) hoard  e) NOTA
    Classwork.
  19. The Giver is written in... a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  20. "The Forecast" is written in...  a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  21. "Old Glory" is written in... a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  22. "The Pedestrian" is written in... a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person  d) 4th person
  23. The main conflict in "The Pedestrian" is... a) the police vs Mr. Mead  b) Mr. Mead vs himself  c) Mr. Mead vs his neighbors  d) Mr. Mead vs society  e) NOTA
  24. Where does the police car say it is taking Mr. Mead?  a) To jail.  b) To be studied for his weirdness.  c) To be euthanized.  d) To get him a video screen.  e) NOTA
  25. The inciting incident in "Old Glory" would be... a) Gran-Da being shot.  b) Donald turning Gran-Da in.  c) Gran-Da burning the flag.  d) The passing of the SOS law.  e) Donald writing his paper.
  26. The climax of "Old Glory" would be...  a) Gran-Da being shot.  b) Donald turning Gran-Da in.  c) Gran-Da burning the flag.  d) The passing of the SOS law.  e) Donald writing his paper.
  27. Who is the protagonist of "Old Glory"?  a) Donald  b) Uncle  c) Mother  d) Gran-Da  e) NOTA
  28. Who is the protagonist of "The Pedestrian"?  a) nobody  b) Mr. Mead  c) the last police   d) humanity  e) NOTA
    Husker Du?
  29. Something that is static does not...    a) exist  b) stop  c) stand  d) move  e) stay
  30. Five _______ parents will be guests of honor.  a) student's  b) students'  c) students's
  31. That boy is rather talented; he'll go far if he works hard.~Which choice lists all the adverbs?  a) rather, talented  b) rather, far  c) rather, talented, far  d) rather, far, hard  e) NOTA
    The Giver
  32. Being "released" is the ultimate punishment in this community.  a) True  b) False
  33. In order to get Lily to not be angry at the rude little boy, her parents...  a) explain to her that the boy won't be back anyway.  b) explain to her that he had some sort of illness. c) try to get her to understand how he might have felt.  d) tell her that her feelings of anger are natural.  e) NOTA
  34. What is Jonas's father’s job?  a) teaching b) caring for babies  c) counseling  d) He doesn't have one. e) NOTA