Test 16. Name:                                                                                  Date:                            Period:
KBAR: ___/20      Vocab H/w: ___/20        Vocab Practices: ___/15   ___/15   ___/14
Other Extra Credit:
Mental Floss.


a) succumb   b) subsist   c) presumptuous   d) reproach   e) cathartic   f) frugal   g) cobble   h) futile   i) dissemble   j) ambivalent
  1. All her emotions were released in a ______ moment on the stage as 20,000 people cheered.
  2. The prefix of this word means both. ______
  3. Sometimes it’s tough to not ______ to peer pressure.
  4.  During the TV marathon, we _____(ed) for two days on chips and pizza.  
  5. In The Outsiders, when we referred to a facade, we would be saying that the person was ______(ing) about their true feelings.    
  6. It was _____ to resist the stronger army because we knew that they would win.  
  7. The root of this word means to clean out. _____  
  8. “I never knew a person more _____ than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.”
  9. Art Spiegelman once published magazines of ____ comics like “The Prisoner on the Hell Planet.”
  10. The prefix of this word means again.
  11. I rushed to ______ together a presentation before the upcoming deadline.

    a) migration  b) diversity  c) presume  d) reveal  e) enhance

  12. I'm not going to _____ to tell you how to do your job, because I don't have your experience.
  13. “The monarch is the only butterfly known to make a two-way ______ as birds do.”
  14. _______...
  15. ...usually ______(s)...
  16. ..._______.
    Husker Du
  17. The root of this word was Latin for trickery or illusion. _______  a) prestige  b) deprive  c) disheveled  d) suave  e) affectation  f) ideology  g) acute  h) NOTA
  18. The root of this word was Latin for form or pattern. _____ a) prestige  b) deprive  c) disheveled  d) suave  e) affectation  f) ideology  g) acute  h) NOTA
  19. skinflint : benevolent :: ______ : easy   a) daunting  b) diminutive  c) pragmatic  d) volatile  e) dilemma  f) iconic   g) pacify h) NOTA
  20. The root of this word means peace.   a) daunting  b) diminutive  c) pragmatic  d) volatile  e) dilemma  f) iconic   g) pacify  h) NOTA

    Maus.
  21. Why did Vladek's father always try to keep him and his brothers out of the army?  a) He hated the Polish army.   b) He sympathized with the Nazis. c) Because of his father's experience with the Russian army. d) He was against war in general. e) NOTA
  22. How many battles did Vladek fight in as a soldier? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 0
  23. How does the German officer know that Vladek isn't used to physical labor? a) He acts lazy. b) He tries to get out of working. c) His hands. d) He thinks Jews don't work. e) NOTA
  24. Which quote explains why Vladek volunteered for the work camp?  a) "I'll be clean, and I'll feel warm by comparison."  b) "I want to be treated like a human being."  c) "My commander made me..."  d) "If we have to die here, let's die here."  e) NOTA
  25. What kind of work does Vladek do for the Germans in the work camp?  a) Disposing of the dead.  b) Cleaning out stables.  c) Leveling mountains and filling valleys.  d) Working in a weapons factory.  e) NOTA
  26. p59, panel 3.  a) Vladek's father.  b) Vladek's grandfather.  c) Vladek's great grandfather.  d) A creature in his dream.  e) Vladek's father-in-law.  f) NOTA
  27. p59, panel 6, the one talking.  a) a rabbi  c) Vladek's cousin.  c) Orbach  d) just another prisoner  e) NOTA
  28. p65, panel 3, the one with the glasses.  a) a rabbi  c) Vladek's cousin.  c) Orbach  d) someone from the local Jewish organization  e) NOTA
  29. p67, panels 5-7.   a) Vladek's father.  b) Vladek's grandfather.  c) Anja's father.  d) Orbach  e) NOTA
  30. What is up with Vladek's pig mask on p66?  a) He's in disguise.  b) He's pretending that he's Polish.  c) He's pretending he's German.  d) He's pretending he's not Jewish.  e) He's really wearing a mask.  f) NOTA