Test #26. Name:                                                            Date:                                  Period:
Giver Quizzes: ___/6  ___/10  ___/9  Husker Du: ___/20  KBARR: ___/35
Vocab Homework: ___/20  Vocab Practice: ___/12  ___/11  ___/11
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss.



Vocabulary. a) derision  b) trivial  c) jovial  d) rigmarole  e) speculate  f) conglomeration  g) flourish  h) impertinent  i) disposition  j) brood
  1.  With care, feeding, and love, the little puppy ____(ed).
  2. The roots of this word mean “not having reference to.”_____
  3. The root of this word meant “to look” and “watchtower.” _____
  4. He seemed smart, even though most of the facts he knew were rather _____.
  5. Why do we have to go through all this ___ just to add on to our house?
  6. He signed his autograph with a ______.
  7.  “…masks that smiled or masks that frowned, according to the owners’ _______.”
  8. After the death of his brother, he sat _____(ing) in his room wondering whether it was his fault.
  9. Mr. Coward does not put up with _______ speech in his classroom.
  10. It is difficult to _____ accurately about the future because things are changing so rapidly.
  11. We spent the evening playing ______ Pursuit, trying to answer obscure questions.
  12. The pain reliever aspirin is _____(ed) from the bark of the willow tree.  a) advantage  b) derive  c) generate  d) consume  e) contaminate
  13. The river was _________(ed) by industrial runoff.  a) advantage  b) derive  c) generate  d) consume  e) contaminate
  14. The Giver has lied to Jonas before. a) True  b) False
  15. The Giver tells Jonas that the worst part of holding the memories is…  a) the pain  b) having feelings  c) it’s really hard  d) the loneliness   e) NOTA
  16. What was the Giver’s first sign that he had the power to receive memories like Jonas?  a) He saw colors like Jonas.  b) He was able to feel pain even with medication.  c) He was able to hear music.  d) He was able to feel emotions even with the pills.  e) NOTA
  17. What plan do The Giver and Jonas make?  a) They will both escape the community together.  b) Jonas will break the rules three times so he has to be Released.  c) Jonas will start releasing memories to people in the Community to show them what they’re missing. d) Nothing; they will continue on as normal because there’s nothing they can do.  e) They fake Jonas drowning in the river.   f) NOTA
  18. The Giver makes Jonas understand that _____ is the meaning of everything.  a) joy   b) survival of the community c) deep feelings  d) caring about others  e) NOTA
  19. What’s the Giver’s plan when his and Jonas’s plan is finished?  a) To go Elsewhere like Jonas.  b) To hide so the Community doesn’t punish him.  c) To become leader of the Community  d) To die.  e) NOTA
  20. We are in the ______ of the story.  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action
  21. The movie version has a ______ person narrator.  a) first  b) second  c) third  d) fourth  e) NOTA
  22. Changing Lily from an 8 to a 9 would be a considered a major change in the story.  a) Yes  b) No  c) Maybe later.
  23. Changing the method of taking medication would be a considered a major change in the story.  a) Yes  b) No  c) Maybe later.
  24. Making Jonas 16 instead of 12 would be a considered a major change in the story.  a) Yes  b) No  c) Maybe later.

Husker Du Period One.
25. That moment is embarrassing when you realize that your llama just wrote a run on sentence.  a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence  d) NOTA
26. _____ llama is that?  a) whose  b) who’se  c) who’s  d) NOTA
27. The _____ lounge is usually off-limits to students. (More than one.)  a) teacher’s  b) teachers  c) teachers’s  d) teachers’  e) NOTA
28. What is Pony’s main motivation for wanting to be in the rumble? a) Revenge for Johnny. b) He likes to fight. c) To prove himself to Darry. d) Loyalty to the gang. e) All of the above. f) NOTA
29. The root origin of this word meant”balanced and straight and true.” ______ a) adversary  b) aplomb  c) banish  d) grueling  e) perceive  f) disdain  g) dispel   h) engross   i) diminish  j) exhilarate
30. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.    a) Fragment  b) Run On  c) Correct Sentence


Husker Du, Period Two and Six
25. Which one is the allegory? a) Mickey Mouse acting like a human.  b) "Motto"  c) You can't teach an old dog new tricks.  d) Mind your own business.  e) C and D.  f) "The Three Little Pigs"  g) NOTA
26. ID: Srodula.  a) A death camp like Auschwitz  b) a city in Germany  c) where Vladek's factory was  d) the Jewish council  e)  NOTA
27. I didn’t like his ____(ion) that I wasn’t good enough to make the team.  a) fastidious  b) insinuate  c) improvise  d) shrewd  e) allegory  f) absolution  g) consign  h) agitate  i) sanction
28. Years of work were needed for the CIA agent to _____ himself into the terrorist organization. 
a) fastidious  b) insinuate  c) improvise  d) shrewd  e) allegory  f) absolution  g) consign  h) agitate  i) sanction
29. Mr. Coward does not _____ cell phone use in class.
a) fastidious  b) insinuate  c) improvise  d) shrewd  e) allegory  f) absolution  g) consign  h) agitate  i) sanction
30. Why is Vladek suddenly become unfriendly with Artie?  a) He's mad that Artie didn't help him with the drainpipe.  b) He thinks Artie is siding with Mala in their argument.  c) Artie keeps making him sad about the war.  d) He's just crabby that day  e) He found the comic about Anja.   f) NOTA

Husker Du. Period Five. 
25. Choose the wrong one.  a) revision  b) requirement  c) believible  d) all correct
26. Choose the wrong one.  a) insurance  b) security  c) separately  d) all correct
27. You join two Independent Clauses, and they are joined improperly.  a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex  d) Fragment   e) Run-on
28. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t.  a) Simple  b) Compound  c) Complex  d) Fragment   e) Run-on
29. Many rappers “sing” the praises of “bling” and _____ consumption. a) infringe  b) exasperate  c) unscrupulous  d) reprieve  e) profound  f) indolent  g) conspicuous  h) tentative  i) haphazard  j) relinquish
30. The word ______ comes from a word that means ethics.  a) infringe  b) exasperate  c) unscrupulous  d) reprieve  e) profound  f) indolent  g) conspicuous  h) tentative  i) haphazard  j) relinquish