Test #29. Name:                                                                    Date:                                     Period
Apostrophes: ___/5  ___/6  ___/6  ___/6  Vocab h/w: ___/20   Vocab Practices: ___/11  ___/12  ___/12
Flying Machine: ___/12    EMEN: ___/11
Other Extra Credit:
Mental Floss.



Apostrophes.
  1. She’s sure ________ going to be all right. (it)
  2. My friend _________ goal is to become an astronaut. (Maria)
  3. _________ bright idea was this?  (who)
  4. It was every single _________ nightmare. (student)
  5. The llama wagged _________ tail. (it)
  6. All the _________ clothing is on the second floor. (more than one man)
  7. All the _________ uniforms were new. (player)
  8. The best era for music was the _________ (70)
  9. We have three _________ in the class. (Jesus)
  10.  “_________ all go to the lobby!”  (Let)
    derision, trivial, jovial, rigmarole, hubris, speculate, conglomeration, flourish, impertinent, disposition, brood, capacity, morality, distribute, method, abstain
  11.  He seemed smart, even though most of the facts he knew were rather ______________. 
  12.  He pinched her arm, a little bit with __________________(ity), and a little bit with meanness, to get her to pay attention. 
  13.  Why do we have to go through all this _________________ just to add on to our house? 
  14.  somber : jovial :: humility : ___________________   
  15. After Mardis Gras, you are supposed to ___________________ from something you like until Easter.
  16. This word has to do with scruples. _______________________
  17. Why do we have to go through all this __________________ just to add on to our house?
  18.  “…masks that smiled or masks that frowned, according to the owners’ ____________________.”
  19.  The team was a ____________________ of rejects from other teams, yet somehow they won. 
  20.  We spent the evening playing ____________________ Pursuit, trying to answer obscure questions.
  21. The mad scientist demonstrated his ____________________ by building a time machine and trying to change history. Of course he just made things worse.  
  22. Emily Dickinson felt that "the Majority" always prevailed on the question of...   a) what is the right thing to do. b) who's weird and who isn't. c) who's cool and who isn't. d) who's important and who isn't. e) All of the above.
  23. The poem says that if a person looked very carefully... a) he would see that everyone is weird. b) he would see that what might look weird really isn't. c) he would see that what might seem sane really isn't. d) All of the above. e) b and c.
  24. The poem says that if you disagree with the majority... a) you're weird. b) you're stupid. c) you're considered dangerous. d) you're doing the right thing.  e) all of the above.
  25. “The butterfly now touches the earth. And suddenly…a clumsy worm.” (p246) The Servant is using a _________ to describe the Flying One and his apparatus.  a) simile  b) flashback  c) foreshadowing  d) metaphor  e) NOTA
  26. We can say that the emperor agrees with the expression, "the end justifies the means."   a) True  b) False
  27. The Emperor is really afraid of... a) rocks being dropped on the Great Wall.   b) the future.   c) the Flying One.   d) flying machines.    e) NOTA
  28. "The unmarked grave is dug where Time, some little while, must sleep to wake again some other year." (p251) The Emperor is speaking metaphorically, and most likely means...a) he wishes he could go back in Time and prevent the Flying One from flying. b) he is predicting that soon, man will also be traveling in Time as well as the air. c) that by killing the Flying One, the Emperor has only delayed, not stopped the development of flying. d) he believes that the Flying One will soon be going to Heaven.  e) NOTA
  29. What is it the Earth men want from the Martians?  a) Land. b) They want the Martians to surrender. c) Recognition. d) Goods to trade with Earth. e) All of the above.
  30. Even though it doesn't really have anything to do with the story, Ray Bradbury spends time describing a mechanical spider toy that the little girl plays with. What's the point?  a) To show how weird the Martians are. b) To show us a glimpse of what Martian life is like. c) He's comparing the Earth men to the spider; they are just toys that the Martians play with. d) To show that the girl really isn't interested in the man's story. e) B and D.
  31.  "A shot rang out. Mr. Xxx fell." (p30)  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  32. "When the town people found the rocket at sunset, they wondered what it was. (p30) a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  33. "That night it rained all night. The next day was fair and warm."  (p31)  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  34. Why does Mr. Xxx shoot the captain? (QUOTE)

  35. Why does the story end with a “weather report”?