Day: May 3, 2024

Friday, 4/3: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #31

Prep Sheet for Test #31:
SMYK:___/10 Packet: ___/20  Butterflies: ___/10  Elephants:___/9  Twins:___/7  TS Quiz: ___/8   Other Bonus:

 

Mental Floss.

  1. A horse has a five foot rope tied to its neck. There is a bale of hay seven feet away. Without breaking the rope or any help, the horse was able to reach the hay. How?
  2. A hot dog vendor at a soccer game sells one half of his supply of hot dogs during the first half of the game. During intermission, he sells a total of five hot dogs. During the second half, he sells three eighths of his original supply. He is left with only four hot dogs. How many did he have to start with?
  3. Even if you give this to someone else, you still keep it. What is it?
  4. If men have two hands, and monkeys have four hands, what has three hands?

Husker Du is 24-30
Period 1 and 5: Test #6,  a) barrage  b) circumvent  c) reminisce  d) sullen  e) siege  f) defunct  g) exploit  h) delirious  i) dispel  j) pensive

  1. The adventurer’s ____(s) made for a great novel.
  2. The root of this word meant “to drive away.”  _______
  3. The school newspaper has been __ for a long while, but they hope to revive it next year. 
  4. The root of this word meant solitary, not wanting company. _____
  5. The root of this word evolved from “to weigh” to “to think.” _____
  6. I was _____ and bored when Mom made me go to my sister’s ballet recital.
  7. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.

Period 3 and 4: Test #16, a) quarantine  b) hypochondria  c) pandemonium  d) defray  e) miser  f) resolute  g) intercede  h) disgruntled  i) wallow  j) pauper

  1. The root of this word meant “poor.” _____
  2. The roots of this word meant “undo the cost.”_____
  3. The original root of this word meant “to disintegrate or dissolve.”_____
  4. Artie is worried about furthering the racist stereotype of the ____(ly) Jew, but Vladek actually fits it.
  5. The roots of this word meant “the soft part under the ribs.” _____
  6. The roots of this word meant “go between.” _____
  7. The ______ customers who were scammed…

Period 6: Test #21, a) anachronism  b) archaic  c) imperious  d) vapid  e) brood  f) poignant g) deft  h) relish

  1. After the accident which killed his brother, he spent weeks _____(ing) about it.
  2. The world of The Giver seems very ____ and meaningless to us even if it might be safer.
  3. Percy Jackson’s father, Poseidon, is known as one of the more ______ of the Greek gods.
  4. The ending of the movie was so _____ that everyone left the theater in tears.
  5. Jonas ____(ed) his free time with his friends and was worried about losing that during his training.
  6. The root of this word meant “lacking in flavor.”_____
  7. The root of this word meant “to poke.”______

 

Test #31.