Prep Sheet for Test #30:
SMYK: ___/10 TS QUIZ: ___/8 Essay Warmup: ___/6 Other Bonuses:
Mental Floss.
- A house painter paints numbers on all the new houses in a neighborhood from 1-100. How many times does he have to paint the digit 9? (Not a trick; I’m just betting you can’t count.)
- What do all the words in this list have in common? Lead, Sow, Bass, Wind, Tear, Object
- During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be institutionalized. “Well,” said the Director, “we fill up a bathtub. Then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub.”Okay, here’s your test:
a) Would you use the spoon? b) Would you use the teacup? c) Would you use the bucket?
What is the answer? - Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, you’ll make a familiar phrase. For example, “Thighbone/Swallowtail” conceals “High & Low.”
- a) Skyrocketing/Trolleyman
- b) Thermometer/Populous
- c) Delaware/Bordering
- d) Surprised/Trashiness
- One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it.
Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crim, Mark Crim, and Paul Crim.
The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read:
“? Crim. He broke your window.”
Which of the three Crim brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?
Test #30. Doodle Theme: Future Boy
Husker Du Section For Test #30. ANSWER NOT LETTER.
Period One a) 1st person b) 2nd person c) 3rd person limited d) 3rd person objective e) 3rd person omniscient
- “I got this,” Jimmy thought confidently approached the house not knowing the llama knew he was coming and was ready for him._____
- As soon as your grandpa says, “I give up,” jump out and shout, “Here I am!” ________
- “He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long gray cloak, and a silver scarf. Small hobbit-children ran after the car all through Hobbiton and right up the hill.”____
- “Everyone else said of her: ‘She is such a good mother. She adores her children.’ Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other eyes.” ____
- Tom Sawyer _______
Period Three. Yesterday, the llama stupidly hit his fat head on a closed door and fell awkwardly.
- yesterday a) noun b) verb c) adjective d) adverb e) pronoun f) preposition g) NOTA
- his a) noun b) verb c) adjective d) adverb e) pronoun f) preposition g) NOTA
- on a) noun b) verb c) adjective d) adverb e) pronoun f) preposition g) NOTA
- closed a) noun b) verb c) adjective d) adverb e) pronoun f) preposition g) NOTA
- and a) noun b) verb c) adjective d) adverb e) pronoun f) preposition g) NOTA
Period Four. a) Prep Phrase b) Independent Clause c) Dependent Clause d) Neither
- If you searched in a more organized way, you might actually find it. _____
- To pass the test most of you will probably have to study. _____
- We can wait here until the llama calls us. _____
- He didn’t want go to the store, so he didn’t._____
- As part of his occupation, his partner was a llama with a leather jacket. _____
Period Five. a) S b) CD c) CX
- The llama studied however he ultimately failed._____
- The llama ate several hotdogs, so he felt refreshed._____
- If you don’t repair the dam in time, the llamas will rush through._____
- In most circumstances, I like llamas. _____
- #1: however. a) noun b) verb c) adjective d) adverb e) preposition f) pronoun g) NOTA
Period Six. While llamas can be cute as a button, I once had a bad experience with a llama, and I am now afraid of them.
- I am now afraid a) dependent clause b) independent clause c) prepositional phrase d) NOTA
- as a button a) dependent clause b) independent clause c) prepositional phrase d) NOTA
- with a llama a) dependent clause b) independent clause c) prepositional phrase d) NOTA
- furry a) noun b) adjective c) verb d) adverb e) preposition f) pronoun
- them a) noun b) adjective c) verb d) adverb e) preposition f) pronoun