Friday, 3/17: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test 27

Prep sheet for Test 27:
Husker Du: ___/20       Vocab H/w:___/20      Vocab Practices: ___/11  ___/11  ___/12
Giver Quizzes: ___/6  ___/8

Mental Floss.

  1. Add, subtract, and then rearrange, to find the name of an animal:    MARMALADE + OIL – MAE = ________
  2.  You will be given clues for the two words. The second word is the first word with the first letter removed.
    a)  area between mountains –>   narrow passage between buildings
    b) spew out –>  leave out
    c) a shape –>  a number
  3. These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme.  Example : Plump Feline = Fat Cat
    a) unadorned necklace   b) Funny/Smart Cat   c) Unusual Rabbit   d) Wedding Limo (2)  e) Untamed Minor
  4. (Palindromes) a) He drank a bottle of __  __  __ as he tied the __  __  __ around the neck of the little __  __  __ so she wouldn’t spill her drink on her dress.
    b)  The pitcher tore the __ __ __ __ __ __  __ cuff in his shoulder, and won’t be able to play for at least two months.

 

Test 27. Husker Du Section — Periods 1, 3, 6.

28. With more than 24,000 locations, Subway sandwich places are _____.  a) ubiquitous  b)  admonish  c) ominous  d) petulant  e) permeate  f)  NOTA

29. A DP is another name for a… a) German citizen  b) an American soldier  c) refugee  d) war prisoner  e) a Polish citizen  f) disabled person

30. The man finally ______(ed) his intense thirst with a drink from the fountain.    a) ominous  b) permeate  c) dejected  d) solace  e) assuage  f) NOTA

31. It is taking us awhile to ______ the concepts of compound and complex sentences.   a) ominous  b) solace  c) assuage  d) assimilate  e) ubiquitous  f) NOTA

32.The llama jerky was a soft but satisfying treat.  a) jerky,  b) soft,   c) jerky, soft,  d) OK as is.  e) NOTA

33. Please no smoking food or beverages in the classroom!  a) Please, smoking, food,  b) Please,  food,  c) Please,  smoking,  d) Please,  e) NOTA

 

Test 27 Husker Du Section Period 2.

28. Though he came from a very religious family, he was still ______ about organized religion. a) ambivalent  b) dissemble  c) reproach  d) succumb  e) avant-garde  f) NOTA

29. We can wait here until Carlos calls us.     a) S  b) CD  c) CX

30. The ______ customers who were scammed…  a) pauper b) subjugated  c) mesmerized  d) intercede   e) disgruntled   f) NOTA

31. …needed someone to _____ for them to get their money back.    a) disgruntled  b) subjugated  c) mesmerized  d) intercede   e) pauper  f) NOTA

32. On the train, Vladek ______(ed) and “didn’t let on” he was a Jew. Spiegelman represents this by having Vladek wear a pig mask.    a) ambivalent  b) subsist  c) frugal  d) dissemble  e) presumptuous   f) NOTA

33. His doctor recommended buying a goat and going water-skiing.    a) S  b) CD  c) CX