Friday, 9/17: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #4, Hoops?

Prep Sheet for Test #4 – 2021:
KBARR: ____/24   Vocab Practices: 9/16: ___/12   9/15:___/10   9/14: ___/10  FRO’s: 9/16:___/10
Other Extra Credit: Periods 1,2,6 get +1 for Vocab Relay, Periods 3,5 get +2, +1 each for fixed FRO, +1 for extra scrambles.

PLEASE ADD VOCAB H/W SCORE: ___/15


I’m coming to check KBARR! (4 x 4 x 1)

Mental Floss. (On back of test.)

  1. Explain how I do it: “In my bedroom, the nearest lamp that I  usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions, I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room is dark.”
  2. What are the elusive characters; missing two letters or numbers? (In other words, what letters go into the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
    W  A  T  E  ___ M  ___  L  O  N
  3. 1961 was a special year (other than for the fact that Mr. Coward was born then). In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
  4. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
  5. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
    • a) Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
    • b) People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
    • c) For the Halloween party, John came looking like a radish.

Test #4 – 2021.

 

Doodle Theme: Music.