Test 16. Name:                                                     Clicker:            Period:
KBARR: ___/24    Vocab Homework: ___/15  Vocab Practices: ___/13  ___/12  ___/15  Other EC:
Vocabulary -  a) convivial  b) incense  c) alibi  d) dismay   e) reluctant  f) muse   g) lurid  h) disposition  i) rigmarole  j) conglomeration
  1. The roots of this word mean “to live together.”  _____
  2. The roots of this word mean “stick together thing.”  _____
  3. The root of this word meant “set fire to.”  _____
  4. The root of this word meant “elsewhere.”  _____
  5. The root of this word meant “to meditate.”  _____
  6. The root of this word referred to a legal document with a list of offenses.  _____
  7. The roots of this word meant “to struggle against.”  _____
  8. The root of this word meant “to arrange.”  _____
  9. One of the reasons people like zombie movies is that they are usually very _____.
  10. The Earth Men didn’t understand why there was so much ____ involved in getting recognized.
  11. 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.
  12. Poem #435 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.   f) NOTA
  13. Poem #435 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.   f) NOTA
  14. 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.  f) NOTA
  15. It turns out that the line of work a Martian needs to be in to welcome Earth men is…   a) military  b) government leader  c) police  d) immigration  e) psychology  f) welcoming committee  f) NOTA
  16.  "A shot rang out. Mr. Xxx fell." a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  17. "When the town people found the rocket at sunset, they wondered what it was.  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  18. "That night it rained all night. The next day was fair and warm."  a) exposition  b) rising action  c) inciting incident  d) rising action  e) climax  f) falling action  g) resolution
  19. Why does the story end with a “weather report”?  a) As a foreshadowing of things to come. b) To show how the Martians are starting anew after the Earthmen are gone.  c) To show that, as far as the Martians are concerned, the Earthmen were never there.  d) To show that Mars has weather like Earth.  e) All of the above.    f) NOTA
  20. What does it mean to REDACT a document?   a) hide it  b) make it known  c) censor it  d) rewrite it  e) make corrections to it  f) NOTA
  21. When you are absent and trying to keep up in this class, your first step is always to check the homework page.  a) True  b) False
  22. p254, first line: What do the eggs represent?  a) the earth  b) eggs  c) climate change  d) the future  e) NOTA
  23. What does the basket represent?  a) the earth  b) eggs  c) climate change  d) the future  e) NOTA
  24. Which of these does the author say is one argument for space exploration?  a) the Earth is getting over-populated  b) It's a good use of money.  c) It's dangerous but doable  d) We get other, valuable technologies from it.  e) NOTA
  25. What is the point of the article?  a) to show how dangerous space exploration is  b) to argue for space exploration  c) to show how a meteor or climate change could kill us all  d) to talk about the reasons humans explore  e) to show how space exploration takes cutting edge technology  f) NOTA
  26. As part of his occupation, he had a llama with a leather jacket. a) SIMPLE  b) COMPOUND  c) COMPLEX