1. Her _______ of life is, "Live, and let live."  a) criteria  b) philosophy  c) attribute  d) tradition  e) promote
2. He _______(ed) his success to listening to his seventh grade English teacher.  a) promote  b) contrast  c) institute  d) concentrate  e) attribute
3. All Ponyboy could see at first were the __________(s) between his life and Cherry's.  a) attribute  b) framework  c) tradition  d) contrast  e) dimension
4. If you don't wear _____ clothing, you will get cold.  a) attribute  b) concentrate  c) element  d) adequate  e) constant
5. His lab is on the cutting edge of ___________(ing) technology.  a) emerge  b) hence  c) tradition  d) equate  e) contrast
6. You will thank me, three years __________. a) promote  b) hence  c) emerge  d) approximate  e) tradition

1. Under the desk hid the giant spider. What is the subject/verb?  a) desk/hid  b) spider/hid  c) desk/hid under  d) spider/hid under  e) none of the above
2. Were you sorry when the trip ended?  What is the subject/verb?   a) you/were  b) you/sorry  c) you/were sorry  d) trip/ended  e) none of the above
3. There goes a family of raccoons through the woods. What is the subject/verb?   a) there/goes  b) raccoons/goes  c) racoons/goes there  d) family/goes  e) woods/goes there
4. Months may pass between rainfalls, but when storms do occur, they may be violent.

a) CS  b) RO  c) F
5. The humidity of the rain forest makes travel difficult.  SP?  a) rain  b) humidity  c) travel  d) makes  e) makes travel
6. Both arms of the body surfer must be extended in front. SS?  a) both arms  b) body surfer  c) front  d) arms  e) arms of the body surfer
7. Seventeen cakes were served during Cindy's wedding.  SP?  a) wedding  b) cakes were served c) Cindy  d) were served  e) served
8. A(n) __________ sentence gives an order.  a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) exclamatory  d) imperative
9. A(n) __________ sentence makes a statement.  a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) exclamatory  d) imperative
10. You can eat the cheese now.  a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) exclamatory  d) imperative

If you are PS Exempt, work on AWs, IRW, or doodle.
 
 
 
 

IRW, p350-351. Correct Homework.
Open Book Quiz. (6)

1. In the example paragraph about Columbus, what is the main idea? a) Colombus made a lot of mistakes, but was successful anyway.  b) Colombus was a very persuasive guy.   c) Colombus was a successful guy.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above
2. In the example paragraph about Columbus, how many supporting details do they give for the main idea?   a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) 5
3. What is the main idea of the next paragraph?  a) Doctors in that time often made people's illnesses worse.  b) Colombus's doctor told him to smell a goat.  c) Doctor's in Colombus's time were dumb.  d) Doctors in that time didn't have the knowledge to cure diseases.  e) All of the above
4. How many supporting details are there for that main idea?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) 5
5. According to "After-School Blues," what is the problem?  a) Kids are littering.  b) Restaurants are too expensive.  c) Kids are "horsing around in people's front yards."  d) Kids from the middle school are loitering in the neighborhood after school.  e) None of the above.
6. This brief excerpt has most of the pieces required for a problem/solution essay. What is it missing?  a) Details that support the solution.  b) An opposing argument.  c) Examples that illustrate the problem.  d) A proposed solution.  e) A statement of the problem.

1. Before going to the St. Swithin's Day Fair in the midwife's place, Beetle had never been to a fair before.  a) True  b) False
2. What is a soothsayer?  a) a merchant  b) an old form of a counselor  c) a musical instrument  d) a fortune teller  e) none of the above
3. Why does the merchant give Beetle the comb? a) He feels sorry for her.  b) He thinks she's kind of cute.  c) She looks like she needs a comb.  d) All of the above.  e) None of the above.
4. Alyce prefers to be outside, rather than inside.  a) True  b) False
5. Why does Alyce save Will? a) She's scared she might go to Hell if she doesn't.  b) She's scared she'll be the one the village blames for his death.  c) She doesn't want to help send Will to Hell.  d) She says she doesn't know. e) None of the above.
6. By "pluck" (p39) Will means...a) savvy.  b) courage.  c) cleverness.  d) all of the above.  e) none of the above.
7. Which of the following is the only example of someone in the village who is nice to Alyce?  a) Will  b) the miller's wife  c) Grommet Smith  d) the baker's wife  e) None of the above. (Someone else.)
8. What's wag? ("...Aww this wag grows boresome..." -p41) a) What a dog's tail does.  b) A shake of the head.  c) Teasing.  d) Drunkenness.  e) none of the above
9. The reason Alyce is the one out after dark is that she knows all the secret ways around the village.  a) true  b) False
10. Why were all the people who were caught shown mercy, and not punished as severely as they normally would be? a) Their "crimes" weren't that serious.  b) They were needed by the village.  c) The Devil made them do it.  d) They were all well-liked by the villagers.  e) none of the above