Vocabulary + "MFN" Quiz
Make an extra credit box. In it record any extra credit you may have earned this week. Also record your score ( /10) on yesterday's quiz.  Write "Exempt from vocabulary" if you are, and skip down to the "MFN" section. You have 30 minutes to complete both sections.
1) Vocabulary
As I took a long and (1) ______________ route home from school (I just wanted to see some new sights), I noticed the (2)__________ smell of liver and onions (3)______________(ing) from an old, (4)__________ house that looked more like a shack. Obviously the people inside were (5)__________ to be living in such (6)__________ conditions. But, even though I usually hate liver and onions, the smells coming from this ramshackle house were (7)______________.

(8)Before you sign anything, be sure to _____________ it very carefully.
(9) Even though he was so ____________ that it looked like he hadn’t eaten in weeks, he still had a menacing atitude that made him seem like a very formidible adversary.
(10) For best results, ________ your teabag for at least five minutes.

pungent, dilapidated, steep, destitute, squalid, gaunt, circuitous, peruse, emanate, splendid

2) Finish "MFN" silently.
Q and A: Put your answers to 1-10(15 points) on your vocabulary sheet. Put your answers to the rest on a separate sheet. Your responses to these questions count toward your 600 words--if there is a date, and a word count at the top.
1.(3)List three of the stereotypes that Robert thought of when he first met Jeff.
2.(2)Why is Robert disappointed when Jeff tells him his family came from Boston looking for work? (p145)
3.(2)What do Jeff's father and Robert's father have in common?
4. (2)Why do the Midnight Raiders start throwing their vegetables?
5. Mardis Gras is French for _______.
6. (2) What is Lent? When?
7. Name a book/story by Jack London.
8. What's a piazza? (p150)
9. What's a davenport? (p146)
10. "I found myself staring into the eyes of Jefferson Johnson Stone." (p152)  What is going through each boy's mind at this moment?
(Separate Sheet)
11.Why doesn't Robert run from Nutsy at the end? Explain why you think so.
12. Could/should Robert have done anything differently? If you were in Robert's position, how would you have handled your friendships with Jeff and the Midnight Raiders?
13. What effect do you think the events of the story will have on Robert? Has he changed as a person? In what ways? What makes you think so?
14. "Somehow Jefferson seemed to belong to the Soup. I just couldn't picture him away from there." (p147) --respond.