Test #1 - Do not write on this sheet.  Skip 11-22 if you are exempt from vocabulary.
  1. a) useage  b) creative  c) continuous  d) insurance  e) all correct
  2. a) pleasure  b) maturity  c) television  d) survivle  e) all correct
  3. a) confusion  b) storage  c) narrative  d) beleivable  e) all correct
  4. a) ridiculous  b) ignorance  c) refusal  d) literature  e) all correct
  5. a) security  b) valuble  c) completion  d) revision  e) all correct
  6. a) unforgivable  b) seperately  c) requirements  d) movable  e) all correct
  7. The reason we drop the last e from a word like narrate  before we add an ending like ive,  is that... a) Narrate ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending ive  also ends with an e.  c) The ending ive  begins with a consonant  d) The ending ive  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending ive  begins with a vowel.
  8. The word telephone literally means look-sound.  a) True  b) False
  9. The root cred means...   a) weird  b) crazy  c) pay  d) believe  e) wild
  10. The root tele means...  a) look  b) sound  c) write  d) distant  e) fat
    Vocabulary - Skip if exempt.
  11. "Okay," I said ________(ly), "might as well." (Pony was trying to act cool with the girls.) a) gingerly  b) rueful  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom
  12. I handled the delicate vase very ____________.  a) gingerly  b) rueful  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) savvy
  13. Even though he may not be "book-smart" he has a lot of _______ about the world.  a) gingerly  b) savvy  c) infer  d) nonchalant  e) fathom
  14. Some people might have called him weird, but he preferred to be called a (non-)__________(ist).  a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) fathom
  15. The landscape of the moon is lifeless and very_____. a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) bleak
  16. The old man was considered the ________ of the village because of all his experience and wisdom.  a) sage  b) rueful  c) infer  d) bleak  e) fathom
  17. "I shouldn't have done that," he said with a ____ sigh.  a) savvy  b) rueful  c) infer  d) conform  e) fathom
  18. "It's just because you're the baby--I mean he loves you a lot.  (Do you) ______?"  a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) conform  e) connotation
  19. For Pony, the _______ of the word 'dropout' was the image of somebody like Dally, rather than Sodapop.  a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) denotation  e) connotation
  20. dig : understand :: fathom : __________   a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) denotation  e) connotation
  21. dig : like :: fathom : __________   a) ignore  b) dig  c) infer  d) sage  e) confuse
  22. pain : pleasure :: confusion : _________  a) sage  b) savvy  c) infer  d) rueful  e) conform
    Adjectives
  23. Which of the following questions is NOT one that an adjective would answer. a) Which one? b) What kind? c) How many? d) Where? e) All are questions an adjective would answer.
  24. Leave my kid brother alone, you hear? a) adjective  b) not an adjective
  25. Two-Bit nodded sagely. "Nice  cut, too. Makes you look tough."   a) Nice - adjective  tough - not  b) Nice - not  tough - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  26. He made millions paving parks, and putting parking lots a) adjective  b) not an adjective
  27. She speaks so softly that I can hardly hear her.  a) softly - adjective  hardly - not  b) softly - not  hardly - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  28. He would be real handsome if his eyes weren't so cold.   a) real - adjective  handsome - not  b) real - not  handsome - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
    Outsiders - Ch. 2
  29. The gangs we hear about today are like the gangs Pony talks about on p26.  a) True  b) False
  30. According to Pony --  greasers : gang :: Socs : ___  a) gang  b) social club c) family  d) pack e) none of the above
  31. What does Cherry say that spares Johnny's feelings? a) "Man, our brother is one doll."  b) "That's an original and lovely name."  c) He's not older than 16 or 17 is he?"  d) "16"  e)  "Y'all sit up here with us. You can protect us."
  32.  icebox : fridge :: broad : _______  a) wide  b) tuff  c) girl  d) Soc  e) none of the above
  33. "Sorry, kid...I forgot."(p27) Who said?  a) Cherry  b) Two-Bit  c) Dally  d) Pony  e) Soda
  34. "Sorry, kid...I forgot."(p27) What's going on?  a) Johnny was jumped again.  b) Darry forgot to pick up Pony at the movies. c) Soda was sorry Steve was a jerk before.  d) Two-Bit forgot how jumpy Johnny was. e) Dally forgot that Johnny was the gang's pet.
  35. Since the beating, Johnny has used his knife to defend himself more than once.  a) True  b) False
  36. What is it called when an author interrupts the story to tell us about something in the past? (Like when Pony tells Cherry about Johnny's beating.)  a) foreshadow  b) flashback  c) interruption  d) introduction  e) character analysis
  37. "Things are rough all over." Who said?  a) Cherry  b) Two-Bit  c) Dally  d) Pony  e) Soda
  38. "Things are rough all over."  What does she/he mean?  a) The greasers are looked down on by everyone.  b) Socs get all the breaks.  c) Life sucks.  d) Socs have problems too.  e) People like Dally are jerks.
  39. "I know better now." Who said? a) Cherry  b) Soda  c) Pony  d) Dally  e) Johnny
  40. "I know better now."  This is an example of...  a) foreshadow  b) flashback  c) interruption  d) introduction  e) character analysis
Trackwords! Spell words by connecting adjoining letters. Words must be at least 3 letters long. Each letter must touch the one before it. No proper nouns, abbreviations, or foreign words. You can only use a letter once in the same word. 15 words = +1, 25 words = +2, etc.