Spelling. Skip if exempt.

1. building : _____ :: city : ____  a) capitol/capitol  b) capital/capitol  c) capitol/capital  d) capitol/capitle
2. group : ____ :: center : _____ a) corpse/core  b) core/corpse  c) corps/corp  d) corps/core
3. nugget : ____ :: rank : ____  a) cernel/kernel  b) colonel/kernel  c) kernel/kernal d) kernel/colonel
4. advise : ____ :: committee : ____ a) councel/council  b) counsel/council  c) council/counsel  d) counsil/council
5. inactive : ____ :: hero : ____ a) idole/idol  b) idel/idol  c) idle/idol  d) idol/idle
6. Cheerios : ____ :: #25489 : ____  a) serial/cereal  b) cereal/cerial  c) cerial/serial  d) cereal/serial
7. say a nice thing : ____ :: match up : ____  a) compliment/complement  b) complement/complament  c) complement/compliment  d) complament/compliment
8. who is : ____ :: who owns : ____  a) whose/who's  b) who's/whose  c) who'se/who's  d) who's/whos'
9. it is : ____ :: it owns : _____  a) it's/its  b) its'/its  c) it's/its'
10. they own : ______ :: location : ____ a) their/they're  b) there/their  c) their/there  d) they're/there 

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    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
11. The coaches watched each potential player, looking for any natural ______(s) he might have.  a) empathy  b) disposition  c) adherance  d) aptitude  e) hoard
12. Which is more important, your genes or the environment you are raised in?  This is often called the nature vs. ______ question.  a) disposition  b) nurture  c) disquieting  d) chortle  e) aptitude
13. After Halloween, I hid my ______ of candy so my brother wouldn't steal any of it.  a) hoard  b) empathy  c) chastise  d) chortle  e) disposition
14. Please ______ carefully to the instructions given. Failure to do so will be costly.  a) hoard  b) distraught  c) adhere  d) empathy  e) disposition
15. The root of this word means "to feel."  a) chastise  b) aptitude  c) chortle  d) empathy  e) disquieting
16. The ________ mourners burst into tears at the funeral.  a) disquieting  b) distraught  c) chastised  d) empathy  e) nurturing
17. Holly wasn't exactly scared by the incident the other night, just a little ________.  a) chortled  b) empathied  c) distraught  d) disquieted  e) chastised
18. The teacher's crabby ________ sort of brought the whole class down.  a) hoard  b) disquieting  c) distraught  d) empathy  e) disposition
19. The characters in The Outsiders are so realistic, that we ______(ize) with them and their problems. a) disquiet  b) distraught  c) chastise  d) empathy  e) nurture 

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    FROs. Skip if exempt. (BE CAREFUL! A few of them are not exactly as they used to be!)
20. There are shells all over the beach, so let's collect some!  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
21. Johnny and Pony ran the Soc chased them.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
22. That's the largest desert in the world!  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
23. Not many people, except those in the desert.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
24. There is dry desert soil and hardly any water.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
25. Months may pass between rainfalls, but when storms do occur, they may be violent.  a) Fragment  b) Run-On  c) Complete Sentence
26. Into the hole fell he.  a) Fragment   b) Run-On   c) Complete Sentence
27. One way to fix some run-ons is with a conjunction such as the word and.  a) True  b) False
28. One way to fix some run-ons is with a semi-colon.  a) True  b) False

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    Outsiders. Open book.
29. Which is one of the reasons Dally gave Johnny for not turning himself in?  a) Dally would get in trouble  b) Johnny would get the electric chair.  c) He didn't want Johnny to end up like him.  d) The boys are worried about him  e) His parents don't care.
30. When Johnny announces that he wants to turn himself in, Pony disagrees, and wants to stay in the church because he's afraid.  a) True  b) False
31. What do we learn about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail?   a) Dally is proud of his past.  b) Dally is cold and mean.  c) Dally has jail savvy.  d) Dally cares about something.  e) NOTA
32. When Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood "studie(s) his wedding ring," what's going on?  a) He's thinking about his wife.  b) It's still hot from the fire.  c) It's stuck, and painful, so he pauses to adjust it.  d) He's stalling, trying to think of how to break the news.  e) NOTA
33. It is ironic when Jerry says, "...(we) think you were sent straight from Heaven."  a) True  b) False
34. How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?  a) When he says, "Oh Ponyboy, your hair..."  b) When he reads the letter from Soda.  c) When Darry offers him a cigarette.  d) When Darry starts crying.  e) When he rescues Pony from the fire.
35. Johnny's behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning church is both ironic and not ironic.  a) True  b) False

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    Husker Du?
36. Red and green are ________ colors.  a) capitol  b) complimentary  c) complementary  d) idle  e) NOTA
37. _______ books are ______?  a) who's/who's  b) whose/who's  c) whose/whose  d) there/their  e) NOTA
38. It is rather upsetting to me that you have no _______ for the kid ______ being bullied.  a) idol/disposition  b) disposition/whose  c) empathy/whose  d) empathy/who's  e) NOTA
39. Tell me what Limburger is   a) declarative  b) imperative  c) interrogative  d) exclamatory
40. In an imperative sentence, the subject is usually... a) he.  b) it.  c) do.  d) they.  e) none of the above.