Spelling. Do the ones you missed on Tuesday's pretest

1. Speeding is the ____  cause of the crash. a) probible  b) probable  c) probably  d) probabel  e) NOTA
2. It takes a ____  person to care for a pet. a) reliable  b) relyible  c) relyable  d) reliabel  e) NOTA
3. Is the new video game ____ yet?  a) avalable  b) avalible  c) available  d) availible  e) NOTA
4. His story about flying cows is ___!  a) incredable  b) increadable  c) increadible  d) incredible  e) NOTA
5. The most ___ seats are in the first row.  a) desireable  b) desirible  c) desirable  d) desireable  e) NOTA
6. Is an odd number ___ by ten?  a) divisable  b) divesable  c) divisible  d) devisible  e) NOTA
7. I like a ___ straw better than a rigid one. a) flexible  b) flexable  c) NOTA
8. I felt ___ when my best friend moved.  a) misserable  b) miserible  c) miserable  d) NOTA
9. A carrot is an ___ root.  a) edable  b) eatable  c) eatible  d) edible  e) NOTA
10. Her soft voice was barely ___. a) audible  b) audibal  c) audibil  d) audibile  e) NOTA
11. Only students are ____ for the low price.  a) elgible  b) eligable  c) eligible  d) elgable  e) NOTA
12. Our class trip was a ___ event.  a) memoriable  b) memorible  c) memerable  d) memorable  e) NOTA
13. Did he ___ the tale to make it scarier?  a) exaggerate  b) exxagerate  c) exxaggerate  d) exagerrate  e) NOTA
14. She won that gold ___ for bravery.  a) medalion  b) metalion  c) medallion  d) meddallion  e) NOTA
15. Are you ___ for camping in cold weather?  a) equipt  b) equipped  c) equiptded  d) equiped  e) NOTA
16. We __ words to save time and space. a) abreviate  b) abrevviate  c) abbreviatte  d) abrreviate  e) NOTA
17. You have a lot of ___ shtuff.  a) misellaneous  b) miscelaneous  c) miscellanious  d) miscellaneous  e) NOTA
18. Harmful rumors can spread through  __.  a) gosipping  b) gossiping  c) gossipping  d) gosiping  e) NOTA
19. How long will the ___ stay in orbit?  a) satalite  b) satelite  c) sattelite  d) satellite  e) NOTA
20. In the ___, it was only a dream. a) begining  b) beggining  c) begginning  d) beginning  e) NOTA
21. Heavy snow forced the ___ of school. a) cansellation  b) cancellation  c) cancelation  d) canselation  e) NOTA
22. Isn't that college ___ a famous poet?  a) profesor  b) professer  c) profeser  d) professor  e) NOTA
23. Who saved the princess from the evil ___? a) villain  b) vilain  c) villin  d) villan  e) NOTA
24. Plenty of sleep is ___ for good health. a) necessary  b) nesecary  c) necesary  d) nesessary  e) NOTA
25. How could I ___ such an easy word? a) mispell  b) misspel  c) misspell  d) NOTA

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    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
26. The candidate's popularity was ____(ed) as scandal after scandal about his opponent was uncovered.   a) aghast  b) wheedle  c) enhance  d) ebb  e) sift
27. While Mr. Buffy was in training, he took several different vitamin ______. a) enhances  b) supplements  c) palpables  d) transgressions  e) ebbs
28. The principal had to ______ through all the conflicting stories to get at the truth. a) enhance  b) wheedle  c) palpable  d) ebb  e) sift
29. The class was ________ that someone would be silly enough to commit a ______ like that in front of Mr. Coward. a) palpable/enhanced   b) nondescript/supplement  c) apprehensive/aghast  d) intrigued/sift  e) aghast/transgression
30. After testing out several kinds of toilet paper, Mr. Sensitive found that one brand was _____ better than the others for comfort.  a) enhance  b) supplementary  c) palpably  d) transgression  e) aghast
31. He was ___________(ed) by some of the habits the criminal had. He would have to look more closely.  a) enhance    b) nondescript  c) apprehensive  d) intrigue  e) aghast
32. The fan _______(ed) her way into the concert without a ticket by flirting with the security guard.  a) wheedle  b) aghast  c) enhance  d) apprehensive  e) palpable
33. I was _______ when I saw the 5/10 rating from the guest teacher!  a) enhanced    b) aghast  c) nondescript  d) intriguing  e) supplementary
34. The movie was so scary, the feeling of fear in the theater was _____ .  a) wheedle  b) aghast  c) enhance  d) nondescript  e) palpable
35. A euphemism for plastic surgery might be... "surgical appearance _____(ment)."  a) apprehensive  b) aghast  c) transgression  d) nondescript  e) enhance

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    Apostrophes. Skip if exempt.
36. You should spend as much time washing _______ hands...   a) you're  b) your  c) neither of the above
37. ...as it takes to say the ______.  a) ABC's   b) ABCs  c) neither of the above
38. _______ suggestion was a good one.  a) Carlos's  b) Carlos'  c) something else   (His name is Carlos, not Carlo.)
39. She is a member of the _______ softball team.  a) womans'  b) womens'  c) women's  d) womens's
40. The ______ costumes were hilarious.   a) lady's  b) ladies'  c) ladies's   d) ladies  (Several of each.)
41. There were four ______ in the room.  a) Jake's  b) Jakes'  c) Jakes's  d) Jakes
42. The _______ clothes are on the second floor.   a) children's  b) childrens  c) childrens'
43. Five _______ parents will be guests of honor.  a) student's  b) students'  c) students's
44. The crew expressed ____ thanks to the director.   a) its  b) it's  c) neither
    

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    Husker Du and Outsiders and Misc.
45. misc : #16 :: equipt : ______  a) #15  b) #2  c) #18  d) #17  e) NOTA
46. unhappy : #8 :: various : ________   a) #1  b) #3  c) #12  d) #17  e) NOTA
47. climax : end :: exposition : ______  a) #2  b) #6  c) #13  d) #17  e) NOTA
48. The size of our football field was ___(ed) by the size of Romeo's yard.  a) contribute  b) convene  c) coordinate  d) sufficient  e) constrain
49. The following quote from Pony is an example that demonstrates which conflict in The Outsiders?  "That didn't make me feel so hot." (in biology class)    a) Pony vs. Darry  b) greasers vs. Socs  c) Dally vs. the world  d) Pony vs. Pony  e) Pony vs. the world
50. This kind of conflict is called a(n) _______ conflict.  a) external  b) natural  c) plot  d) internal  e) NOTA
51. "It amazed me that Johnny could get more meaning ...than I could...I was supposed to be the smart one."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor
52. The part in The Outsiders where Pony gets jumped walking home from the movies would be part of the ___ of the story. a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action
53. "He looked like I felt when I saw that Soc doubled up and still in the moonlight."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) simile  d) irony  e)  NOTA
54. "Things are rough all over," and  "...some of us watch the sunset too."  a) foreshadowing b) flashback c) protagonist d) irony e) theme