Test #9. Name:                                                         Date:             Period:
Warm Ups:  ___/9   ___/12      Pink Sheet Side 2: ___/5   Non-clicker EC:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Spelling. Do the ones you missed on Tuesday.

  1. nocked  loudly on his door, but he didn't hear me.  a) knocked  b) knoked  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  2. Careful  investagaton  will reveal the answer.  a) correct  b) incorrect
  3. That guy in the Wiggles uses a feather for a  sord. a) sored  b) swored  c) sword  d) NOTA
  4. The king's  rain  lasted for fourty years.  a) riegn  b) raign  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  5. Speeding is a traffic  violation.  a) correct  b) incorrect
  6. I knew the  anser  before you did!   a) answere  b) answer  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  7. The school has an  exabition  of student art.  a) exhabition  b) exibition  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  8. He risked life and  lim  to get that photo.  a) limbe  b) limb  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  9. I need the  opperation  to fix my injured knee.  a) correct  b) incorrect
  10. Please wipe the  crums  off the table.  a) crumbes  b) crimbs  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  11. I can't believe I ate the hole  thing.  a) correct  b) incorrect
  12. Be sure to turn in the  evalation  sheet with your final draft.  a) correct  b) incorrect
  13. The cereal is in the  cubbard.  a) cubboard  b) cupboard  c) cupbored  d) correct as is  e) NOTA
  14. We need your  partisipation  in the discussion.  a) correct  b) incorrect
  15. "Please copy and  puncuate  this sentence," said Mr. Coward.    a) correct  b) incorrect
  16. You need a passport to travel in a  forein  country.  a) foriegn  b) foreign  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  17. I will send my  congradalations .  a) congratalations  b) congratulations  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  18. Jack climbed up the bean stock.  a) stalk  b) stalke  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  19. When you read, try to make a connection  to your own life.  a) correct  b) incorrect
  20. He rapped  the burrito in foil. a) wraped  b) rapt  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  21. This will take everyones coperation.  a) cooperation  b) cooparation c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  22. Most allmunds  are grown in California. a) allmonds  b) almunds  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  23. After the scandal, he had to rezine from his job.  a) resine  b) resign  c) correct as is  d) NOTA
  24. It was a desparate  situation.   a) correct  b) incorrect
  25. Please  vacume  the rug. a) vaccume  b) vaccuum  c) vacuum  d) vaccuume  e) NOTA
    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
  26. hero : scapegoat :: agreement : ____   a) persistent  b) revelation  c) flustered  d) assent  e) dissent
  27. Sometimes Les Goodman had __, and would get up and look at the stars in the middle of the night.   a) dissent  b) revelation  c) insomnia  d) fluster  e) scapegoat
  28. The replays of the auto wreck ___ TV watchers all over the country.  a) assented  b) transfixed  c) insomnia  d) flustered  e) scapegoated
  29. quirk : idiosycrasy :: transformation : ______  a) fluster  b) revelation  c) metamorphosis  d) idiosyncrasy  e) scapegoat
  30. "They'll probably think we're crazy or something. A little power failure and right away we get all ____ (ed) and everything."  a) assent  b) revelation  c) metamorphosis  d) fluster  e) scapegoat
  31.  "through nailed" = _______  a) persistent  b) revelation  c) metamorphosis  d) idiosyncrasy  e) transfixed
  32. Congress passed the bill unanimously, without __.   a) persistent  b) revelation  c) flustered  d) assent  e) dissent
  33. Though third period was very __ in their begging, Mr. Coward... a) dissent  b) transfixed  c) flustered  d) persistent  e)  transfixed
  34. ...refused to ___ to their requests.   a) flustered b) revelation  c) dissent  d) assent  e) fluster
    Pronouns. Skip if exempt.
  35. Have you ever been to Jamestown?   a) 1st person, subject  b) 2nd person, possessive  c) 3rd person, subject  d) 2nd person, subject  e) NOTA
  36. It was the first permanent English settlement in our country. Pronouns?  a) it  b) it, was, our  c) it, our,  d) it, our, in  e) NOTA
  37. The first colonists were men and boys who thought they would find gold.  Pronouns?  a) they  b) men, boys  c) who  d) men, boys, they  e) who, they
  38. THEIR.  a) 1st person, plural, subject  b) 1st person, plural, possessive  c) 3rd person, plural, subject  d) 1st person singular, object  e) NOTA
  39. Each child has his or her chores to do.  His and her are both possessive pronouns in this sentence.  a) True  b) False
  40. He and She are both subject pronouns.  a) True  b) False
  41. A mother would teach her children to read and write.  The only pronoun in that sentence is the word her.  a) True  b) False
  42. They tended the garden and preserved its produce.  Pronouns?  a) they  b) its  c) they, its  d) they, its, and  e) NOTA
    Husker Du/Literary Shtuff
  43. A mother would teach her children to read and write.  What is the antecedent of the word her?  a) children  b) read  c) write  d) mother  e) NOTA
  44. The prefix ante means...  a) after  b) against  c) before  d) morning  e) NOTA
  45. "If you can picture a little dark puppy that has been kicked too many times...you'll have Johnny."  a) simile  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor
  46. "We were careful with our cigarettes--if that old church ever caught fire there'd be no stopping it."  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor
  47. "Quiet, soft-spoken little Johnny...had taken a human life."   a) theme  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor
  48. "...half the hoods I know are pretty decent guys...and a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean--but people usually go by looks."   a) theme  b) simile  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor
  49. The part in The Outsiders where Johnny tells Pony to "stay gold."   a) exposition b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action
  50. "Two-Bit, you still got that fancy, black-handled switch?"  a) foreshadowing  b) flashback  c) protagonist  d) irony  e) metaphor
  51. "I killed him," he said slowly, "I killed that boy."  a) exposition  b) inciting action  c) rising action  d) climax  e) falling action