Test #11. Name:                                                               Date:                    Period:
Warm Ups: ___/8, ___/8.  IRP h/w: Monday:___/6  Tuesday:___/5 Wednesday:___/5  Thursday:___/5
Non-Clicker E/C:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Spelling. Do the ones you missed on Tuesday.

  1. I'm sure your mother told you to never run with ____.  a) siscers  b) sissors  c) scissors  d) sissers  e) scissers
  2. Please handle that expensive, glass vase with care; it's ___. a) fragale  b) fragile  c) frajil  d) fragille
  3. Too many cars and too few roads equals traffic ___. a) conjestion  b) cungestion  c) congetion  d) congestion
  4. Eating a lot of fiber helps with your ___. a) digestion  b) dagestion  c) degestion  d) diagestion  e) none of the above.
  5. Getting a ticket is not quite like committing a crime. It's called an ___ of the vehicle code.  a) infarction  b) infracetion  c) innfraction  d) infraiction  e) none of the above
  6. The surgeon made a long ___ to begin the surgery.  a) incision  b) encision  c) insiscion  d) insision
  7. After seeing that movie, I lost my ___. a) apetite  b) appatite  c) appitite  d) appetite  e) none of the above.
  8. The tournament featured some pretty good ___. a) compatition  b) compitition.  c) competition  d) computition  e) none of the above
  9. The truck had the band's ____ painted on the side.  a) insignia  b) insignea  c) insigenia  d) none of the above
  10. I thought the teacher's ___ of my essay was a little harsh.  a) criteak  b) criteaque  c) criteque  d) critique  e) none of the above
  11. Preaching one thing, and doing the opposite usually means you are a ___. a) hippocrit  b) hypocrit  c) hypocrite  d) hippocrite  e) none of the above
  12. He was known as a very ___ leader, who didn't hesitate.  a) dacisive  b) dasisive  c) desisive  d) decisive
  13. For centuries, man has tried to create a ___motion machine, that will run forever.  a) perpetual  b) perpetuel  c) perpetchual  d) pirpetual  e) none of the above
  14. After teams are decided, you will have to ____ a leader for your group.  a) designat  b) designate  c) designeate d) none of the above
  15. The teacher took a lot of ___ for being hard on the students, but in the end they thanked him.  a) critisism  b) critiscism  c) criticism  d) noe of the above
  16. Please try to ___ your differences instead of fighting.  a) rezolve  b) reasolve  c) resoalve  d) resolve  e) none of the above
  17. Sports ____ sometimes goes for a lot of money these days.  a) memerobelia  b) memorabelia  c) memorobilia  d) memorabilia  e) none of the above
  18. Someday, you might be famous or important enough to publish a ___ of your life.  a) memoir  b) memior  c) memwar  d) memorior  e) none of the above
  19. It takes many years of education to become a ___. a) physision  b) physition  c) phisician  d) physician  e) none of the above
  20. To be a doctor, you would study, among many other things, ___, the study of the human body.  a) phisiology  b) physeology  c) physiology  d) none of the above
  21. My student ___ must have a lot of computer savvy.  a) asistent  b) assistent  c) asistant  d) assisstant  e) assistant
  22. Salt is ___ in water. That's what makes saltwater.  a) soluable  b) soluble  c) saluble  d) solluble
  23. ___ two tablets in a glass of water and drink.  a) disolve  b) dissoulve  c) dissolve  d) none of the above
    Roots. The numbers refer to the spelling words.
  24. "judgement thing" =  a) #8  b) #3  c) #16  d) #10  e) NOTA
  25. "loosenable" =  a) #16  b) #22  c) #12  d) #23  e) NOTA
  26. "apart to free" =  a) #16  b) #22  c) #12  d) #23  e) NOTA
  27. "together carry thing" =    a) #21   b) #14  c) #3  d) #17  e) NOTA
  28. "again loosened" =   a) #16  b) #22  c) #12  d) #23  e) NOTA
  29. "beneath (less than) judge" = a) #10  b) #15  c) #11  d) #12  e) NOTA
    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
  30. obvious : subtle :: infinite : ______   a) expendable  b) poised  c) infinitesimal  d) graft  e) undulate
  31. "It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too _____ and balanced for its ten tons."   a) expendable  b) poised  c) infinitesimal  d) graft  e) undulate
  32.  slip : slide :: wiggle : ______    a) emanate  b) poised  c) resilient  d) paradox  e) undulate
  33. Mrs. Delmartini is very _______ about grammar. You had better proofread every paper closely in 8th grade.   a) emanate  b) poised  c) finicky  d) paradox  e) undulate
  34. "And the caveman, please note, is not just any _________ man...He is an entire future nation."  a) finicky  b) poised  c) emanate  d) expendable  e) graft
  35. In some Third World countries, the police are paid so little that they have to resort to ________ to survive.   a) infinitesimal  b) poised  c) graft  d) resilient  e) expendable
  36. valuable : expendable :: hysterical : ______      a) infinitesimal  b) paradox  c) poised  d) graft  e) emanate
  37. obvious : subliminal :: stiff : _____  a) graft  b) infinitesimal  c) resilient  d) paradox  e) emanation
  38. The smells ________(ing) from the kitchen were very tempting.   a) infinitesimal  b) paradox  c) poised  d) graft  e) emanate
    IRP p368-369. Open Book.
  39. There are classes for kids of all ages under 18.  a) True  b) False  c) You can't tell.
  40. You have to be able to swim at least a little to sign up for the swim classes. a) True  b) False  c) You can't tell.
  41. You have to have your own cleats and shin guards to sign up for soccer.  a) True  b) False  c) You can't tell.
  42. You have to have your own musical instrument to be in the jazz band.  a) True  b) False  c) You can't tell.
  43. You have to be able to speak English to participate in the activities.  a) True  b) False  c) You can't tell.
  44. Which of the activities do(es) not require parental permission?  a) soccer  b) swimming  c) band  d) band and soccer  e) They all do.
    "ASoT." Open Book.
  45. Eckels's attitude before they spotted the T-Rex was... a) serious. b) worried about danger. c) overconfident. d) NOTA
  46. After the dinosaur is dead, Travis... a)  threatens to leave Eckels behind. b) tells him to clean the mud off his shoes. c) goes and retrieves the bullets from the dinosaur. d) all of the above. e) NOTA
  47. When Travis sees the mud on Eckels's shoes he is worried about... a) the effects of Eckels' actions on history.  b) money.  c) the loss of the Time Safari business.  d) the government.  e) all of the above.
  48. When Travis yells at Eckels for leaving the Path, Eckels... a) offers to get the bullets out of the dinosaur.  b) threatens Travis with a lawsuit.  c) cries.  d) offers graft to Travis.  e) all of the above.
  49. The first thing Eckels does when he sees the butterfly in the mud on his boot is... a) apologize.  b) check to see if it was really dead.  c) throw the boot across the room.  d) ask who won the election.  e) NOTA
  50. Which of these things could the phrase "a sound of thunder" reasonably represent?  a) The sound of the T-Rex approaching.  b) The effects of their actions on the future.  c) The sound of the guns.  d) All of the above.  e) NOTA
  51. The theme of "ASOT" is probably...  a) don't mess with time.  b) don't try to change the past.  c) small actions can lead to huge consequences.  d) don't kill butterflies.  e) all of the above.