Test #17.   Name:                                                     Date:        Period
IRW HOMEWORK: 2/2 (Columbus):  ____/6.
IRW HOMEWORK: 2/3: (Butterflies):  ____/5 Squiggle = 5. +2 for complete sentences or record the minus. No mark = -5.
IRW HOMEWORK: 2/4: (Elephants):  ____/5. Squiggle = 5.
Academic Words. Skip if exempt.
  1. The training the employee received was NOT __________; it only covered the bare basics of the job.  a) adapt  b) phenomenon  c) finite  d) comprehensive  e) ultimate
  2. The employees at Google are encouraged to _________, and come up with new ideas.  a) differentiate  b) simulate  c) extract  d) confirm  e) innovate
  3. Recent polls show that a slight majority of people __________ the death penalty for some crimes.  a) successor  b) extract  c) advocate  d) confirm  e) comprise
  4. Even though it looks like it goes forever, the universe is ____________.  a) dispose  b) comprehensive  c) finite  d) phenomenon  e) hierarchy
  5. There was a rumor going around school, but it was just (un)__________(ed) gossip.  a) phenomenon  b) confirm  c) comprise  d) adapt  e) prohibit
  6. The essay _______(ed) three sections: introduction, body, and conclusion.  a) hierarchy  b) confirm  c) comprehensive  d) comprise  e) submit
  7. In the military, the ______ of command is very important.  a) phenomenon  b) submit  c) advocate  d) differentiate  e) hierarchy
  8. Soldiers are trained to ________ to authority. a) hierarchy  b) convert  c) submit  d) advocate  e) differentiate
  9. I don't really know why I argued with my mom all day; maybe I was just feeling ___________.  a) phenomenon  b) advocate  c) ultimate  d) comprehensive  e) contrary
  10. The door-to-door evangelists tried to _____ me to their religious beliefs.  a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) convert  e) innovate
  11. The police can't resort to torture to ________ a confession from a suspect. (In the case of seventh graders, however...)  a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) submit  e) simulate
  12. Everyone was talking about the strange ____ that appeared in the sky yesterday.  a) hierarchy  b) advocate  c) successor  d) ultimate  e) phenomenon
  13. Teachers these days are being asked to ______ instruction for various levels of students. a) punctilious  b) confirm  c) quell  d) hierarchy  e) differentiate
  14. Your paper's _______ will be very difficult to prove.  a) decorum  b) ultimate  c) advocate  d) breach  e) thesis
  15. For 13 years, alcohol was illegal in the US. This period is known as ________(ion).  a) Quell  b) Confirm  c) Innovate  d) Vigilant  e) Prohibit
    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
  16. Dally's robbery of the gas station, which led to his death, was a ________ act.  a) punctilious  b) phenomenon  c) sardonic  d) rash  e) prohibit
  17. discreet : rash :: oblivious : ___  a) simulate  b) contrary  c) sardonic  d) rash  e) vigilant
  18. There was nothing that could ___ the intense seasickness Charlotte had for the first few days of the voyage. a) breach  b) rash  c) quell  d) docile  e) decorum
  19. Fifth period's behavior was ___ for the sub, and they got an 11!   a) rash  b) unimpeachable  c) decorum  d) breach  e) quell
  20. Third period observed none of the rules of politeness and __, and that is why they got a 5 from the sub.  a) punctilious  b) breach  c) sardonic  d) decorum  e) vigilant
  21. Another reason second period got such a high mark from the sub, was that they didn't do anything _____ or reckless.   a) punctilious  b) breach  c) sardonic  d) rash  e) vigilant
  22. They even ___(ly) put name, date and title on all the papers they turned in.  a) rash  b) decorum  c) punctilious  d) implacable  e) sardonic
  23. No matter how fourth period tried to coax him, Mr. Coward was ________, and refused to allow a cheat sheet. a) rash  b) docile  c) punctilious  d) implacable  e) sardonic
  24. There was a __ in the dam, and water poured through.  a) punctilious  b) breach  c) sardonic  d) decorum  e) vigilant
  25. A prison guard always has to be ____, and make sure nothing escapes his attention.  a) vigilant  b) rash  c) quell  d) unimpeachable  e) docile
    Husker Du?  All Du.
  26. Only _______  have a past, present, and future tense.   a) adjectives  b) verbs   c) nouns   d) They all do.
  27. Beer commercials try to ____ drinking their brand of beer with being sophisticated and sexy. a) equate  b) concentrate  c) emphasis  d) hence  e) promote
  28. Instruction books are usually written in third person.  a) True  b) False
  29. The rescuers' climb up the hill was treacherous. a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) NOTA
  30. What kind of sentence is this     a) declarative  b) interrogative  c) imperative  d) exclamatory
  31. What is the subject of this sentence?     a) what  b) subject  c) sentence  d) this   e) NOTA
    IRW. 358-359.  All Du. Use your book, if you have it.
  32. Which of these is not used to signal an opinion in the second paragraph?  a) love  b) feel  c) fianlly  d) All are used to signal an opinion.
  33. Which one is an example of the author's opinion?  a) "...last year we had a 70's theme."  b) "Teachers...feel that Spirit Week should be canceled."  c) "Some students goof around in class..."  d) "...we feel that Spirit Week teaches us to work in groups..."  e) They all are the author's opinions.
  34. Which statement is not supported by facts?  a) "They argue that it interrupts classes..."  b) "...last year we had a 70's theme."  c) "...we wear our school colors..."  d) "Everyone loves spirit week."  e) "Some students goof around in class..."
  35. Which of these should you have written on the Pros side of the chart? a) "...last year we had a 70's theme."  b) "Teachers...feel that Spirit Week should be canceled."  c) "Some students goof around in class..."  d) "...we feel that Spirit Week teaches us to work in groups..."  e) NOTA
  36. Which of these should you have written on the Cons side?  a) "...last year we had a 70's theme."  b) "Teachers...feel that Spirit Week should be canceled."  c) "...students learned how a person dressed during this decade..."  d) "...we feel that Spirit Week teaches us to work in groups..."  e) NOTA
    Alyce.  Open Book.
  37. The real reason Alyce leaves the village is... a) The midwife hates her.  b) She can't express the sadness inside her.  c) She isn't very good at the job.  d) She doesn't like the job.  e) NOTA
  38. Which of these is NOT one of Jennet's "economies"?  a) watering the beer  b) putting too much yeast in the bread  c) clean sheets on the big bed  d) sawdust in the piecrust  e) all of the above
  39. Which of these is NOT something Alyce wants from life?  a) enough food to eat  b) a purpose in life  c) a contented heart  d) to be smart  e) All of the above were things she wanted.
  40. Magister Reese thinks Alyce is asking too much from life.  a) True  b) False

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