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) advocate  d) confirm  e) innovate
3. Even though it looks like it goes forever, the universe is __.  a) dispose  b) comprehensive  c) finite  d) phenomenon  e) hierarchy
4. There was a rumor going around school, but it was just (un)___(ed) gossip.  a) phenomenon  b) confirm  c) comprise  d) adapt  e) prohibit
5. For 13 years, alcohol was illegal in the US. This period is known as ___(ion).   a) prohibit  b) confirm  c) submit  d) hierarchy  e) differentiate
6. Recent polls show that a slight majority of people ______ the death penalty.   a) differentiate  b) simulate  c) advocate  d) confirm  e) innovate
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. The door-to-door evangelists tried to ____ me to their religious beliefs.  a) prohibit  b) extract  c) dispose  d) convert  e) innovate
10. 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
11. Teachers these days are being asked to ___ instruction for various levels of students. a) prohibit  b) confirm  c) submit  d) hierarchy  e) differentiate

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    Vocabulary. Skip if exempt.
12. 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
13. discreet : rash :: oblivious : ___  a) simulate  b) contrary  c) sardonic  d) rash  e) vigilant
14. 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
15. Fifth period's behavior was ___ for the sub, and they got an 11!   a) rash  b) unimpeachable  c) decorum  d) breach  e) quell
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. There was a __ in the dam, and water poured through.  a) punctilious  b) breach  c) sardonic  d) decorum  e) vigilant
21. A prison guard always has to be ____, and make sure nothing escapes his attention.  a) vigilant  b) rash  c) quell  d) unimpeachable  e) docile

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    Plurals. Skip if exempt.
22. shelf  a) shelfs  b) shelf's  c) shelve's  d) shelves
23. mystery  a) mystery's  b) mysteries  c) mysterie's   d) mysterys
24. box  a) box's  b) boxes  c) box'es  d) boxs
25. secretary of state  a) secretarys of state  b) secretary of states  c) secretaries of states  d) secretary's of state
26. tomato  a) tomatoes  b) tomatos  c) tomato's  d) NOTA
27. medium (as in art)  a) mediums  b) medium's  c) mediumes  d) medi  e) NOTA
28. F (as in grades)  a) Fs  b) F's  c) Fes  d) F'es  e) NOTA

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    Husker Du.
29. The teacher walked into the classroom, greeted the students, and picked up the stick.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
30. Juan played football while Alexia played hockey.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
31. Your mom played basketball, but you were too tired.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
32. Although she ate cheesecake, she still had dessert.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex
33. Slim passed the test since he studied hard.  a) simple  b) compound  c) complex

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    Charlotte 4/5.
34. What did Jaggery say to the court to escape punishment for what he did to Cranick?  a) That Cranick tried to start a mutiny.  b) That Cranick attacked him.  c) That Cranick attacked another crew member.  d) That Cranick tried to jump ship, and get out of his contract.  e) NOTA
35. Against whom does Zachariah say that Charlotte might need the dirk to defend herself?  a) the crew  b) Jaggery   c) Keetch   d) Hollybrass  e) Zachariah himself
36. Now you should know who wanted Charlotte to be on this particular voyage. Who?  a) Keetch  b) Hollybrass  c) Zachariah  d) the crew  e) NOTA
37. Jaggery compares the crew to... a) criminals  b) idiots  c) animals  d) children  e) NOTA
38. Jaggery assures Charlotte that, while he might seem harsh, he would never get violent with the men.  a) True  b) False
39. Jaggery asks Charlotte to spy on the men for him.  a) True  b) False
40. What's a round robin?  a) A torture device for punishing the crew. b) An agreement among the crew, signed by them.   c) A type of doughnut.   d) A sea shanty.  e) A way of dividing up the chores on the ship.
41. What makes Charlotte change her mind about telling Jaggery where she got the knife?  a) She was still mad at Grummage for dropping her off.  b) She saw the anger in Jaggery's eyes.   c) She likes Zachariah now.   d) She had promised Zachariah. e) She thought Jaggery would tell her dad.
42. When she tells him she got the knife from Grummage, what is Jaggery's reaction?  a) relief  b) fear  c) anger  d) surprise  e) NOTA