M7 Lesson 10 Practice Quiz

absent-minded

• having or showing a habitually forgetful or inattentive disposition

• a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer

• indulge in daydreams; a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination

• affected with pain, especially mental pain; hurt or troubled

• make (someone) feel admiration and respect

middleman

• having or showing a habitually forgetful or inattentive disposition

• a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer

• indulge in daydreams; a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination

• affected with pain, especially mental pain; hurt or troubled

• make (someone) feel admiration and respect

daydreaming

• having or showing a habitually forgetful or inattentive disposition

• a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer

• indulge in daydreams; a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination

• affected with pain, especially mental pain; hurt or troubled

• make (someone) feel admiration and respect

pained

• having or showing a habitually forgetful or inattentive disposition

• a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer

• indulge in daydreams; a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination

• affected with pain, especially mental pain; hurt or troubled

• make (someone) feel admiration and respect

impress

• having or showing a habitually forgetful or inattentive disposition

• a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer

• indulge in daydreams; a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination

• affected with pain, especially mental pain; hurt or troubled

• make (someone) feel admiration and respect

Which of these words is opposite in meaning to the word pained?

• well

• anguished

• distressed

• troubled

Which of these words is opposite in meaning to the word impress?

• disappoint

• awe

• inspire

• enthuse

Which word is spelled correctly?

• absent-minded

• midleman

• daydreamming

• immpress

The hearing wasn't like anything I thought it would be.  Besides Darry and Soda and me, nobody was there except Randy and his parents and Cherry Valance and her parents and a couple of other guys that had jumped Johnny and me that night.  I don't know what I expected the whole thing to be the like -- I guess I've been watching too many Perry Mason shows.

What can you infer from this paragraph about Perry Mason?

• A baseball player

• A fictional defense attorney who was in many works of detective fiction

• A famous soul singer of the 1960's and peace activist

• A well known poet who wrote the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

What is the metaphor that Darry refers to when he says to Pony "You're living in a vacuum Pony"?

• Pony needs to get outside because he is claustrophobic

• Pony needs to make more friends

• Pony needs more medical help

• Pony is ignoring the realities of life and needs to get back to reality