Wordly Wise book 7 Lesson 19

to work with dispatch is to work

• carefully

• reluctantly

• quickly

• for pay

an alternative plan is one that

• will probably not work

• someone might follow instead of the original plan

• no one has tried before because it is too risky

• is foolproof

to act in an aloof manner is to

• be cool and unfriendly

• be clam and steady

• act too quickly

• be nervous and irritable

The coach dispatched her assistant on an errand. She

• went with her assistant to run the errand.

• sent her assistant off on an errand

• could not find her assistant, who was off on an errand.

• did not trust her assistant to do errands for her.

To make a distinction between two groups is to:

• keep them apart for their own good

• recognize ways in which they differ

• start an argument between them

• bring them together to form a larger group

To participate in a school play is to

• take part in it

• buy a ticket for it

• criticize it

• praise it warmly

Student government participants are students who

• would rather not be members of student government

• have no student government at their school

• take part in student government

• go to a school that has student government

Which is an example of fluctuation?

• rising and falling temperatures

• an icy winter blizzard

• three hot summer days in a row

• a rainy spring

Which is an example of three consecutive numbers?

• 2,4,6

• 6,7,8

• 5,10,15

• 9,7,5

Jill dispatched most of the leftover pizza. She

• quickly finished most of it.

• threw most of it away

• gave most of it away

• saved most of it for later