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What is a pronoun?

• A word that takes the place of a noun.
• A word that takes the place of verbs.
• A word that takes the place of adjectives.
• A word that takes the place of adverbs.

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The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean? 

• Quiet
• Secretive
• talkative 
• Exhausted

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Travis says, "With the death of that one cave man, a billion others yet unborn are throttled in the womb."  Another word for "throttled" is 

• created
• nourished
• enslaved
• strangled

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Do you ever have to .......................... young children or animals?

• grow up
• bring up 
• come across
• look after

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You ......... spend all your money in one day. You ............ save some.

• Need to, needn’t

• Have to, haven’t

• Shouldn’t, should

• Could, couldn’t

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Odysseus plundered the stronghold on the heights of Troy. What does "plunder" mean?

• To burn

• To take by force

• To burst in unannounced

• To destroy

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Plural of loaf

• loafs

• loaves

• loves

• loafves

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This book is _______________. It has my name on it.

• his

• hers

• mine

• theirs

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Holden says, "I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him" (Salinger 26). What does "chew the rag" mean?

• eat a snack

• have small talk

• discuss important matters

• do homework

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Plump; obese; pudgy

• corpulent

• cordial

• contiguous

• languid

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