Wordly Wise Book 7 Lesson 19 Test

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 calm and steady.

• act too quickly.

• be nervous and irritable.

The coach dispatched her assistant on an errand. She

• A) went with her assistant to run the errand.

• B) sent her assistant off on an errand.

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

• D) 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 a 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.

• quickly finished most of it.

• threw most of it away.

• gave most of it away.

• saved most of it for later.