VOCABULARY TEST

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by Steven Mellor

a car is to . . . a. start a fire with, b. eat on, c. take pictures with, d. ride in, e. draw with

She circled a. and said absolutely.  I said, you don’t want to lose a point.  She said
she didn’t want the point and was sure about her answer.  And I knew right then
I’d go anywhere she wanted to go.

poor means having very little . . . a. money, b. hair, c. sun, d. time, e. snow

He answered definitely f.  I said, there is no f.  He said, trust me, there’s always an f.,
and it says all of the above.  I said, you won’t get a point.  He said, brother, that is
the point.

ink is used to . . . a. walk on, b. write with, c. cut with, d. serve with, e. stand on

She (another she) circled all the answers.  I said, no, you have to circle just one, and
she said that no one could make her circle just one.  I said, you won’t get a point,
and as I said it, I knew I’d never hear from her again.

a mistake is something done . . . a. first, b. wrong, c. next, d. often, e. alone

She (a new-she) said, behold, a. the purest form, b. perhaps for the right reason, c.
till it’s done right, d. the saddest truth, e. to think otherwise is false.  I said, 
so every answer is a point.  She said, next word, please.

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Steven Mellor is from Connecticut by way of California.  He joined the Psychology faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1993.