SPELLING/HOMOPHONES
VOCABULARY
PEOPLE
FACTS
GRAMMAR
100
the word for lack of war
What is "p-e-a-c-e"?
100
to drink in big gulps
What is "swill"?
100
Kenneth David Kane
Who is Killler Kane/Max's father?
100
Alcatraz
What is the name of the island prison off the coast of California?
100
aren't
What is the contraction for "are not"?
200
the word for a rabbit with long back legs
What is "h-a-r-e"?
200
the best part, highest point, most desired
What is "optimum"?
200
Warden Johnson
What is the name of Piper's father/ warden of Alcatraz?
200
the laundry scheme
What is Piper's scheme to make money off of the prison laundry?
200
his
What is the possessive pronoun for a male?
300
the word for one penny
What is "c-e-n-t"?
300
shows great talent at a very young age
What is "prodigy"?
300
Roy Gardner, Machine Gun Kelly
What are the names of famous inmates of Alcatraz?
300
Esther P. Marinoff
What is the special school Natalie's mother wants to get her daughter into?
300
sentence fragment
What is a sentence without a verb or object? What is a sentence that does not complete a thought?
400
the number after seven
What is "e-i-g-h-t"?
400
thingamabob
What is "gizmo"?
400
Al Capone
What is the name of the most famous inmate of Alcatraz?
400
Max was 4 years old
What was the age of Max when his mother was killed?
400
run-on sentence
What is a sentence that has more than one complete thought, but no punctuation to indicate this is so?
500
the word used to describe your size in pounds
What is "w-e-i-g-h-t"?
500
loaf, lazy, inactive
What is "vegetate"?
500
the policeman with the night stick
What is the description of the policeman who wants to press charges against Max for running through the hospital?
500
New Testaments
What is the nickname for the New Tenements?
500
their
What is the plural possessive pronoun?
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