What is the memory of riding on a sled in the snow?
100
What does Brian's mom give him before he gets on the airplane?
What is a hatchet?
100
Latin roots for one, two, three, four, five, ten and one hundred?
What are uni, bi, tri, quad, pent, dec, and cent?
100
SLAM! POW! ZOOM!
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Name the 4 parents that came to speak to the class yesterday about careers and what the do for a profession.
Who are Mrs. Pryor (Restaurant Owner), Mr. Niemuth (Sports Architect), Mr. Rosemann (Lawyer), and Mr. Waldron (Civil Engineer)
200
Jonas' first painful memory.
What is the memory of a sunburn?
200
Brian experiences many flashbacks, anger, and anxiety over something he saw when walking home with his friend.
What is "the Kiss"? or What is "his mom in a car with another man?"
200
Two roots that mean sound. Provide examples of words with those roots.
What are phon and son? What is telephone and sonar (answers may vary on vocabulary.)
200
Busy Berta bought a new buckle for her boots.
What is alliteration?
200
What is the first thing we do as a class before we start a new novel?
What is find out more about the author?
300
The type of society Jonas lives in.
What is dystopian?
300
When Brian first finds food, he eats excessively and then gets sick. What does he call this food later?
What are gut cherries?
300
The word autobiography has these two roots. Define the meanings.
What are auto (self) and bio (life)?
300
A 17-syllable verse that is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.
What is a haiku?
300
In the beginning of the year, we watched a short video about a man, a hurricane, and flying books. Name the movie short.
What is the Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore?
400
In the beginning of the book, the specific word Jonas finally decides is the correct word to describe how he feels about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelves.
What is apprehensive?
400
"Would you like something to eat?"
What are the words Brian says to the pilot rescuing him?
400
One means above and one means below. They are frequently confused.
What is Hyper (above) and Hypo (below)?
400
The opposite of hyperbole.
What is understatement?
400
The word Mrs. Ficklin says that 6th graders start most of their sentences with.
What is the word "wait?"
500
True or False: In the book, Jonas gets Fiona to stop taking the pills.
False - that only happens in the movie.
500
In our figurative language, we know that the ending of Hatchet is ironic. Why?
Because Brian asks his rescuer, "Would you like something to eat?" when Brian is the one that has been surviving alone for 54 days.
500
The meaning of mal and mort and two words each that have those words in them.
What is evil and death? Answers will vary.
500
In the words of Katy Perry, "like thunder gonna shake the ground."