Bud Not Buddy
Out of The Dust
Odysseus
Blood on The River
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100

The family member of Bud that passed away before the start of the book.

Who is Bud's Mother?

100

A natural disaster that took place during the novel, characterized by drought and the uprisal of dense clouds / storms of dried soil.

What is the Dust Bowl?

100

Odysseus's Homeland where he is King.

What is Ithaca?

100

The character from the novel that is also the title character from a Disney Movie that features some of the other characters from the story.

Who is Pocahantas?

100

What does each letter of PEMDAS stand for?

P - Parentheses

E - Exponents

M - Multiplication

D - Division

A - Addition

S - Subtraction

200

The name of Bud's father.

Who is Herman E. Calloway?

200

The activity that Billy Jo enjoys the most.

What is playing the piano?

200

The Shadow of the story.

Who is Poseidon? 

200

The language of the natives that Captain Smith taught Samuel to speak.

What is Algonquin?

200

Finish the Lyric:

"My body died, got buried quickly..."

"Got decomposed by detritivores, didn't eat my bones, ate the rest of me."

300

This is the instrument that Bud learned to play in his Father's Band.

What is the Saxophone?

300

The family member who asked Billy Jo to move away and live with them.

Who is Aunt Ellis?

300

This is how Odysseus is able to get back into the palace.

What is the reason Athena transforms Odysseus into an old beggar?

300

The character in the story who tells Samuel to make decisions based on love, not hate.

Who is Reverend Hunt?

300

Name one of the ancient civilizations you learned about in Social Studies this year.

What is the

-Egyptians

-Incas

-Mesopotamians

-Babylonians

400

These are the places that people who had no homes would stay in huts and shacks made of cardboard and other materials, Bud visits one of these with his friend Bugs in Chapter 8.

What are Hoovervilles?

400

The event that causes Billy Jo to no longer be able to play piano and the death of her mother and brother.

What is Billy Jo throwing a bucket of hot oil on her mother, thinking it was water, to put out a fire?


400

The trait that caused Odysseus' downfall, this term means having too much pride.

What is Hubris?

400

These are the 2 times Pocohantas saved Captain Smith.

What is when Captain Smith is about to have his head chopped and during the ritual when she throws herself on top of him to protect him?

400

What are the 3 parts of an introduction paragraph?

Hook

Introduction

Thesis

500

These are at least 2 of the hardships that people faced during the Great Depression that are shown in Bud Not Buddy.

What is

- Homelessness

- Loss of Jobs

- Poverty

500

One of Billy Jo's relationships with another character that transformed from the start to the end of the novel.

What is 

- Billy Jo's relationship with her father

- Billy Jo's relationship Mad Dog

- Billy Jo's relationship with her mother/ the loss of her mother/brother

500

These are 2 parts of the story and the archetypes of the Hero's journey they fit into.

What is:

Call To Adventure - When Odysseus leaves home to fight in Trojan War

Crossing Threshold - When Odysseus and His men setout to sea 

Trials and Failure - Land of the Lotus Eaters / Cyclops / Sirens

Death and Rebirth - His ship was destroyed by Poseidon but he is later found by Athena and regains his strength

Return with the Elixir - Odysseus and Penelope and Telemachus are reunited in Ithaca

500

These are One Social and One Environmental Factor that impacted Jamestown.

What is:

Social: Gentlemen Vs Commoners, Natives vs. Settlers, The Boys Fighting

Environmental: Lack of food and water, Illness, Unknown Land

500

What word in the English language does the following:

The first 2 letters signify a male,

The first 3 letters signify a female,

The first 4 letters signify a great,

The entire word signifies a great woman.

The word is: 

Heroine

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