Comprehension
Literary Elements
Analysis
Critical Thinking
Vocabulary
100
Maura has not been mass-producing her comic books.
What is the important discovery Greg makes about Maura while he's in the nurse's office?
100
Greg Kenton can best be described as---
What is mult-talented?
100
CAUSE---Maura checks out a book on comics from the library. The EFFECTof this would be...
What is Greg gets nervous that Maura can now make really good comic books?
100
Mr. Z is to TIMID as Mrs. Davenport is to---
What is firm?
100
The little trolls were a huge hit at school, an instant FAD. In this sentence, the word FAD means.
What is briefly popular?
200
Greg and Maura have been competitive since childhood. Maura continues the tradition by trying to outdo Greg with her comic books.
What is the best summary for Greg's and Maura's relationship before the sixth grade?
200
Maura's reaction to Mrs. Davenport's announcement banning comic books shows that Maura is---
What is determined?
200
Maura's realization about the book-club flyer is important because it proves that--
What is the buying and selling of products like Greg and Maura's takes place in the school already?
200
The reason why Greg decides to take advantage of Mr. Z's reaction to blood.
What is Greg is angry because he feels he has been treated unjustly?
200
It was Friday morning, three minutes before first period, and his black eye was SPECTACULAR---just as the nurse had predicted. The root "spect" most likely means...
What is look or appear?
300
The reason why Mrs. Davenport called Maura and Greg to her office.
What is to order them to stop selling comic books at school?
300
Greg and Maura resolve their problem of not being able to sell comics at school by doing this.
What is they convinced the School Committee to let them sell the books through the school store?
300
Predict what Greg and Maura's relationship will more than likely be.
What is they will probably begin dating in later years?
300
The reason Greg said, "She's my mommy" when Maura came to the Kents' front door.
What is to show that he was at the Jansens' house?
300
Someone who sets up and finances new enterprises in order to make a profit.
What is entrepreneur?
400
Greg pretended to look shocked..."Boy stories? I'm going to tell mrs. Sanborn what you said." Mrs. Sanborn...talked a lot about equal rights for women... Maura said, "Don't be dumb, I'm not talking about equal rights." In the sentence above, Maura is telling Greg not to...
What is pretend to be ignorant of what she was really trying to say?
400
[Greg's brothers] called him Scrooge and Mr. Cashman and Old Moneybags, and some other nicknames too. Based on this sentence, the reader knows that Greg is---
What is thrifty?
400
Immediately after Greg begins to rip pages out of "The Lost Unicorn"....
What is Maura accidentally hits Greg in the face?
400
The way that Mr. Z's math knowledge helps Greg and Maura's cause at the School Committee meeting.
What is by showing that people who read comic books as children can grow up to be responsible adults?
400
The reaching of an agreement through discussion and compromise.
What is negotiation?
500
Maura and Greg's disagreement when "The Lost Unicorn" was finished.
What is whether making a good comic book is more important than selling it?
500
Mr. Z is trying to communicate this to Greg when he tells him about the Zenotopoulous Toilet Theory.
What is that there is such a thing as "too much?"
500
WHAM! Mr. Z slapped his right hand flat onto his desk. The word "wham" is written in all capital letters to indicate that---
What is Mr. Z is getting angry?
500
Greg squirmed on the folding chair, twisting his neck from side to side. He couldn't get comfortable....The note cards Greg held had been rolled, unrolled, bent, chewed on, and twisted until the black ink had turned gray and smudgy.
What is jittery?
500
The physical making or creation of something.
What is production?
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