Name the place where Kenny Watson almost drowned; it was the first time that he saw the "Wool Pooh."
What is Collier's Landing?
100
Name the figurative language device in the following sentence: I am as gloomy as a rainy day because I won't have Ms. Greene and Ms. Furness as teachers next year.
What is simile?
200
Define historical ficition.
What is a story that is based on real people, places or events but some of the details have been fictionalized?
200
What is the slope of the line:
y = 5x + 4
5
200
What is the difference of 0.9 and 0.045?
4.855
200
There are three different social groups in The Outsiders--the Socs, the greasers and _______________.
Who are the hoods?
200
Change the following metaphor into a simile: Summer is a dream come true!
What is, summer is LIKE a dream come true?
300
What is the number of degrees in a straight angle?
180
300
Simplify:
12-4x+3+2x
15-2x
300
What is the sum of three-fourths and one-half?
one and one-fourth
300
Name the book that Ponyboy and Johnny read in the church in Windrixville.
What is Gone with the Wind?
300
Create an orginal example of personification.
What is, THAT IS CORRECT!
400
S.E. Hinton is the author of The Outsiders. What do these intials stand for?
What is Susan Eloise?
400
What is the y-intercept of the line:
y = 100 + 75x
100
400
What is the product of two and a half and four?
ten
400
What was the date of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church?
What is September 15, 1963?
400
Buzz, crunch, hiss and sizzle are all examples of which literary device?
What is onomatopoeia?
500
What is the term for lines in the same plane that never intersect?
parallel
500
Solve:
13+4x=2x-1
x=-7
500
What is the quotient of three-fifths and three?
one-fifth
500
This was the poem that Ponyboy recited to Johnny in the church and it was the same poem that Johnny referenced on his deathbed. Name this poem and its author.
What is Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"
500
The Harlem Renaissance poet who wrote "Madame and The Rent Man."