Characters
This character was the narrator of the story
1. Styx
2. Cory
3. Caleb
3. Caleb
The story took place in this city
1. Pawnee
2. Sutton
3. Eagleton
2. Sutton
This word means "not valued highly enough"
1. Underrated
2. Dissatisfied
3. Gulf
1. Underrated
Figurative language that makes a comparison using "like" or "as"
1. Simile
2. Idiom
3. Imagery
1. Simile
Which set of pronouns are in the 1st person?
1. He, she, it
2. You, y'all
3. I, me, we
3. I, me, we
This character was normally a dutiful rule-follower
1. Caleb
2. Styx
3. Bobby Gene
3. Bobby Gene
The story takes place during which season?
1. Spring
2. Fall
3. Summer
3. Summer
This word means "impossible to pass through"
1. Mirage
2. Mangled
3. Impenetrable
3. Impenetrable
Which of these events was the climax of the story?
1. Styx, Caleb, and Bobby Gene bought the grasshopper
2. Styx got hit by a truck but did not die
3. Caleb and Bobby Gene traded their sister for some fireworks
2. Styx got hit by a truck but did not die
Which example is in the past progressive tense?
1. I went to the museum
2. I was going to the museum
3. I wanted to go to the museum
2. I was going to the museum
This character was moved by DCS
1. Pixie
2. Susie
3. Cory
1. Pixie
This big city was where Caleb and Bobby Gene's dad was from
1. Chicago
2. Indianapolis
3. Minneapolis
2. Indianapolis
This word means "a though or feeling that things will turn out well"
1. Optimism
2. Stalemate
3. Antonym
1. Optimism
A tool that authors use to give a hint about what will happen later in the story
1. Metaphor
2. Hyperbole
3. Foreshadowing
3. Foreshadowing
Which of these phrases is an example of an idiom?
1. I like turtles
2. Beat around the bush
3. Hippopotamus
2. Beat around the bush
This character owned the shop that sold the Grasshopper
1. Mr. Davis
2. Mr. Pike
3. Mr. Franklin
1. Mr. Davis
This path to Styx's house went through which of these
1. The woods
2. The junkyard
3. The corn field
1. The woods
This word means "not pleased"
1. Leverage
2. Exhilarating
3. Dissatisfied
3. Dissatisfied
Figurative language that helps a reader imagine how something looks, smells, feels, or tastes
1. Inference
2. Imagery
3. Metaphor
2. Imagery
Which type of sentence is this:
"Oh my blueberries, that's crazy!"
1. Exclamatory
2. Declarative
3. Interrogative
1. Exclamatory
This character was traded for a bag of fireworks
1. Pixie
2. Susie
3. Cory
2. Susie
This location was called "Styx's Office"
1. The big tree
2. The backyard
3. The pond
1. The big tree
This word means "a person who helps to settle a disagreement"
1. Minor
2. Mediator
3. Proceeds
2. Mediator
The attitude or feeling of a piece of writing
1. Theme
2. Tone
3. Inference
2. Tone
These phrases can be used to show time, space, and movement using words like "before" or "with"
1. Narrator phrases
2. Foreshadowing phrases
3. Prepositional phrases
3. Prepositional phrases