The Breadwinner
Story Questions
Phobias and Fears
Wired for Fear
Embarrassed? Blame your Brain

The Ravine
100

A way of handling a problem

what is a solution

100

What is the difference between a fear and a phobia?

A phobia is an unrealistic fear? 

100

This word means to cause something to start working. 

What is activiate? 

100

A tiny brain structure that warns a person by triggering strong emotions. 

What is amygdala?

100

Making a logical guess based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience. 

What is inference? 

200

A duty, obligation, or burden

What is responsibility? 

200

The reason (Two possible answers) why teenagers are embarrassed more easily

What are hormones and a still developing brain?

200

When you cause something to begin is...

What is trigger? 

200

Something that is so important that you can't do without it. 

What is essential?

200

Something dark, obscure, and gloomy. 

What is murky? 

300

To speak with involuntary pauses or repetitions

What is stammer? 

300

The way to overcome a fear

What is taking small, safe steps in facing it? 

300

In a airplane, an interruption in the flow of wind that causes planes to rise, fall, or sway in a rough way. 

What is turbulence? 

300

To make something stronger or more intense. 

What is amplify? 

300

A small brook or stream. 

What is a rivulet? 

400

To feel or show displeasure or resentment. 

What is fume? 

400

The THREE response options when faced with a fear

What are freeze, fight, and flight? 

400

The state of not being fully developed or grown. 

What is immaturity? 

400

To create and develop something. 

What is to generate? 

400

Something that will fall, pour, or rush in stages.

What is cascade? 

500

Why did Parvana have to dress like a boy?

What is to get food for her family?
500

How does the brain react to physical vs. emotional pain?

What is the same way? 

500

The design elements that highlight the organization and important details in an informational text. 

What is text features? 

500

A feeling that is even more intense than a feeling of embarrassment. 

What is humiliation?  

500

Vinny had this feeling at the end of the story. 

What is peace? 

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