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Vocabulary
The Jungle
A Fable for Tomorrow
Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation
DGP
100
What is a condition in which one is unable to think normally because of being drunk, drugged or tired?
What is stupor
100
Who wrote The Jungle?
Who is Upton Sinclair
100
Who wrote the novel "Silent Spring"?
Who is Rachel Carson
100
Which president gave this address?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
Punctuate this sentence correctly. Soccer basketball baseball golf and tennis are just some of the sports offered to students at FHS.
What is What is Soccer, basketball, baseball, golf, and tennis are just some of the sports offered to students at FHS.
200
What is clever and original?
What is ingenious
200
When was The Jungle written?
What is 1906
200
When was it written?
What is 1962
200
Why did he give this address?
What is the attacking of Japan
200
Punctuate this sentence correctly. Our team scored 72 points in the game however they lost a heart-breaker by one in the final second of the game.
What is Our team scored 72 points in the game; however, they lost a heart-breaker by one in the final second of the game.
300
What is having a playful desire to cause trouble?
What is impish
300
What was the author's purpose in writing this novel? (What was he trying to do?)
What is the exposing of horrible and unsanitary conditions of Chicago's Meat-Packing District.
300
Why did Carson name her novel "Silent Spring"?
What is the silence of the birds.
300
What is meant by the word infamy?
What is being known for something bad
300
Rewrite this sentence so that a dependent clause begins the sentence: Santa Claus will come see me this year because I have been an awesome student and have made good decisions.
What is Because I have been an awesome student and have made good decisions, Santa Claus will come see me this year.
400
What does the word contemplate mean?
What is thinking
400
What was the outcome this novel had for us today?
What is Pure Food and Drug Act. He gained public sentiment, which led to the change in federal legislation.
400
What was the purpose for the author to write the novel?
What is showing the adverse effects of pesticide on the environment.
400
What was the complete date of the "day that will go down in infamy"?
What is December 7,1941
400
Parallel Structure To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or ______________ a. refuses to scrub the bathtub b. won't scrub the bathtub c. scrub the bathtub
What is C. scrub the bathtub
500
What does the word uncanny mean?
What is supernatural or strange
500
Give 5 examples of disgusting conditions of the packing plants.
Varies
500
Describe the two communities before and after DDT
Varies
500
What did FDR say in the last paragraph and why was it so important?
What is an appeal to Congress to declare war on Japan. This began WWII.
500
Parallel Structure Carlos not only missed his one-year anniversary with Adrianna ________________ a. but he also forgot his mother's birthday b. but also forgot his mother's birthday c. but also forgetting his mother's birthday
What is B. but also forgot his mother's birthday