Short Stories
Grammar
Long Way Down
Phrases
Facts about Mr. Avidor
100

In "The Landlady," we decided that Billy was likely killed after the story ends. One major reason we came to this conclusion was that Billy's tea tasted like this:

(Bitter) Almonds
100

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This is called a(n):

Apostrophe.

100

An anagram is...

A word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another word.

100

This number makes your teachers sad:

67

100

Mr. Avidor is _____ years old.

87

200

This is the amount of money Mr. and Mrs. White got after their son was killed.

£200 (200 Pounds)

200

These kinds of nouns need to be capitalized:

Proper Nouns

200

What is the order of people get on the elevator, starting at floor 8?

8: Will

7: Buck

6: Dani

5: Mark

4: Mikey

3: Frick

2: Shawn

200

We are not allowed to say this phrase anymore:

"I don't know" 

200

Mr. Avidor's favorite color is...

Orange
300

In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Mary kills her husband with this:

A frozen lamb leg.

300

When quoting, where does punctuation go?

Inside of the quotation mark.

300

Tony shows he is loyal to Will's neighborhood by doing this:

Telling Shawn who killed Buck.
300

This is what Mr. Avidor usually says when he hears a student curse:

"Language!"
300

Mr. Avidor reads for at least this much time every day:

1 hour

400

All of the short stories we've read have had this kind of ending:

Ambiguous

400

The acronym FANBOYS is used to remind you of these types of words:

(Coordinating) Conjunctions

400

This is the name of the character based on Mikey in Mark's script:

Mickey.

400

8A: What Victor has begun calling Mr. Avidor...


8B: Albert's catchphrase is...


8C: Emil says this Mr. Bell, Ms. Kanhai, and Mr. Avidor after every minor inconvience

8A: "Avie"


8B: "I don't sabo"


8C: "You're not nice."

400

Mr. Avidor is mostly deaf in this ear.

The left ear.

500

This children's author who wrote both "Lamb to the Slaughter" and "The Landlady" is also known for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach, amongst many other famous titles.

Roald Dahl

500

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This is called a(n)...

Semicolon

500

Jason Reynolds, the author of Long Way Down, was inspired to write poetry by this rapper:

Queen Latifah

500

If you tell Mr. Avidor you finished your work earlier, he is likely to say this:

"Ok" or "I don't care."

500

Mr. Avidor's twin sister is a __________ teacher.

Biology/Chemistry