(Foundations Literature)
What was unusual about where Sang Ly lived that illustrates that happiness can be achieved under difficult circumstances?
Sang Ly lived in a dump.
When Bilbo ran out the door to meet the dwarves and go on an adventure, what did he forget to take with him?
His pocket handkerchief
What are the names of the twin boys that founded the city of Rome?
This act required the colonists to house British troops.
The Quartering Act
__________ is the flexible and strong connective tissue found between joints, in the ear and nose, and in other areas of the body.
Cartilage
In the book Red Scarf Girl, for most of the book, was Ji-Li Jiang for or against communism and the Cultural Revolution?
For
In the book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, what subject in school changed Nathaniel Bowditch’s life?
Math
The forty-year journey that the Israelites made from Egypt to the promised land is known as what?
The Exodus
Out of the 53 remaining pilgrims their first year, how many were women?
Four
This first sentence of an essay grabs the reader’s attention.
The Hook
What did Corrie Ten Boom's father do that prepared her to be an amazing influencer?
Read the scriptures to the family
What was on the tiles Jacob Marley wanted removed from his mantle piece?
Bible stories
Who was the first Roman Emperor to become a Christian?
Constantinople
How long did the Revolutionary War last?
8 years, (1775 - 1783)
An organism’s self-regulating state of optimal functioning is called what?
Homeostasis
In what country did the cultural revolution in Red Scarf Girl take place?
China
How do we know that Scrooge wanted to change by the time he was visited by the third ghost?
Scrooge wanted to go with him.
Who was the wise teacher from China?
Confucious
This law passed in 1793 required that people in free states help with the capture and return of escaped slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This statement presents the main argument of the essay.
The Thesis Statement
What happened in Scrooge's childhood that would have given him a negative feeling toward Christmas?
He had to stay alone at school during Christmas.
In The Great Turkey Walk, what is Simon's last name?
Green
When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, "crossing the Rubicon" became a famous saying meaning what?
When her husband was wounded, she took over his cannon and fired with deadly accuracy; seriously wounded, she received a lifetime military disability by the Continental Congress.
Captain Margaret Corbin
This is the greenish-brown liquid secreted by the liver that breaks down fat in foods.
Bile