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1st Grade

1

What is the name of the pig in E.B. White's Charlotte's Web?

Wilbur

2

In Green Eggs and Ham, what character tries to convince the narrator to eat them?

Sam-I-Am

3

What type of punctuation mark must end an asking sentence?

A question mark

4

Which classic character wears a blue coat and sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden?

Peter Rabbit

5

Identify the noun in this sentence: The brown dog barked.

Dog

2nd Grade

1

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, who finds the first Golden Ticket?

Augustus Gloop

2

What part of speech describes a noun (e.g., shiny, enormous)?

Adjective

3

Which bear loves marmalade sandwiches and arrived at a London train station?

Paddington Bear

4

What is the term for two words joined together to make a single word, like sunflower or bookcase?

Compound word

5

In The Wizard of Oz, what does the Scarecrow want the Wizard to give him?

A brain

3rd Grade

1

What literary device gives human characteristics to non-human things or objects?

Personification

2

Who wrote the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series?

Rick Riordan

3

Identify the adverb in this sentence: The knight fought bravely in the arena.

Bravely

4

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, what sweet treat tempts Edmund into betraying his siblings?

Turkish Delight

5

What is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different spelling and meaning (e.g., knight / night)?

Homophone

4th Grade

1

What is the term for the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in a sequence of words?

Alliteration

2

Who wrote the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit?

J.R.R. Tolkien

3

What is a metaphor?

A direct comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"

4

In Lois Lowry's Number the Stars, which country's resistance helps Jewish families escape during WWII?

Denmark

5

What type of phrase is missing a subject, a predicate, or a complete thought, making it an incomplete sentence?

Sentence fragment

5th Grade

1

What literary element describes the emotional feeling a reader gets from a text?

Mood (or Atmosphere)

2

In Lois Lowry's The Giver, what rare job assignment does Jonas receive at the Ceremony of Twelve?

The Receiver of Memory

3

What type of clause contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence?

Dependent (or Subordinate) clause

4

What famous American author wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer under a pen name?

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

5

What is the term for a word, phrase, or clause that improperly modifies another word because of where it is placed in the sentence?

Misplaced modifier (or Dangling modifier)