9th Grade Quiz Answer Key

Vocab

100

The Justice Building is _______! It is on fire!

ablaze

200

6. Katniss’ efforts to convince President Snow and the Capitol were __________. President Snow did not care either way. The marriage proposal was pointless.

futile

300

3. If Peeta and Katniss become ___________, the whole series of the Hunger Games will come to an end. I hope they don’t die for the cause!

martyrS

400

2. Haymitch _______________ a drink made up of all different alcohols.

concocts/ concocted

500

1. President Snow will do anything to have the ____________ of all the districts, even threaten Katniss and the ones she loves. He doesn’t want any uprisings.

pacification

Literary Devices

100

1. “Bam!” (Collins 15).

onomatopoeia

200

5. “I sat as motionless as the rock beneath me” (Collins 3).

simile

300

snakes

archetypes

400

3. Fire, sparks, flames

symbols

500

4. “Who is there? What do they want? Why are they at my house?” (Collins 29).

suspense

New Literary Devices

100

"Oh darling, darling" *not repetition

apostrophe

200

"Webs from all the spiders, catching things and eating their insides"

metaphor

300

"If the sky we look upon should tumble and fall"

hyperbole

400

"We can live like Jack and Sally if you want" **there are two (name both)

simile and allusion

500

"When David played and it pleased the Lord"

allusion

New Vocab

100

15th birthday parties in the Dominican Republic can be very _________. They are over the top, expensive, colorful and flashy.

flamboyant

200

There is an ___________ danger. The vicious Peacekeepers are approaching fast and they look like they want to kill us!

imminent

300

For some reason, in your culture and my culture, if you like anime, you are treated like a social _________. That is terrible. We should not treat anyone like an outcast because of what they enjoy.

pariah

400

Katniss did not know that threatening to eat the berries would have such ____________ throughout all the districts. At the time, she did not think the districts would rebel as a consequence of her actions.

repercussions

500

District 13 had faded into ___________ because the Capitol uses ______________ to convince the districts that it does not exist anymore.

oblivion; propoganda

Hardest Category

100

DOes Ms. Hemm like chocolate or vanilla better?

chocolate. every time.

200

What is Ms. Hemm's favorite sports movie?

Glory Road

300

What is Ms. Hemm's favorite Disney Princess? Hint: who is on ms. hemm's notebook?

I cant decide (Ariel, Jasmine, Tiana)

400

What did Ms. Hemm want to be when she grew up?

marine biologist

500

Besides being a teacher, what is Ms. Hemm's dream job? If her career goals came true...what would she be doing? what would she be?

create a program or organization that combines education and sports either in inner city schools or developing countries