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100

The type of animal Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was

What is a mongoose?

100

The disease studied in Social Studies but not in English Language Arts

What is the Black Death or bubonic plague?

100

These are used to figure out the meaning of a word

What are context clues?

100

Rufus's age

What is 16?

100

The last day of this school year 

What is June 18?

200

He flew too close to the sun and melted his wings

Who was Icarus?

200

The disease named in An American Plague

What is yellow fever?

200
The term for a person, place, thing, or idea

What is a noun?

200

Rufus's colors

What are brown, black, and white?

200

The number of babies a hamster can give birth to 

What is 20?

300

This name means someone who is mean, loves money, or is not generous

What is Scrooge?

300

The story of the first interracial roommates in the NFL

What is Brian's Song?

300

The term for a descriptive word

What is an adjective?

300

Where Rufus slept most of the time this year

What is the closet?

300

The number of snow days we had this year

What is 2?

400

The name of the woman who fed Roger in "Thank You, M'am"

Who is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones?

400

The author of the poem "Choices"

Who is Nikki Giovanni?

400

The term for an action word

What is a verb?

400

Rufus's favorite toy

What is a catnip-stuffed banana?

400

The day the first 7th grade hybrid students came back to Lindale

What is March 22?

500

The name of the girl who got to marry the invisible one

Who is Oochigeaskw?

500

The author of the poem "Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward"

Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?

500

Quotations or summaries from your reading that you include when you write about what you read

What is text evidence?

500

Rufus's full name

What is Baron Rufus von Fangula?

500
The first day 7th and 8th graders will be at Lindale next year

What is September 9?