Komachin
Middle
School
8th
Grade
100

How many cups in a gallon

16

100

Who is the author of Unbroken?

Laura Hillenbrand

100

Who is the author of "The Veldt"?

Ray Bradbury

100

Who is the author of Bronx Masquerade?

Nikki Grimes

100

What time does the final bell ring on early release days?

2:35

200

Name the 6 Komachin ELA teachers

Sivankeo, Hunter, Baydo-Reed, Reece, Greenwell, Hettinger

200

The names of the children in "The Veldt" is an allusion to what fantasy story?

Peter Pan

200

In a plot diagram, what is the term used to describe the most exciting part of the story or the turning point of the story?

Climax

200

Name the figurative language that gives inanimate objects human qualities

Personification

200

Name the protagonist of Unbroken

Louis Zamperini

300

In "The Monkey's Paw"  what was the mother's wish?

To bring her son back from the dead

300

#of innings in a baseball game x quarters in a football game / halves in a soccer game

18

300

When citing information directly from a published text, what goes inside the parenthesis?

author's last name and page number

300

What was the name of the plane that Louie was in that crashed in the Pacific Ocean?

The Green Hornet

300

Who was the antagonist in Unbroken while Louie was held captive at a POW camp?

The Bird

400

Name the 10 8th grade advisors

Sivankeo, Standlea, Riffe, Birge, Grittman, Skydancer, Hunter, Serrao, Davis, Brooks

400

What is the biggest animal in the world?

blue whale

400

What does the number XXIV represent

24

400

"A friendship bobbing up between us" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Alliteration

400

What was the name of the teacher in Bronx Masquerade?

Mrr. Ward

500

What are the three types of writing? (Think of the SBA Writing task)

Informational, argumentative, narrative

500

How many stars and stripes are on the American flag and what do they represent?

50 stars for each state and 13 stripes for each colony

500

When was Pearl Harbor bombed?

December 7, 1941

500

Name the 7 dwarves

Dopey, Doc, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy

500

What was the name of the character in Bronx Masquerade who didn't believe he had a future and who commented on each person's poem?

Tyrone Bittings