Vocab
NRI
Harrison Bergeron
Pit and the Pendulum
Bonus
100

"Mr. Hinkle is close to _____ in his English skills," said someone. 

Adept

100

Q) Add or remove commas, if necessary, until the sentence has correct punctuation.

During the championship volleyball match Maisie did cartwheels in front of the audiences.


A) During the championship volleyball match, Maisie did cartwheels in front of the audiences. 

100

Q) What does George have to wear to be equal.

A transmitter


100

Q) Which part of the body did the Pendulum cut through?

Chest

100

Building in Remdon, Washington, United states had 100 Windows. Unfortunately, Mr. Hinkle accidentally threw Google (Home Mini) which broke two windows out of the hundred. What is it now?

Windows 98

200

Although nail-biting is only a ______, it can become maddening to a companion who observes it day after day.

Foible


200

Q) Should there be a comma before a word with italics?

Unless you have a better idea I think we should follow Josh’s idea for the project.

A) Unless you have a better idea, I think we should follow Josh’s idea for the project.

200

Q) Consider the characters of George and Hazel. Why isn’t Hazel handicapped?

 Hazel has average intelligence.

200

Q) Which Inquisitors saved the man from the place close to hell.

French Inquisitors


200

How fast can the class say “Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?”

(To be Continued….. To be measured).

300

The doctor ____(e)d Mr. Hinkle for not following her advice about switching to a low-fat diet.

Chide


300

Add, change or remove punctuation, if necessary, until the sentence is correct.

Ella sent me a postcard from her trip, “This is the cutest town I’ve ever visited.”

A) Ella sent me a postcard from her trip: “This is the cutest town I’ve ever visited.”

300

Q) Why does the ballerina wear a mask?

Too pretty.

300

Q) What POV is the story written?

First Person

300

What do you call someone with no body and no nose?

Nobody knows

400

People think that drinking energy drinks can wake you up from the tiredness, but it ____(s) them.

Exacerbate


400

Q) Fix any punctuation or capitalization errors below.

Maisie thinks, “funny-looking bugs” have no reason to be in her home.

A) Maisie thinks “funny-looking bugs” have no reason to be in her home.

400

Q) What happens to Harrison in the ending?

Harrison was shot with a double barreled ten-gauge shotgun by Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicap General because Harrison took off his handicap.

400

Q) After the narrator escaped the pendulum, which obstacle did he encounter next?

The heated walls were closing.

400

What is Jaguar’s favorite Jet? 

F-22 Raptor

500

Mr. Hinkle making us look at our presentations was _______

Diabolic


500

Q) Fix any punctuation or capitalization errors below.

When I invited Josh to hang out with me in my house, he sputtered “never!”

A) When I invited Josh to hang out with me in my house, he sputtered, “Never!”

500

Q) What are the handicaps used for?

To make the citizens of the town weak to the government's control.

500

Q) According to the narrator, what would be the most “hideous of fates”?

A) To be buried alive.

500

When a dad drives past a graveyard: Did you know that’s a popular cemetery? Yep, people are just dying to get in there? (it was Jaguar’s idea said Maisie)

This is not a question is the answer.