Mrs. J
Around the Room
Crazy Kids
Short Stories, Plays, & Poems
Novels
100

In what other state has Mrs. Jayaweera taught?

South Carolina

100

How many different computer chairs (at my teacher desk) has Mrs. J had this year?

3

100

Which student makes the most bizarre noises Mrs. J has ever heard from a 7th grader?

Anna

100

Identify two ways Red Chief tormented his kidnappers.

Attempted scalping, slingshot, riding Bill like a horse, smashing a hot potato on Bill's back, talking too much, etc.

100

Which two Greasers died in The Outsiders?

Johnny & Dally

200

What pets does Mrs. Jayaweera have? (# & type of pet)

2 cats: Thunder & Akunu

200

In what sort of container does Mrs. J keep her paperclips?

a blue clay bowl on her desk

200

Who asked for new hints every day until they figured out what Mrs. J is naming her baby?
(This student loses all points for their team if they reveal the name. :)

Addison

200

Whose hair "was like moldy hay" in "The Highwayman"?

Tim, the ostler

200

In Chasing Lincoln's Killer, what year did John Wilkes Booth shoot Abraham Lincoln?

1865

300

True or false: Mrs. Jayaweera was born in Illinois.

True

300

Demonstrate how to correctly put on a record in 10 seconds or less.

Did they do it?

300

What is the name of the creepy drawing Aya left everywhere?

Momo

300

In "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street," who started the idea that aliens were to blame?

Tommy

300

Name the 3 newbies in Ghost (besides Ghost)

Sunny, Lu, & Patina

400

What country is Mrs. Jayaweera's husband from?

Sri Lanka

400

Who is the woman in the two large pictures in Mrs. J's room?

Audrey Hepburn
(half points if you said "movie star from the 50s/60s")

400

Which two students wished me to have a good lunch almost every day this year?

Omar & Vanessa

400

The name of the woman who "wins" in "The Lottery"
(first name or "Mrs. ____________" acceptable)

Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson

400

Name John Wilkes Booth's 3 main co-conspirators and what each man's job was.

Lewis Powell--kill Sec. Seward
David Herold--guide Powell/navigator
David Atzerodt--kill VP Johnson

500

What month is Mrs. J's baby due and what is its gender?
(Both must be correct.)

Baby girl, due in July

500

What is the name of the rock on my desk?

Terrance the Rock

500

Which two students have fallen asleep in class and been pranked?

Ileri & Jenna

500

The name of the story about the painter lady and the children of Taliaferro Street

"The War of the Wall"

500

Name Bob's girlfriend in The Outsiders--first and last name.

Cherry Valance