Vocabulary
Characters
Plot
True/False
Cause/Effect
100

What does BURST mean?

A) to frown

B) to break open/fly into

C) a small piece of food

B) to break open/fly into

100

Who buys the junk food in Jigsaw's house?

Dad

100

What is Jigsaw doing when they burst into the room?


pages 1 and 2

a puzzle

100

True or False?

There was a rule in our house.  When our parents came home with the groceries, we had to put them away in the pantry.

page 4

False

....we had to help haul them inside.

100

CAUSE:

Meatballs bounced. Green Jello-O smashed. Spaghetti flew. Mashed potatoes splattered.

What was the EFFECT?

page 17

The EFFECT was:

Kids dived under tables. Some kids hurled fistfuls of food like snowballs. Screams. Laughter.

200

What does MORSEL mean?

A) a small piece of food

B) to cause trouble or annoy

C) a puzzle with a lot of pieces

A) a small piece of food

200

Who always thinks about food?

page 13

Joey Pignattano

200

What was the argument Solofsky and Helen had in the morning?

pages 11 and 12

Carrots don't/do make you see better.

200

Jigsaw had to deliver papers to Mr. Alonzo before heading to the cafeteria.

page 15

True

200

Cause:

Then he handed out the punishment: NO recess!

What was the EFFECT?

page 37

The EFFECT was:

a gasp filled the room

300

What does SCREECH mean?

A) feeling of excitement

B) a painful feeling of emotion

C) a person or animal making a loud, piercing cry.

C) a person or animal making a loud, piercing cry.

300

Who got hit in the face in the food fight?

page 16

Theodore Jones (Jigsaw)

300

How long did Principal Rogers give Jigsaw and Mila to prove Joey did not start the food fight?

page 44

one day

300

Mr. Copabianco, the school janitor, looked mad when he what the cafeteria looked like after the food fight.


page 20

False

He was DISAPPOINTED

300

Effect:

 Grape juice splattered everywhere.

What was the CAUSE?

page 53

The CAUSE was:

Jigsaw tripped over his dog, Rags.

400

What does BULGING mean?

A) Having many bones

B) To be swollen; to stick out

C) To splash


B) to be swollen; to stick out

400

Who is Jigsaw's best friend?

page 20

Mila Yeh

400

Why is the kitchen Rag's favorite room in the house?

page 53

Rags was always hoping for crumbs/food.

400

Joey was building a sculpture of the Empire State Building out of mashed potatoes.


page 57

TRUE

400

Cause:

Mrs. Randolph wasn't wearing her glasses the day of the food fight.

What was the effect?

Chapter 10

The EFFECT was/were:

She was squinting.

She isn't a good witness.

She wrongfully blamed Joey P.

500

What does WITNESS mean?

A) a person who investigates and solves crimes

B) to give a suggestion or advice

C) a person who sees an event (crime or accident) take place

C) a person who sees an event (crime/accident) take place

500

What is Nurse Hilton's dog's name?

Tinkerbell

500

What did the children collect at the end of the parking lot while running the CHARITY CAR WASH?


page 75

cans of food

500

The type of dog (breed) Tinkerbell was: a big dog

FALSE

A Chihuahua (a tiny dog)

500

The EFFECT:

That's when the food fight started flying! Nobody started the food fight! No one is to blame.

What was the CAUSE?

page 70

The CAUSE was:

A tall boy (Bigs Maloney) tripped over her.