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Name all the parts of a plot (diagram).
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What American holiday marks the unofficial end of summer? (Think of the holiday we have before going back to school.)
Labor Day
What South American people built the great city of Machu Pichu?
The Inca
Can you make a spark by touching a wooden door or a metal doorknob?
A metal doorknob
What is the most degrees an obtuse angle can have? (Give me a number of degrees)
179 degrees (Remember, 180 degrees is a straight line or straight angle)
Where did Ms. Chau go to middle school?
Bleeker 185!
Which sentence is correct?
1) That's real hard to do.
2) That's really hard to do.
2) That's really hard to do.
Name the four Presidents whose faces are carved on Mount Rushmore.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The 13 original colonies
In which process do plants bend toward the light: phototropism or geotropism?
Phototropism (photo = light)
If grapes are $1.70 a pound, what will one and a half pounds of grapes cost?
$2.55 (1.70 x 1.5)
Where does Ms. Chau live? Give the name of the neighborhood.
Whitestone or Flushing
Find a synonym of courage:
1. Talent 2. Bravery 3. Strength 4. Power
Bravery
Which two instruments are the most alike:
Piano, marimba, accordion, xylophone
Marimba and xylophone
The Puerto Rican flag has a blue star on a white triangle. True or False?
False. It has a white star on a blue triangle.
What do we call a dying star that explodes into brilliant light?
A supernova
What two numbers are neither prime nor composite numbers?
0 and 1
What is Ms. Chau's son's name?
Jacob
"That really got my goat!"
Does this mean I was afraid, annoyed, or hungry?
Annoyed
Who wrote The Hunger Games?
Suzanne Collins
The United States purchased Alaska from which country?
Russia
What sugary liquid do bees get from flowers?
Nectar (the chief raw material of honey)
If 2 is called a whole number, what do you call 2 1/2?
A mixed number
What is Ms. Chau's favorite color?
Pink
Someone is talking too loudly on a cell phone.
Are they voracious or obnoxious?
Obnoxious
(Voracious means having a huge appetite.)
Which is not a horse breed?
1. Thoroughbred
2. Yearling
3. Arabian
4. Shetland pony
Yearling (A horse that is a year old)
What U.S. war was followed by the period known as Reconstruction?
The Civil War
What organ in the human body can be repaired with a pacemaker?
The heart
Katya bought 2 gallons of juice. She drank 2 quarts. How much juice was left?
6 quarts or 1.5 gallons.
What nationality is Ms. Chau?
American-Chinese
Find the abstract noun:
"The boy closed his eyes and wished for happiness."
Happiness
(Boy and eyes are concrete nouns)
Give the term for words that imitate sounds. Think of pop and hiss.
Onomatopoeia
What political party in Russia had members called Bolsheviks?
the Communist party
Is calcium carbonate the scientific term for salt, rubber, glass, or chalk?
Chalk
What are the Arabic numerals (number) for the Roman numerals LXIV?
64
(L=50, X=10, IV=4)
What are Ms. Szigeti's dogs' names?
Penne and Alfredo
Find the participle and past participle in this sentence:
Eliza looked everywhere for Ethan, but he was hiding behind the trees.
looked and hiding
(participle is a verb ending in -ing and past participle is a past tense verb ending in -ed or en)
What yellow fruit grows in bunches called "hands"?
Bananas
Which Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote? 13th, 14th, or 15th?
15th Amendment
What is the name of the process used by bats to see objects using reflected sound?
Echolocation
We sold tickets for $7.25 a piece. We made $1,694.50. Approximately how many tickets were sold?
242 tickets
(1700 divided by 7)
How many languages can Ms. Chau fluently speak, and what are they?
2 - Cantonese and English