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"The Great Rat Hunt"
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What's the Word?
100
This sentence is an example of what literary device?
I could eat a whole chicken!
a. alliteration
b. personification
c. hyperbole
d. metaphor
100
Which sentence uses the word audacity correctly?
a. Joe does not have a bunch of audacity in his locker.
b. Joe had a lot of audacity to have said that.
c. Joe is not very audacity.
100
In the memoir "The Great Rat Hunt," who is the author, narrator and main character?
a. Laurence Levine
b. Laurence Yep
c. Edgar Allen Poor
100
Laurence's Dad was beaten up by-
a. Caucasian people
b. Caucasian people and Chinese people
c. African-American people and Chinese people
100
Choose the correct words to complete the sentence...
Is (their, they're, there) any way you could (ware, wear, where) that shirt I like?
a. they're; wear d. their; ware
b. there; ware e. they're; where
c. there; wear
200
What literary device is evident in this sentence?
Joe juggles just about anything he can find.
a. personification
b. simile
c. alliteration
d. metaphor
e. hyperbole
200
Which sentence uses the word dispel correctly?
a. Let me dispel the witches spell.
b. Let me dispel that word so that it is incorrect.
c. Let me dispel that rumor.
200
What word is put in quotation marks for emphasis at the end of "The Great Rat Hunt?"
a. "us"
b. "together"
c. "our"
d. "Idunno"
200
How did Laurence rationalize the attempted killing of the rat.
a. Laurence compared the rat to a giant eye balled monster.
b. Laurence compared the rat to a disgusting rat dropping.
c. Laurence compared the rat to a hairy cockroach.
d. Laurence compared the rat to a disgusting squirrel.
200
Choose the correct words to complete this sentence correctly.
Billy is as fast as a (hair, heir, hare) and as athletic as a (dear, deer, deere).
a. hair; deere
b. hare; deer
c. heir; deer
d. hair; dear
e. hare; dear
300
What literary device is evident in this sentence?
My class is a circus at times.
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. simile
d. hyperbole
e. onomatopoeia
300
Which sentence uses the word mobility correctly?
a. The knight was considered full of mobility for his success in battle.
b. The mobility of the knight was aided by his horse.
c. Mobility is a city in Alabama.
300
What type of story is "The Great Rat Hunt?"
a. Fiction
b. Autobiography
c. Memoir
d. Biography
300
Laurence's brother Eddy hated Laurence for all of the attention he got from his father.
True or False?
a. true
b. false
c. neither true or false
300
Choose the correct words to complete this sentence.
Can you pass me the (ore, or, oar) so that I can get this canoe (mooing, moving)?
a. ore; mooing
b. or; moving
c. ore; moving
d. oar; mooing
e. oar; moving
400
What literary device is evident in this sentence?
Bang!
a. onomatopoeia
b. hyperbole
c. alliteration
d. simile
e. consonance
400
Which sentence uses the word inept correctly?
a. Valerie is inept at golf.
b. Valerie does not inept many shots in basketball.
c. It is inept to think that math is easy.
400
What is the name of Laurence's brother?
a. Billy
b. Eddy
c. Joey
d. Billy Bob
400
How did Laurence's Dad make friends in America?
a. through his ability to play hockey
b. through his ability to play sports
c. through his ability to fight
400
Choose the correct words to complete this sentence correctly.
I have (weigh, way) (to, too, two) many (vanes, veins,).
a. weigh, too, vanes
b. way, to, veins
c. way, too, veins
d. way, to, veins
e. weigh, two, vanes
500
What literary device is evident in this sentence?
My Dad is like a donkey.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. alliteration
d. personification
e. onomatopoeia
500
Which sentence uses the word barricade correctly?
a. The townspeople built a barricade in front of the castle.
b. You must barricade your teeth when flossing.
c. Did you barricade the video game?
500
What is the sofa used for in the story "The Great Rat Hunt?"
a. a seat
b. a rat fumigating device
c. a barrier
d. a symbol of the bond between father and son
500
Who is the narrator of "The Great Rat Hunt?"
a. Eddy
b. Laurence
c. Johnny
d. Mike Tyson
500
Choose the correct words to complete this sentence correctly.
The director needs to (sensor, censer, censor) that (scene, seen).
a. sensor, seen
b. sensor, scene
c. censer, scene
d. censor, scene
e. censor, seen