Roots I
Roots II
Roots III
The Great Gatsby
"Winter Dreams" and "A Sound of Thunder"
Lats
100
The king was _____(vict) in battle.
victorious
100
"Don't ______(fract/fring/frang) on my personal space, bro!"
infringe
100
Honestly, I don't know what ______(pel,puls) you to do these things.
compels
100
This is Jay Gatsby's actual last name.
Who is Gatz?
100
At the start of "Winter Dreams," Dexter is employed as this.
What is a golf caddie?
100
A man lived on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he took the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returned, he took the elevator to the seventh floor and then walked up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor.
The man is too short to reach the 8,9,10 buttons in the elevator.
200
Stop tapping your foot against my chair. It is not _____(duc) to my learning process.
conducive
200
His behavior was so toxic, I eventually _____(cis) him from my life.
excised
200
Every time I sneeze, I ______ (pel,puls) millions of droplets from my mouth and nose. I'm basically a mess.
expel
200
Jordan plays this sport professionally.
What is golf?
200
This animal is hunted in the short story "A Sound of Thunder."
What is a Tyrannosaurus Rex?
200
A woman enters a large metal tube. She is overcome with fear and clenches her husband’s hand tightly. She is visibly shaken. Her husband gently rubs her arms and speaks softly to her, but is unaffected himself. A few hours later, the woman’s husband tells her that it’s time to go and her torment ends. What was happening to the woman?
The woman is terrified of flying, but must travel to see a dying relative; this adds to her emotional turmoil. Her husband does his best to comfort her during the few hours of the flight.
300
I was so unwilling to change my mind, that my friends starting calling me ____(tract).
intractable
300
Presenters must always consider the _______(dic) between their own experience and the audience's experience.
dichotomy
300
"So, you looked at my messy room and just _______(jac,ject) that I'm a messy person? That's a little insulting, especially since I've seen your car."
conjecture
300
Daisy says that Nick resembles this flower at her table.
What is a rose?
300
This (town or state) is where Dexter Green was born and raised.
What is Black Bear, Minnesota?
300
Jimbo’s dad could not stop his son from playing video games. As soon as he wasn’t watching Jimbo, he would be playing again. Jimbo’s dad decided to fix the problem permanently. He grabbed his hammer and solved the problem. Jacob could not play anymore, however, Jimbo’s dad could do so. What did Jimbo’s dad do?
Jimbo’s dad used the hammer to install a shelf high up on the wall. He placed the video game console and the controllers up on the shelf out of Jimbo’s reach; however, Jacob’s dad could still reach them.
400
Little Billy flew into a rage again. I'm not sure what the ____(pet) was for that anger. He's so _____(pet) these days.
impetus
impetuous
400
Todd is the ______(tom) of a well-behaved student, and he would never ______(fract/fring/frang) upon another student's rights.
epitome
infringe
400
The recurring _____(mot,mov) of the Moon in House Made of Dawn ______(pel,plus) the reader to think about exposure and alternative power.
motif
compels
400
These three characters attend Gatsby's funeral.
Nick, Henry Gatz, and Owl Eyes.
400
Dexter asks this girl (first and last name) to marry him when he tries to stop thinking about Judy Jones
Who is Irene Scheerer?
400
A family had a chicken coop for their one dozen, egg-producing hens. Late one night, a terrible storm came through their area and killed all but eight chickens. How many chickens did the family have the next morning?
The family still had twelve chickens, four dead and eight alive.
500
Can we ______(duc) from the uproar in the newspapers, that the congressman has refused to ______(tract) his inane statements?
deduce
retract
500
For her _______(cis) intelligence and _______(punc) attention to detail, Jessica was nominated for valedictorian.
incisive
punctilious
500
I've been _____(mit/mis) in practicing the piano for so long that my mother is ____(mit/mis) of my dreams to become a famous concert pianist.
remiss
dismissive
500
In Chapter Seven, Nick, Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, and Jordan go this hotel to get away from the Buchanan house.
The Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue.
500
This is the name of the time travel company in Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder."
What is "Time Safari"?
500
On a hot Saturday afternoon, a woman was walking slowly through the savannah when she spotted a tiger in the distance. Instead of turning around, hiding, or seeking help, the woman began to run towards where the tiger was. Why wasn’t she afraid and why didn't she run away?
The woman was visiting a zoo.