What type of conflict did Hassim experience in the valley of the pyramid?
A) Person VS. Person
B) Person VS. Self
C) Person VS. Technology
D) Person VS. Society
What is B) Person VS. Self because it is an internal conflict/struggle
100
Marco thinks it's funny to tantalize Christine, such as making fun of her curly hair, but it only makes the other kids mad at him.
In this sentence, the word tantalize means
A) tease
B) talk to
C) poke
D) rush
What is A) tease
100
The following is an example of...
"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.
A) Address
B) Works Cited
C) Title
D) Footnote
What is B) Works Cited
100
The writer's attitude toward the material and/or readers. Examples may be playful, formal, intimate, angry, serious, ironic, outraged, baffled, tender, serene, depressed, etc.
A) Mood
B) Tone
C) Characteristics
D) Potato
What is B) Tone
200
Which one of the following best describes the two roads in the story?
A) One road was familiar; the other was unknown
B) One road was paved; the other was made of dirt
C) One road led to the mountains; the other led to a valley
D) One road went through the pyramid; the other went around it
What is A) One road was familiar; the other was unknown
200
Ashley stared at the newest style of jeans in the catalog. She just had to have them. Her birthday money was not quite enough to cover the expense. Although she didn't want to grovel, she decided to plead with her parents for the money to buy them.
In this sentence, the word grovel mean?
A) plead
B) revolt
C) network
D) resist
What is A) plead Please please please! D:
200
Yearly weather forecasts, farmer's planting dates, statistics and astronomical data are found in this type of reference book:
A) Encyclopedia
B) Dictionary
C) Almanac
D) Atlas
What is C) Almanac
200
Exaggeration, often extravagant; it may be used for serious or for comic effect. Example includes I walked a million miles to get a drink of water.
A) Hyperbole
B) Metaphor
C) Attitude
D) Tone
What is A) Hyperbole
300
Which choice best supports the idea that people who don't take risks are settling for the ordinary?
A) "Hassim and Shasa wandered into the valley of the pyramid" (Paragraph 1)
B) "As they drew near, they saw that the pyramid's sides were awash in a violet glow" (Paragraph 2)
C) "Each door revealed a road stretching toward a far horizon" (Paragraph 3)
D) "The door on the left revealed a road that was like every road Hassim and Shasa had ever traveled" (Paragraph 3)
What is D) "The door on the left revealed a road that was like every road Hassim and Shasa had ever traveled" (Paragraph 3)
300
Famous conquistadors include Cortes, who conquered Aztec Mexico and Pizarro, who conquered Inca Peru.
In this sentence, the word conquistadors means
A) conquerors
B) losers
C) geographers
D) victims
What is A) conquerors
300
Encyclopedias are divided into:
A) Indexes
B) Subheadings
C) Volumes
D) Table of contents
What is C) Volumes
300
John was always really shy, and he never spoke up for what he believed in. However, today something was different. When he saw Juan about to start a fight with his best friend, John jumped in between the boys. He faced his fears and spoke up for his friend.
John is a...
A) Static Character
B) Dynamic Character
What is B) Dynamic Character
400
From whose point of view is this story told?
A) First Person, limited to Shasa
B) First Person, limited to Hassim
C) Third Person, limited to Shasa
D) Third Person, Omniscient
What is D) Third Person, Omniscient because we know how they both feel.
400
The eccentric old woman lived in a house that was anything but normal.
In this sentence, the word eccentric means
A) odd or bizarre
B) average
C) regular
D) normal
What is A) odd or bizarre...just like me. :D
400
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
What reference source might this quote be from?
A) Autobiography
B) Biography
C) Encyclopedia
D) Secondary Source
What is A) Autobiography ...from Malcolm X
400
What is the rhyme scheme of the following Poem?
From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
A) AABCBCDD
B) AABBCCDD
C) ABABCDCD
D) ABBACDDC
What is B) AABBCCDD
500
Which of the following best contrasts Shasa's and Hassim's reactions to the door on the right?
A) Hassim fled from the door's tempations; Shasa met it.
B) Hassim quickly entered the door; Shasa entered it later.
C) Hassim remembered the door; Shasa had forgotten it.
D) Hassim was pleased by the door; Shasa was uninterested in it.
What is B) Hassim quickly entered the door; Shasa entered it later.
500
The new speaker from the health clinic was so inarticulate that all of us left the auditorium wondering what the message was.
In this sentence, the word inarticulate means
A) cowardly
B) conflicted
C) full of anger
D) unclearly spoken
What is D) unclearly spoken...sdfhoedfh asjgfhdlfh wah?
500
From which website would you find the most reliable information about basketball's history?
A) .ORG
B) .COM
C) .EDU
D) .NET
What is C) .EDU
500
A form of Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern.