Characters
Language
Vocabulary
Events
Genius School
100

What is Donovan's IQ?

112

100

"He looked like a reject from The Biggest Loser." What type of figurative language is that?

Metaphor

100
Treason is disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior. In what sentence does Donovan use this word in the first chapter?

"No bigmouth hung for treason."

100

What is the big event from the first chapter of the book?

Donovan hits the statue of Atlas, causing the globe to run into the school.

100

What does the acronym ASD stand for from the letter to Donovan and his parents?

Academy for Scholastic Achievement

200

Who is Donovan's relative that is mentioned in connection with the Titanic?

James Donovan

200
"It was usually downhill from there," is __________ (type of) language.

Figurative (metaphorical)

200

"Seriously, I knew he was a titan; but I didn't know that the most titanic thing about him was his caboose."

Using the context, define titanic.

Large

200

On one what sheet of paper does Mr. Schultz write Donovan's name?

The referral list for the gifted program.

200

What is the nickname for Donovan's new homeroom teacher?

Oz

300

Who is Dr. Schultz?

The superintendent of Hard Castle School District

300

"You look like Wile E. Coyote after the Roadrunner dropped him off a cliff"...

What type of language is this?

Simile

300

Careen means to move sideways or in an unsteady way. What object careens toward the school?

the bronze globe
300
Katie's mother-in-law visits Donovan's house and drops something off. What does she drop off?

Katie's husband's dog, Beatrice.

300

What is the name of the smartest kid in the robotics class?

Noah Youkilis

400

Who is Katie?

Donovan's older sister.

400

Donovan expecting to be expelled from school but being sent to the gifted program is an example of irony. What is the definition of irony?

Irony is a situation where there is a major contrast between expectation and reality.

400

"The bronze globe "pulverized" the glass doors, sending up a blizzard of shards that obscured the entrance."

What does pulverize mean?

Reduce to fine particles.

400

What happens when Donovan first touches Tin Man?

He breaks an arm off.

400

How does Donovan know Abigail?

They went to school together before Abigail was referred to the gifted program.

500

What is Chloe Garfinkle's hypothesis?

Being gifted is not a gift.

500

"I had him dead to rights".

"I skewered him with my most severe expression."

Are these expressions hyperbole or euphemism?

Hyperbole.

500

What two things does Donovan find inexplicable in the chapter titled, Unexplained?

1) Why Schultz hadn't come to kill him

2)Why he'd been invited to go to the genius school

500

What major contribution does Donovan make to the robotics club?

He gives the robot a name.

500
In the chapter titled Unarmed, Chloe says that while all the kids in the gifted program have talents, there is one that doesn't make any list. What is that "talent"?

Normalcy