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Short Stories
To Err is Human
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Wild Card
100

This noun means a partial or total loss of memory.

What is AMNESIA?

100

In this short story, a man goes on a trip where he sees a mysterious man along the way. 

What is THE HITCHHIKER?

100

It's the error in the sentence below:

Charlie quickly becomes friends with the mouse named Algernon

What is MISSING END PUNCTUATION.

100

When the 2021-2022 school year began, this teacher was in this room.

Who is MS. WELLS?

100

This noun means a system of money in general use in a particular country.

What is CURRENCY?

200

This noun means respect and warm approval.

What is ADMIRATION?

200

This is the symbol that The male Hitchhiker represents.

What is DEATH?

200

It's the error in the sentence below.

The main character in flowers for algernon is charlie gordon.

What is CAPITALIZATION?

200

This was the highest grossing film of 2021.

What is SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME?

200

This critter is in our classroom, changes color, and helps us stay on task.

What is the DINOSAUR?

300

This adjective means not discovered or known about; uncertain.

What is OBSCURE?

300

This type of sentence is made up by one independent clause.

What is a SIMPLE SENTENCE?

300

It's the error in the sentence below.

Because Charlie experienced how it feels to be different.

What is INCOMPLETE SENTENCE?

300

This team won the 2021 Super Bowl LV.

Who are the TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS?

300

Lend me your ears, this type of figurative language is a piece of cake.

What is IDIOM?

400

This verb means to prove something to be wrong or false.

What is REFUTE?

400

This mnemonic device tells us what coordinating conjunctions we can use in a compound sentence  .

What is FANBOYS? 

400

It's the error in the sentence below.

She wanted good things because he was bad.

What is VAGUENESS?

400

This British singer had the most streamed song of 2021- not "bad" at all.

What is ED SHEERAN (Bad Habits)?

400

This noun means part of the mind that we are less aware of.

What is SUBCONCIOUS?

500

This noun means punishment as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.

What is RETRIBUTION?

500

The setting of this short story is New York in the 1960's.

What is FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON?

500

Above all else, students should avoid this practice where another person's work is passed off as their own.

What is PLAGIARISM?

500

2021 ended on a sad note with the death of this TV "golden" legend.

Who is BETTY WHITE?

500

This is the main character of the story "The Hitchhiker." 

Who is Ronald Adams?