He Said She Said
Places and Things
Odds and Ends
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100

What type of figurative language is on P. 95 when it says, "She sits still LIKE a carved mermaid on the side of the boat."

What is simile?

100

What place is described here: People looked like zombies, there were no supplies, young men were tipping over vending machines and it was overcrowded

Superdome

100

This character was one year older than Belinda in school

Who is Gerald, Zane's dad?

100

This person tells Zane about what happened to his uncle.

Who is Belinda?

100

This word means: Damaged by age and repeated use; shabby

What is battered?

200

This character said, "This is my family. You will step back and give me room to treat my family."

Who is Belinda?

200

This is the place in the city where Bandy was shot.

What is the bridge?

200
This is what Malvina did to ease tension - to make everyone relax.
What is tell jokes?
200

These people were responsible for stealing the canoe

Who is unknown?

200

This is how Dylan Toomey died

What is killed by an underage drug worker?

300

This is the song Dylan Toomey was blasting in his Escalade (title and artist needed!)

What is "Lose Control?"

Who is Missy Elliot?

300
This dome-shaped building was known as the "Shelter of Last Resort"
What is the Super Dome?
300

This is the nickname of the elevated highway that spans over New Orleans

What is the Ten?

300

Boss Man says, “For your information the owner has a very valuable collection of oriental carpets. Hired our service to protect them from the likes of you.” (91) This shows he is ______.

What is he is cruel/cares more about rugs than children (or something similar)?

300

This word means: 

Someone who takes  something by dishonesty or force

What is looters?

400

This is an example of what figurative language, on P.  95 when it says, “I promised I'd keep her safe, Come hell or high water.”

What is an idiom?

400

Malvina's mother is here.

What is rehab?

400

This word means a machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity

What is a generator?

400

Who died in a horrible accident?

Zane's dad's brother, James, He found a gun in a playground, and it went off by accident when the older brother, Zane's dad, Gerald, tried to take it away.

400

Compares two things using like or as

What is simile?

500

This is the illness Mr. Tru contracted?

What is blood poisoning/sepsis?


500

 Mr. Tru, Malvina, and Zane escape from Dylan Toomey the first time they see him by taking a _____ the FIRST time they encounter him.

What is a canoe?

500

This is the phrase strangers outside the Superdome echo and repeat after Malvina yells it

What is "Tru dat!" 

500

This was was stolen from Tru.

What is his canoe?

500

This was the date the levees failed

What is August 29, 2005