SSYRA 2017-2018 GR 6-8 Test Questions

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2017-2018 BATTLE/TEST QUESTIONS FOR GRADES 6-8 SSYRA NOMINEE: Framed!

2. Where was Florian when he was kidnapped? (a) In the Happy Leprechaun * (b) BEHIND THE SAFEWAY SUPERMARKET 3 4-6 (c) At McDonald's (d) Walking to school

3. The FBI gave Florian a nickname. What was it? (a) Gumshoe (b) Kojak * (c) YOUNG SHERLOCK 14 7-9 (d) Joe Friday

4. Name the famous artist that Florian knew best. * (a) VINCENT VAN GOGH 28 5 (b) Paul Gaugin (c) Degas (d) Renoir

5. The three stolen paintings all had something in common that helped Florian solve the burglary. What was it? (a) Each artist was an Impressionist * (b) THE PAINTINGS WERE ALL THE SAME SIZE 77 3 (c) They were all stolen from the same gallery (d) They were all painted during the 19th century

6. Who was Admiral David Denton Douglas? (a) A counterintelligence agent * (b) THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI 89 5 (c) An art appraiser (d) A naval commander www.paperdragonreads.com 1 of 3 ANSWER Page Paragraph

7. Admiral Douglas extended a job offer to Florian. What was that job? (a) An errand boy for the local FBI office (b) An FBI photographer (c) An FBI fingerprint analyst * (d) AN FBI CONSULTANT 110 5

8. What mystery did Margaret want Florian to help her solve? (a) The initial A. on her baby blanket * (b) THE IDENTITY OF HER BIRTH PARENTS 115 7 (c) The whereabouts of Novak's copy of Woman With A Parasol (d) The meaning of the slogan, "I Bleed Bison Blue"

9. Florian told Margaret that ______made the world go round. What was it? * (a) NERDS 118 4 (b) Money (c) Unsolved mysteries (d) Friendship

10. Name one of the two paintings stolen from Gallery 83. * (a) THE DANCE CLASS 120 2 (b) The Blue Dancers (c) The Starry Night * (d) GIRL IN WHITE 120 2

11. Name the famous painting that Novak was copying in Gallery 85. * (a) WOMAN WITH A PARASOL 123 3 (b) The Sower (c) Irises (d) Houses At Auvers

12. Name the fireman who accepted Margaret at the fire station twelve years earlier. (a) Vince Jackson (b) Captain Abraham * (c) TOM MUNSON 139 9 (d) Bill Baker

13. Name the hospital founded in 1862 to care for freed slaves. (a) Riverside General Hopsital * (b) HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 147 5 (c) Richmond Community Hospital (d) Meharry/Hubbard Hospital

14. What case name did Florian and Margaret choose for their investigation into the identity of her birth parents? (a) The Firehouse Gal (b) Yellow Blanket (c) The Bison Baby * (d) THE HORNET'S NEST 149 9 www.paperdragonreads.com 2 of 3 ANSWER Page Paragraph

15. Name the FBI's Marine Corps training base in Virginia. * (a) QUANTICO 154 4 - 5 (b) Camp David (c) Parris Island (d) Camp LeJeune

16. In the art world, what does the cesium test prove? (a) If paintings are watercolor or oil (b) If an artwork is an antique * (c) IF AN ARTWORK WAS PAINTED AFTER 1945 175 5-6 (d) If the paint used contains lead

17. What famous artist painted the Woman With A Parasol ? (a) Rembrandt * (b) MONET 179 2 (c) Van Gogh (d) Picasso

18. What did Florian and Margaret name the basement headquarters of Florian Bates Investigations? (a) The Hideout * (b) THE UNDERGROUND 208 6-7 (c) Scotland Yard - USA (d) The Batcave

19. When Abraham Lincoln was assasinated in 1865, what was the name of the play he was watching at Ford's Theatre? (a) Cromwell (b) The Black Pearl (c) The Indian Princess * (d) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN 232 6

20. Who did Nic The Knife (Nevrescu) turn out to be? * (a) MARGARET'S BIRTH FATHER 274 1 (b) Florian's suspicious neighbor (c) An FBI informant (d) Margaret's second cousin