Language Arts Bluegrass Middle School Academic Conference 15

Language Arts

Bluegrass Middle School Academic Conference 15 rounds of 35 multiple-choice questions

Copyright © 2014 Academic Hallmarks Language Arts Round 1 Page 1 1. Hyphenation 6. Settings Which can be used as a noun? An island near New Guinea is a setting for ... A. know-it-all A. White Fang B. never-say-die B. Captains Courageous C. holier-than-thou C. When the Legends Die D. never-to-be-forgotten D. The Pied Piper of Hamelin E. long-to-be-remembered E. The Swiss Family Robinson

2. Literature 7. Sentence Analysis What is in this epitaph? What is illustrated by this sentence? Here lies Pecos Bill. The gorgon that turned me into salt lacked He always lied and always will. certain social graces. He once lied loud. A. passive voice He now lies still. B. adverb clause A. pun C. relative pronoun B. simile D. infinitive phrase C. imagery E. subjunctive mood D. foreshadowing E. understatement 3. Analogy Analysis 8. Protagonist Gist What is not in this sentence? In which tale is the protagonist of the same gender as The little boat gently drifted across the pond those in "The Lottery" and "Through the Looking exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't. Glass"? A. adverb A. The Time Machine B. contraction B. The Miracle Worker C. personal pronoun C. The Purloined Letter D. dependent clause D. The Lord of the Flies E. prepositional phrase E. The Catcher in the Rye

4. Suffixes 9. Accents When a root word ends in "e" you usually drop the "e" Which word is not accented on the same syllable as the before adding the suffix "ing." Which is an others? exception? A. ricochet A. dye B. fortified B. evoke C. suffocate C. survive D. preferable D. precede E. superimpose E. regulate

5. Pronouns 10. Library Science Which sentence includes a first person possessive Which is in the biography section of a library? pronoun? A. Paul Bunyan A. Yon yelps your young yak yet. B. David Copperfield B. Her hedgehog howled hungrily. C. Worthies of England C. Their thing thudded thataway. D. Essays of John Keynes D. Henry hefted his hippo handily. E. Darwin's Theory of Evolution E. Mel's mom mashed my mummy. Language Arts Round 1 Page 2 11. Animal Poems 16. Verbs This is about what creature the poet also describes as a Which is not an irregular verb? "near artichoke"? A. hold Another armored animal--scale lapping scale B. keep with spruce-cone regularity until they form the C. build uninterrupted central tail-row! D. creep A. pika E. solve B. peccary C. pangolin D. platypus E. pachyderm 12. Allusions 17. English Literature Mort said that public speaking was his Achilles heel. C.S. Lewis wrote "The Lion, the Witch, and the Mort was referring to one of his ... Wardrobe" in which four children meet Aslan the lion A. vulnerabilities trying to liberate ... B. health problems A. Narnia C. personal secrets B. Prydain D. special interests C. Middle Earth E. particular talents D. Dictionopolis E. Green Knowe

13. Science Fiction 18. Capitalization Rules The Book People are significant in ... For titles of books, plays, and magazines, you should A. Fahrenheit 451 capitalize the first and last words and all remaining B. Brave New World words except ... C. The Time Machine A. nouns D. In Memory Yet Green B. verbs E. The Martian Chronicles C. adverbs D. pronouns E. prepositions

14. Dystopian Time Reckoning 19. Pronouns In "Brave New World," the abbreviation "A.F." stands Which line includes an indefinite pronoun? for "after ..." A. Was it you who screeched? A. Fox B. What was she thinking about? B. Ford C. I have toads which are toasted. C. Foster D. When we sang, few chose to stay. D. Franklin E. He found that he had bitten himself. E. Farnsworth

15. Allusions 20. Sports Poetry Someone behind the times and out of touch with What follows in this excerpt from a poem? current events may be called a ... But Flynn let drive a single, to the A. Mad Hatter wonderment of all, B. Hans Brinker And the much-despised Blake ... C. Chicken Little A. tore the cover off the ball D. Rip van Winkle B. the whole crowd he did enthrall E. Bartholomew Cubbins C. popped a drive over Big Joe Hall D. stood there grinning wide and tall E. smacked one clear out to the wall Language Arts Round 1 Page 3 21. Pronouns 26. Forms of Literature In which line is a reflexive pronoun used improperly? A summary of the main ideas in a "Scientific A. He always blamed himself. American" article is a(n) ... B. She pulled the beast toward herself. A. epilogue C. You hurt yourself with that comment. B. synopsis D. Myself drove the boat onto the rocks. C. foreword E. They allowed themselves another week. D. annotation E. compendium

22. Plurals 27. Affixes When forming the plurals of nouns, you should not Which word contains a prefix meaning "before"? add "es" when a noun ends in ... A. allegation A. f B. dissemble B. z C. intravenous C. x D. antemeridian D. sh E. hypercritical E. ch

23. Literary Categories 28. Redundancy Which line is not from a nonfictional work? Which expression is not redundant? A. The Romans built Hadrian's Wall. A. final end B. Blefuscu was at war with Lilliput. B. return early C. Anne composed her diary in Amsterdam. C. join together D. Joaquin Murrieta was a California outlaw. D. loquacious talker E. Few inmates tried to escape from Alcatraz. E. call up on the phone

24. Fragments 29. Predicates Which is not a sentence fragment? Which sentence has a compound predicate? A. Many dancing for joy. A. I will leave if you will stay. B. I didn't know who he was. B. Get going and don't look back. C. Because he savors fresh fish. C. Mel and Dan lost their marbles. D. Like a politician before a crowd. D. She is neither gentle nor attractive. E. First in the pit and later in a ship. E. They found us quarreling and fighting.

25. Consonant Sounds 30. Horse Tales Which is a "back-of-the-mouth" sound in contrast to a In "The Black Stallion," Alec Ramsey and a horse are "tip-of-the-tongue" sound? ... A. t as in ten A. kidnapped by pirates B. z as in zoo B. stranded on a desert island C. n as in nine C. both cruelly mistreated by a farm owner D. d as in dark D. sent to live with relatives in South America E. r as in right E. separated following a financial arrangement Language Arts Round 1 Page 4 31. Deviant Denotations What did Longfellow define as "the more ardent zeal of others" and Santayana as "redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim"? A. stoicism B. mysticism C. fanaticism D. empiricism E. skepticism

32. Spelling Which line includes a misspelled word? A. The audience was fatigued. B. The millionaire was in debt. C. We harassed the orchestra. D. The league held a tournament. E. Her credentials were counterfeit.

33. Clipping Clipped words have been shortened. Which choice does not include back-clipped words? A. Our lab is run by a pro. B. Jill read the ad in the deli. C. Meg's hippo sat on the gent. D. An old chimp lives in my condo. E. The gator was ground into burger.

34. Suffixes Which are not typical adjective suffixes? A. -ize, -ate B. -able, -ible C. -tive, -less D. -ish, -ulent E. -acious, -ous

35. Sentence Analysis Which word is not in the predicate of this quote by Thomas Jefferson? The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. A. is B. all C. but D. better E. newspapers Language Arts Round 1 - Answers 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. E 6. E 7. C 8. B 9. E 10. C 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. D 16. E 17. A 18. E 19. D 20. A 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. B 25. E 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. B 31. C 32. C 33. E 34. A 35. B Language Arts Round 2 Page 1 1. Shorted Sentences 6. Literary Lines Which is not a sentence fragment? What is this about? A. Because he is an Asian mystic. My humble friend, we know not how to live this B. Into the pit he fell with aplomb. life which is so short yet seek one that never C. Tripping over his own feet and mine. ends. D. The rebus which filled his imagination. A. honor E. Navigating his way through the archipelago. B. jealousy C. gratitude D. immortality E. forgetfulness

2. Irregular Verbs 7. Popular Prose Which is not an irregular verb? Which story by Ray Bradbury is a nostalgic look at a A. swim small American town in the 1920s? B. clean A. The Veldt C. shrink B. Dandelion Wine D. choose C. Fahrenheit 451 E. freeze D. The Illustrated Man E. The Martian Chronicles

3. Literary Techniques 8. Tom Swifties What technique was used in this beginning of a story? Which adverb completes this Tom Swifty? The beautiful sunrise gave no hint of the "I'm heading off to the racetrack," said Tom ... afternoon's troubles. A. dryly A. allusion B. gravely B. flashback C. hoarsely C. euphemism D. figuratively D. anachronism E. transparently E. foreshadowing

4. Verbs 9. Clipped Words An irregular verb is not part of which sentence? Which is not a "clipped word" or a shortened form of A. It pulled its long green nose. a longer original word? B. It ate most of the bleachers. A. bus C. It rode an enormous centipede. B. vet D. It broke General Wyatt's tanks. C. gaff E. It fell upon the White House lawn. D. exam E. fraud

5. Poetry 10. Phrase Substitutes Which line is octosyllabic? Calling armies peace-keeping forces and garbage A. I eat my peas with honey collectors sanitation engineers illustrates ... B. Tyger, Tyger, burning bright A. criticisms C. For the rare and radiant maiden B. witticisms D. Behind the clouds is the sun still shining C. syllogisms E. Breathes there the man with soul so dead D. barbarisms E. euphemisms Language Arts Round 2 Page 2 11. Settings 16. Tense In "Born Free," Joy Adamson describes her experience What two tenses are used in this line? of raising Elsa the lioness in ... Minni had caught all the fish before I arrived. A. Libya A. past perfect and past B. Kenya B. past perfect and future C. Liberia C. present perfect and past D. Angola D. present perfect and future E. Somalia E. present perfect and future perfect

12. Sentence Analysis 17. Clauses What is not illustrated in this line? Which line has two independent clauses? Can you buy anything specific at a A. We laughed before we cried. general store? B. He who eats liver dines alone. A. indirect object C. She saw its eye and I swooned. B. indefinite pronoun D. I will return when you apologize. C. prepositional phrase E. If you are Kermit, you are green. D. interrogative sentence E. adjective in the positive degree

13. Fantasies 18. Spelling C.S. Lewis wrote about four children who enter what Which is misspelled? magical land and meet Aslan, a lion trying to liberate A. tarpaulin it from the clutches of an evil witch? B. peninsula A. Oz C. plagiarism B. Narnia D. rhinocerous C. Arrakis E. circumlocution D. Xanadu E. Shangri La

14. Heterophonic Pronunciation 19. Determiners Which word does not have two possible correct Which phrase has an unacceptable determiner? pronunciations? A. my feet A. shower B. his knees B. learned C. their wrist C. bestow D. our viscera D. conflict E. your nostrils E. address

15. Thinking 20. Musical Grammar Which ending is most unequivocal and subject to the In "The Sound of Music," the song entitled "So Long, fewest qualifications? Farewell" includes many ... The more snow that falls in Montana, the ... A. acronyms A. shorter the summer B. synonyms B. lower the temperature C. antonyms C. more roofs that cave in D. heteronyms D. more runoff there will be E. pseudonyms E. greater the number of snowmen Language Arts Round 2 Page 3 21. Possessives 26. Sentence Patterns Which is the only correct possessive? Which illustrates the N-LV-N sentence pattern? A. boys' A. One was tired. B. ours' B. Most were green. C. who's C. Martians are aliens. D. yours' D. Each had tentacles. E. theirs' E. Some slither slowly.

22. Narrators 27. Homophones In which story is the narrator an animal? Which line includes homophones used correctly? A. Old Yeller A. She stopped and picked sum flours. B. Gentle Ben B. A pair of burros ate at the haystack. C. Black Beauty C. He was two vane to admit he was wrong. D. National Velvet D. The wolf blue down the too pig's houses. E. The Last Unicorn E. At the bawl she met her ferry godmother.

23. Forms of Literature 28. Ancient Quotes How should a story beginning with this be classified? When Marcus Aurelius said that "forbearance is a part You must know that a town mouse once went of justice," he was speaking of ... on a visit to his cousin in the country. A. pain A. myth B. pride B. fable C. patience C. parody D. paternity D. lampoon E. patriotism E. short story

24. Propaganda 29. Nonfiction Propaganda is best illustrated by which headline? Russell Freedman wrote "Out of the Darkness" about A. Hostages taken by Iran what inventor of a special alphabet? B. Hillary Clinton to visit Russia A. Eli Whitney C. Fleet at Pearl Harbor attacked B. Louis Braille D. Depression sure if taxes raised C. Wilbur Wright E. Students protest the Vietnam War D. Thomas Edison E. Alexander Graham Bell

25. Parts of Speech 30. Metaphors In which example is "up" used as a verb? "Pain arising from the anticipation of evil" and "the A. Look up! tax that conscience pays to guilt" are imaginative B. Her humor tore them up. definitions of ... C. It dragged her up the hill. A. fear D. The up escalator was broken. B. pity E. They will up the rent next week. C. diligence D. modesty E. optimism Language Arts Round 2 Page 4 31. Fantasies Which is not one of the four books in the fantasy created by J.R.R. Tolkien? A. The Hobbit B. The Two Towers C. The Return of the King D. The Wind in the Willows E. The Fellowship of the Ring

32. Greek Mythology Perseus is associated with a ... A. box B. bed C. shield D. trident E. hammer

33. Figures of Speech What is illustrated in this sentence? The Sun's gone dim, and the Moon's turned black, for I loved him and he didn't love back. A. simile B. metaphor C. hyperbole D. alliteration E. personification

34. Settings In a series of books by Lucy Boston, the old house inhabited by the spirits of children who lived there before is called Green ... A. Rowe B. Mowe C. Flowe D. Stowe E. Knowe

35. Imaginary Journeys In "Gulliver's Travels," the flying island is ... A. Laputa B. Lilliput C. Luggnagg D. Balnibarbi E. Glubbdubdrib Language Arts Round 2 - Answers 1. B 2. B 3. E 4. A 5. E 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. E 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. E 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. C 34. E 35. A Language Arts Round 3 Page 1 1. Colonial Sayings 6. The Jungle Book With what fictional character are these sayings Which character from Kipling's "The Jungle Book" is associated? human? -Fish and visitors smell in three days. A. Kaa -Well done is better than well said. B. Baloo - Haste makes waste. C. Mowgli A. Sloppy Joe D. Bagheera B. Lazy Susan E. Shere Khan C. Peeping Tom D. Poor Richard E. Lonesome George 2. Frontier Literature 7. Indirect Objects John Butler was captured as a boy in a frontier town An indirect object is in which line? by Lenape Indians and raised as True Son by the A. A foot rub is a pleasure. great warrior Cuyloga in what story? B. Boldly into battle they went. A. Windwalker C. They all enjoyed splitting hairs. B. Paddle to the Sea D. Mort called brusquely to Edwina. C. When the Legends Die E. She gave the beast her address. D. The Light in the Forest E. Island of Blue Dolphins

3. Viewpoints 8. Proverbs Which line illustrates the second-person point of view? A barking dog never bites and a(n) ... A. It was the best of times. A. still water never runs B. Marley was dead, to begin with. B. old broom never cleans C. All children, except one, grow up. C. watched pot never boils D. He clasps the crag with crooked hands. D. stitch in time never frays E. Have you ever heard of the sugar plum tree? E. empty vessel never sounds

4. Prefixes 9. Verbs Which words have prefixes meaning "together" or Which sentence includes an irregular verb? "with"? A. Saddle up Old Blue. A. antedate, prevent B. You drive me crazy. B. imperfect, inhumane C. Walk over to the wok. C. synthesis, concentric D. List all of Liszt's best works. D. hemisphere, semimonthly E. Please paraphrase "Jabberwocky." E. extravaganza, circumscribe

5. Figures of Speech 10. Short Stories What figure of speech is illustrated by this line from Complete this line from a short story by Edward "Romeo and Juliet"? Everett Hale about a man on a ship. My bounty is as boundless as the sea. Breathes there a man with a soul so dead A. simile Who never to himself hath said, B. allusion "This is my own - my ..." C. paradox A. only life D. oxymoron B. native land E. personification C. one true love D. closest friend E. fondest dream Language Arts Round 3 Page 2 11. Admonition 16. Article Use In "Jabberwocky," the son is not warned to be wary of It is inappropriate to precede which choice with the the ... article "an"? A. Jubjub bird A. M-I tank B. Tumtum tree B. ugly troll C. jaws that bite C. allegation D. claws that catch D. cuddly ostrich E. frumious Bandersnatch E. $8 million lawsuit

12. Latin Roots 17. Homophones Which words contain a root meaning "hang"? Which is the only correct sentence? A. suspense, depend A. Monarchs occupy a throne. B. fracture, infraction B. Calculus is a difficult coarse. C. inadvisable, provision C. Adolf read "Mein Kampf" allowed. D. adventure, convention D. Hot gases pass up through a flu. E. domination, predominate E. One can prophet from his mistakes.

13. Notices 18. Porcine Characters Mark Twain was referring to what kind of notice when When "Some Pig" was spun into a certain spider's web, he wrote this? it was referring to ... The reports of my death A. Porky are greatly exaggerated. B. Wilbur A. obituary C. Piglet B. affidavit D. Napoleon C. eviction E. Miss Piggy D. summons E. proclamation

14. Capitalization 19. Imaginary Zoology The name of which game should be capitalized? Beings not invented by J.K. Rowling include ... A. poker A. lobalugs and shrakes B. chess B. murtlaps and nogtails C. bridge C. dugbogs and billywigs D. cribbage D. kelpies and leprechauns E. monopoly E. chizpurfles and graphorns

15. Spelling 20. Composition Which words are correctly spelled? This line illustrates what literary technique? A. tournament - bachelor Never was there a pirate ship so fleet or B. compulsery - syndacate so bold. C. laringytus - cantalope A. inversion D. terratorial - committment B. repetition E. apreciative - interogative C. mannerism D. anachronism E. colloquialism Language Arts Round 3 Page 3 21. Literature 26. Poe Poems This illustrates what technique? Which line is from an Edgar Allan Poe poem? She had no dresses, no jewels, nothing. She A. trails have their secret tales was filled with a desire to please and to be B. and miles to go before I sleep envied. C. wrought its ghost upon the floor A. imagery D. the vorpal blade went snicker-snack B. inference E. big words do no smite like war clubs C. point of view D. personification E. characterization

22. Reader's Feelings 27. Limericks This illustrates what mood? What is the fourth line of the limerick that includes The yard was stained with rotting magnolia these lines? petals, ironweeds grew rank, and the smell of A. Replied, "At eleven graveyard flowers spoke softly the names of B. At three, five, and seven our dead. C. An exceedingly fat friend of mine A. joyful D. And eight and a quarter past nine B. flippant E. When asked at what hour he'd dine C. spirited D. somber E. comical 23. What's in a Name? 28. Literary Criticism From its title, "Hear the Wind Blow," you could The attitude taken in a literary work toward its subject presume that the book is about ... is called ... A. whaling A. grip B. athletes B. tone C. folk songs C. taste D. railroad trains D. voice E. marathon running E. scent

24. Plurals 29. Antonyms The plural of which word requires an "e"? If Ned is namby-pamby and wishy-washy, he is not ... A. alto A. wavering B. solo B. obstinate C. echo C. irresolute D. hello D. ambivalent E. soprano E. compromising

25. Book Pages 30. Dictionaries At the beginning of a book is a whole page with the Which word is not on the page of a dictionary with words, "To Millicent Morgan - a friend." This part of "sowbelly" and "spangle" as guidewords? a book is the ... A. sox A. obligation B. spaniel B. dedication C. spandrel C. denotation D. spacious D. glorification E. spadework E. corroboration Language Arts Round 3 Page 4 31. Pronouns Which could be either interrogative or relative pronouns? A. many, most B. these, those C. which, whose D. several, some E. yourself, ourselves

32. Statuesque Poetry Which adjectives are in the line of the poem on the Statue of Liberty beginning with this? Give me your ... A. tired, poor, huddled B. pooped, destitute, flocking C. drained, insolvent, teaming D. wearied, indigent, swarming E. languishing, penniless, crowded

33. Book Parts You would be certain to find a bibliography in which book? A. The Polar Express B. Through the Looking Glass C. A Child's History of England D. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm E. Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

34. Telling Quotations Who wrote this? In 1887, I did nothing but explore with my hands and learn the name of every object that I touched. A. Anne Frank B. Betsy Ross C. Helen Keller D. Virginia Dare E. Amelia Earhart

35. Modifiers Which line contains no misplaced modifier? A. At age five, her mom passed away. B. We listened to almost the entire concert. C. He served gruel to children on paper plates. D. Mom got a dog for my sister she calls Fido. E. They just said it's going to rain on the radio. Language Arts Round 3 - Answers 1. D 2. D 3. E 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. E 8. C 9. B 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. A 14. E 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. A 21. E 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. B 30. B 31. C 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. B Language Arts Round 4 Page 1 1. Myths Retold 6. Wordplay "No Need for Heroes," is the story of Theseus, the Complete this holiday palindrome. Minotaur, and the Labyrinth retold from the A Santa spit taboo bat tips at ... perspective of what princess and daughter of King A. NASA Minos? B. Lhasa A. Hera C. a kielbasa B. Ariadne D. Mombassa C. Pandora E. Lake Nyasa D. Hippolyta E. Cassandra

2. Types of Writing 7. Long-Tailed Reptilians Propaganda is always ... There are no dragons in which books? A. slanted A. "Eragon" and "The Fire Eternal" B. impartial B. "The Circle of Stone" and "The Hobbit" C. technical C. "Farmer Giles of Ham" and "Harry Potter D. historical and the Goblet of Fire" E. descriptive D. "Tuck Everlasting" and "A Wrinkle in Time" E. "The Wizard of Earthsea" and "Moon Magic"

3. Poetic Rhythm 8. Reading with Pizzazz Which line has the same rhythm as this one? While reading, empathy enables you to ... Come live with me and be my love A. tie together plot elements A. Between the dark and the daylight B. analyze author's techniques B. The home of the bean and the cod C. visualize geographic settings C. The night shall be filled with music D. experience characters' feelings D. With melting wax and loosened strings E. understand historical background E. And binding with briars my joys and desires

4. Grammatical Gaffes 9. Detectives Which line does not illustrate an impropriety? Seymour Simon wrote a series of mystery adventures A. He is real lonesome. about Adam Anderson, a boy detective who applies B. I am surely delighted. scientific principles to everyday problems. Adam's C. They are some better. nickname is ... D. She did good on the test. A. Ulysses E. We have improved considerable. B. Peabody C. Einstein D. da Vinci E. Sherlock

5. Stories 10. Poetic Rhythm Which type of story ends with this? How many syllables are in the fourth line of this ... and they lived happily ever after. Robert Burns quatrain? A. epic O, my luve's like a red, red rose, B. fable That's newly sprung in June: C. legend O, my luve's like the melodie ... D. fantasy A. 3 E. fairy tale B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 E. 7 Language Arts Round 4 Page 2 11. Syllabication 16. Literary Points of View The VC/CV rule applies to the syllabication of which Which line is from the third person viewpoint? words? A. Call me irresponsible. A. camel, dragon B. I told him to get out of town. B. clover, behave C. Finally Jeremiah found some elk. C. ringing, tougher D. You can't tell a horse by its color. D. seeming, roofer E. Never had we seen such confusion. E. perhaps, wonder

12. Settings 17. Sci-fi Which book is not set in the same state as the others? Which appear least frequently in science fiction? A. Northern Lights A. clones B. Aleutian Sparrow B. goblins C. A Passage to Juneau C. cyborgs D. The Lone Star Ranger D. mutants E. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill E. androids

13. Possessives 18. Dysfunctional Marriages Which choice illustrates incorrect usage of an Who had the absolutely worst relationships with wives? apostrophe? A. Mowgli and Tarzan A. your's B. Aladdin and Gulliver B. ladies' C. Shariar and Bluebeard C. horse's D. Hiawatha and Rumpelstiltskin D. children's E. Walter Mitty and Solomon Grundy E. son-in-law's

14. Best Friends 19. Literary Associations Two of the three central characters in which work are What is suggested by the name, Big Brother? canines? A. segregation A. Sounder B. local autonomy B. Old Yeller C. invasion of privacy C. The Call of the Wild D. freedom of speech D. Travels with Charlie E. separation of powers E. Where the Red Fern Grows

15. Kipling's Critters 20. Literary Characters Rikki-tikki-tavi killed snakes ... Which protagonist's exploits are exclusively in his A. that live in the sea mind? B. whose necks inflate into hoods A. Walter Mitty C. that squeeze their victims to death B. Ichabod Crane D. having rattles at the ends of their tails C. Rip van Winkle E. with red, yellow, and black banded markings D. Lemuel Gulliver E. Huckleberry Finn Language Arts Round 4 Page 3 21. Meaningful Monikers 26. Stories The first name of which Harry Potter character In which story do a Siamese cat, a bull terrier, and a suggests pain or grief? Labrador retriever play central roles? A. Irma Pince A. Charlotte's Web B. Aurora Sinistra B. The Call of the Wild C. Dolores Umbridge C. The Incredible Journey D. Hermione Granger D. A Day No Pigs Would Die E. Rowena Ravenclaw E. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

22. Mythical Voyages 27. Faulty Word Choice Those aboard the Argo sought the Golden ... Which phrase does not illustrate redundancy? A. Calf A. close proximity B. Horn B. original founder C. Gate C. violent explosion D. Horde D. agricultural crops E. Fleece E. opening paragraph

23. Writing 28. Literary Genres What literary technique is illustrated in this? "The Life of William Lloyd Garrison," "Narrative of I felt like Custer at Little Bighorn when all the the Life of Frederick Douglass," and "Uncle Tom's freshmen were attacking me with questions Cabin" are all examples of ---- literature. about their lockers and combinations. A. satirical A. aside B. romantic B. allusion C allegorical C. anagram D. abolitionist D. alliteration E. nonfictional E. anachronism

24. Affixes 29. Homonyms Which word includes a prefix meaning "self"? Which line cannot be made into a proper sentence by A. paramedic inverting the order of the homonyms? B. companion A. The bird was a fowl foul. C. automobile B. Gibraltar is a strait straight. D. antecedent C. You must learn to wright rite. E. metamorphosis D. He was the soul sole on the island. E. We played golf on a course coarse.

25. Verbs 30. Poetry Which line does not incorporate an action verb? What did the poet mean by these words? A. Did she find the key under the mat? But at my back I always hear B. The rocket blasted off into the night. time's winged chariot hurrying near. C. We don't serve pickles with ice cream. A. I know I'm growing older. D. At last, Susan and Peter were in Narnia. B. I am obsessed with history. E. Josh noticed several skunks in the garage. C. Look with hope to the future. D. My mistakes are haunting me. E. Procrastination is acceptable. Language Arts Round 4 Page 4 31. Story Lines In a story by Richard Adams, a group of rabbits come to Watership Down and dig a home among the beech trees. Name this haven. A. Deep Digs B. Bunny Building C. Lightfall Lodge D. Honeycomb Hall E. Cavernous Cottage

32. Attitudes Condemning something because it cannot be attained is called ... A. stale nuts B. sour grapes C. rotten apples D. spoiled spinach E. tainted bananas

33. Historical Novels Which is a story set during the Great Depression in Oklahoma? A. True Grit B. Out of the Dust C. Gone with the Wind D. The Wind in the Willows E. Little House on the Prairie

34. Proofreading In which line is there a word spelled incorrectly? A. brilliant balding barbarian B. obediant opportunistic oaf C. suspicious stringy spaghetti D. immensely insidious inoculation E. ridiculously remote rendezvous

35. Syllabic Stress In which line is the rhythm different from the others? A. On the 18th of April in seventy-five B. Because I could not stop for Death C. The moonlit heath and lonesome bank D. The time you won your town the race E. He clasps the crag with crooked hands Language Arts Round 4 - Answers 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. E 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. E 12. D 13. A 14. E 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. C 19. C 20. A 21. C 22. E 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. E 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. B 33. B 34. B 35. A Language Arts Round 5 Page 1 1. Mirror Phrases 6. Anagrams Which phrase reads the same when held in front of a Which is not an anagram for the word or phrase with mirror upside-down? which it is paired? A. OLD FISH A. debit card - bad credit B. TINY TUNA B. dormitory - dirty room C. CHOICE COD C. postmaster - stamp store D. WHITE SHARK D. respiration - a rope ends it E. STEELHEAD TROUT E. astronomers - no more stars

2. Fantasy Worlds 7. Figurative Language Which is an imaginary archipelago? Which line does not illustrate alliteration? A. Narnia A. right as rain B. Pandora B. thick and thin C. Barsoom C. safe and sound D. Earthsea D. rhyme or reason E. Terabithia E. health and wealth

3. Multiple-Use Words 8. Literary Techniques Which words cannot be used as nouns and verbs? An author who calls a barber "a knight of the scissors," A. bend, cut and liquor "a poisonous decoction," is using ... B. friend, sofa A. puns C. reach, dislike B. assonance D. worship, copy C. onomatopoeia E. blame, comfort D. foreshadowing E. circumlocution

4. Animal Tales 9. Themes in Literature A short-tailed omnivorous ursine is central to ... The struggle between the noisy common way of life A. Flipper and the quiet genteel life is the major theme of ... B. Old Yeller A. Charlotte's Web C. Born Free B. Huckleberry Finn D. Gentle Ben C. Gulliver's Travels E. Black Beauty D. Wind in the Willows E. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

5. Figures of Speech 10. Myths Which line includes a simile? Pandora is associated with a ... A. I'd like to bite your neck. A. fruit B. Arnold's face is like a train. B. vehicle C. Why do you like green slugs? C. weapon D. You're not like yourself today. D. garment E. It looks like a bad day to fish. E. container Language Arts Round 5 Page 2 11. Early American Literary Characters 16. Mental Acuity In a famous story by Washington Irving set before What word completes this line by Mark Twain? and after the American Revolution, the surname of the Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which main character rhymes with ... were previously ... A. fur A. unrelated B. remain B. undulated C. twinkle C. uninflated D. sincere D. unlocated E. brandish E. underrated

12. Sad Stories 17. Good Things in Life What disease does little Sadako Sasaki have in "Sadako What character says this? and the Thousand Paper Cranes"? Next to trying and winning, the best thing is A. rabies trying and failing. B. bird flu A. Anne Shirley C. diabetes B. Velvet Brown D. leukemia C. Becky Thatcher E. smallpox D. Rebecca Randall E. Pollyanna Whittier

13. Brief Quotations 18. Verb Use This quote is from what story? Faulty verb choice occurs in which line? Mush! A. Old Roy rises early every morning. A. Sounder B. The Sun rose slowly over the horizon. B. The Virginian C. Everyone raised as the judge entered. C. The Call of the Wild D. Several have risen from their seats already. D. A Day No Pigs Would Die E. Robbie is raising a cloud of dust behind him. E. Where the Red Fern Grows

14. Syntax Scouring 19. Revolutionary Poetry Which line contains two independent clauses? Which poem is not about the American Revolution? A. Here is a copy of what I said. A. The Concord Hymn B. Ken will see anyone who surfaces. B. The Blue and the Gray C. Everyone who complained was shot. C. The Battle of Bunker Hill D. Many are called but few are chosen. D. The Green Mountain Boys E. Where is your badge if you're a police dog? E. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

15. English Literature 20. Advertising Techniques What is the time frame for C.S. Lewis' story, "The Products such as WD-40, the Honda XR 600, and Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"? Heinz 57 Sauce have what kind of names? A. Middle Ages A. pen B. Renaissance B. code C. Second World War C. place D. American Revolution D. function E. Queen Victoria's reign E. alphanumeric Language Arts Round 5 Page 3 21. Stories within Stories 26. Allusions "The Princess Bride" and "The Book of One Thousand Dizzy was a perfect baseball player in every way Nights and a Night" are examples of ---- stories. except for one thing. He couldn't hit an inside curve. A. sob This shortcoming proved to be his ... B. fish A. Cupid's bow C. short B. Achilles' heel D. frame C. Medusa's hair E. ghost D. Pandora's box E. Unicorn's horn

22. Shared Settings 27. Homophones The same region that is the setting for Bradbury's If you remove the last letter from these words, which short story, "The Veldt," and for Hemingway's novel, new word is not a homophone of the original word? "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," is also the setting for ... A. inn A. Jaws B. sow B. Born Free C. fore C. Rikki-tikki-tavi D. fade D. Lord of the Flies E. caste E. The Secret Garden

23. Nouns 28. Tales Which is not an abstract noun? From what story was this line taken? A. politics Command and I obey. B. freedom A. The Hobbit C. attitude B. Wind in the Willows D. brochure C. Beauty and the Beast E. protection D. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp E. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

24. Fictional Characters 29. Advice According to Patricia MacLachlin, Jacob Witting's Benjamin Franklin advised that a man would have mail order bride Sarah Wheaton is ... health, wealth, and wisdom by doing what? A. plain and tall A. saving a penny B. bossy and cranky B. using little strokes C. charming and outgoing C. making haste slowly D. shapely and pretentious D. knowing the company he keeps E. vivacious and free-spirited E. going to bed early and getting up early

25. Classical Commentaries 30. Forms of Literature What was Horace discussing when he wrote this in the Which is not the title of an anthology? first century B.C.? A. 20 One-Act Plays For a thousand heads, a thousand tastes. B. 10 California Day Hikes A. order C. The Best 50 Poems of All Time B. opinion D. The Top 100 Science Fiction Stories C. optimism E. The 18 Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe D. obedience E. opportunity Language Arts Round 5 Page 4 31. Fairy Tales Which is not one of Grimm's Fairy Tales? A. Cinderella B. The Princess and the Pea C. The Emperor's New Clothes D. Goldilocks and the Three Bears E. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

32. Prefixes Which pair of words illustrate a prefix that means "excessive"? A. duplicate, duplex B. support, supplant C. protoplasm, protozoa D. omnivorous, omniscient E. hypersensitive, hyperthyroid

33. Proverbs The proverb, "He who hesitates is lost," has about the same meaning as ... A. misery loves company B. a miss is as good as a mile C. boldly ventured is half gained D. a penny saved is a penny earned E. measure thrice before you cut once

34. Writing Wrongs What two tenses are inappropriately mixed in this example? Ned Land opened the submarine hatch and attacks the giant squid with a harpoon. A. past, future B. past, present C. present, future D. present, future perfect E. present perfect, past perfect

35. Parts of Speech Which part of speech is not in this line? We have met the enemy and they are ours. A. verb B. article C. pronoun D. preposition E. conjunction Language Arts Round 5 - Answers 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. E 8. E 9. D 10. E 11. C 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. E 21. D 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. D 29. E 30. B 31. C 32. E 33. C 34. B 35. D Language Arts Round 6 Page 1 1. Pronunciation 6. Rhythm Which combination of letters cannot be used to end a Which has the same rhythm as "They tempt the taste word that rhymes with "rain"? and charm the sight"? A. ein A. not a word - not a whisper B. een B. as buds that bloom at morn C. eign C. afar from the great sea depths D. aign D. curls and ringlets of her tresses E. agne E. this is the story the sailorman told

2. Conjugation 7. Sometime Travels Which are regular verbs? In which story is time travel not part of the plot? A. fight, flee A. The Dark is Rising B. dive, drag B. A Christmas Carol C. begin, bite C. Trolley into Yesterday D. push, pass D. The Incredible Journey E. catch, choose E. The Children of Green Knowe

3. Features 8. Naive Notions What periodical always includes these According to superstition, hanging a horseshoe language-related features? upright over your door has consequences similar to It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power those resulting from ... Towards More Picturesque Speech A. handling a toad A. Time B. finding a 4-leaf clover B. Newsweek C. walking under a ladder C. Weekly Reader D. opening an umbrella in your house D. Reader's Digest E. seeing a black cat walk before you E. Sports Illustrated

4. Portal Principles 9. Dictionary Use What is this line by Don Quixote about? Which is on a dictionary page with "philosophical" When one door is shut, another opens. and "phonics" as guidewords? A. indignity A. Philippic B. reliability B. Phoenicia C. credibility C. phosphate D. hospitality D. phenotype E. opportunity E. phonogram

5. What's Knext? 10. Pronouns Which should appear last on an alphabetized list? Which line includes a demonstrative pronoun? A. John Knox A. My left nostril is missing. B. Don Knotts B. This will go down in history. C. Alfred Knopf C. Anything you can do, I can do better. D. Gladys Knight D. I myself chopped down the cherry tree. E. Robert Knievel E. Who put the bop in the bop-de-bop-de-bop? Language Arts Round 6 Page 2 11. Descriptions 16. Sly Carnivores What is illustrated in this sentence? In medieval European tales, the fox is called ... Even in his last years, Gramps had a mind like A. Orca a steel trap, only one that had been left out B. Reynard in the rain and had rusted shut. C. Bagheera A. analogy D. Ferdinand B. antonym E. Chanticleer C. ambiguity D. aphorism E. alliteration

12. Putrid Puns 17. Storybook Pets According to the punster, how do you get your guests Crookshanks is a pet cat belonging to ... to enter your home? A. Jim Smiley A. vitamin B. Jody Baxter B. shampoo C. Fern Arable C. toboggan D. Stanley Yelnats D. ambulance E. Hermione Granger E. pasteurize

13. Kipling 18. References Not among Rudyard Kipling's six honest serving men Which is not a reference work? who taught him all he knew was ... A. The Astronomical Almanac A. Who B. The Great Atlas of the Stars B. Why C. Encyclopedia of Astrophysics C. What D. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy D. When E. Field Guide to the Stars and Planets E. Whoa

14. Poems 19. Syllabication What kind of tree, according to Eugene Field, grows How many syllables are in this quote by Robert on the shores of the Lollipop Sea? Orben? A. love apple There are days when it takes all you've got just B. sea peach to keep up with the losers. C. sugar plum A. 13 D. cactus pear B. 14 E. lemonade berry C. 15 D. 16 E. 17

15. Disease Transmission 20. Poetic Rhythm Which are anagrams for animals that carry bubonic Which choice has the same rhythm as this line? plague? Be kind and tender to the frog A. reed, peas A. The Pobble who has no toes B. star, leafs B. They don't frighten me at all C. saber, flows C. Lavender water tinged with pink D. tutor, shores D. How skillfully she builds her cell E. togas, sneaks E. The shame or mocking or laughter Language Arts Round 6 Page 3 21. Pronunciation 26. Standard English Which word is not accented on the same syllable as the Which sentence uses standard English? others? A. He saw the creature hisself. A. debilitate B. The fiend had went to the swamp. B. periodicity C. The Thing hurt nobody in the cave. C. disorganized D. Hide her behind that there boulder. D. stratigraphy E. Mothra couldn't be found nowheres. E. prodigiousness

22. Antonyms 27. Writing Techniques An antonym of "nonchalant" is ... A story that follows the development of a town from A. biased the colonial period through the 20th century is B. affiliated presented ... C. disturbed A. neurologically D. proverbial B. toxicologically E. imprisoned C. chronologically D. technologically E. seismologically

23. Modifiers 28. Syllabication The superlative form of which adjectives cannot be The V/V rule applies to the syllabication of which formed in the same way as the others? words? A. near, warm A. radio, piano B. fair, strong B. pepper, bunny C. bleak, proud C. table, miserable D. yellow, smart D. softball, tomboy E. lonesome, famous E. neutron, acquaint

24. Verbs 29. Surmising a Setting Which line illustrates a linking verb? The setting for Elizabeth Honey's story, "Don't Pet the A. She tasted the soup. Wombat," is in ... B. The tiger looked hungry. A. Algeria C. It grew into a fine stallion. B. Armenia D. We crawled toward the cliff. C. Australia E. The gong sounded three times. D. Argentina E. Afghanistan

25. Poetic Characters 30. Homophones In the poem, what happened to Solomon Grundy on Which includes a homophone used correctly? Saturday? A. Knights sleigh dragons A. He died. B. Fish eggs are called row. B. He took ill. C. Joan emitted a mournful wail. C. He was buried. D. The ladder was missing a wrung. D. He was married. E. Grandma purchased new stationary. E. He was christened. Language Arts Round 6 Page 4 31. Writing What are these lines about? Never more will the wind cherish you again, never more will the rain. Never more shall we find you bright in the snow and the wind. A. hope B. terror C. sorrow D. patriotism E. befuddlement 32. Remote Locales The same setting is used in "The Call of the Wild," "The Cremation of Sam McGee," and ... A. True Grit B. The Big Sky C. The Virginian D. To Build a Fire E. Uncle Tom's Cabin

33. Writing Problems Name the grammatical error in this sentence. Several bus drivers were arguing in the office recently hired. A. split infinitive B. dangling gerund C. sentence fragment D. misplace modifier E. wrong subject-pronoun agreement

34. Parrot Phrasing In "Treasure Island," what phrase does Long John Silver's parrot continually repeat? A. off the plank B. bottle of rum C. pieces of eight D. jib and mainsail E. avast ye lubbers

35. Forms of Communication Oscar Wilde's statement, "Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes," is a(n) ... A. pun B. riddle C. sonnet D. allegory E. epigram Language Arts Round 6 - Answers 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. E 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. A 13. E 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. E 18. D 19. E 20. D 21. B 22. C 23. E 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. C 31. C 32. D 33. D 34. C 35. E Language Arts Round 7 Page 1 1. Poetic Rhythm 6. Grammatical Transitions Which choice has a meter different from the others? Which words are not used in transitions to show A. I think that I shall never see location? B. Am I a stone and not a sheep A. inside, over C. As virtuous men pass mildly away B. under, above D. To think that two and two are four C. among, beside E. On moonlit heath and lonesome bank D. meanwhile, until E. beyond, throughout

2. Biblical References 7. Long Johns Calling upon an allusion to the Garden of Eden, Long John Silver is quartermaster for Captain ... Henry James entitled one of his stories "The Tree of A. Kirk ..." B. Kidd A. Life C. Cook B. Pride D. Flint C. Wisdom E. Hazlewood D. Jealousy E. Knowledge

3. Public Speaking 8. Foods of the Gods A stand, often equipped with a microphone, from In Greek mythology, ambrosia conferred what upon which a speaker may address an audience is called a ... those who consumed it? A. forum A. beauty B. sacrum B. wisdom C. quorum C. loquacity D. rostrum D. immortality E. plectrum E. fearlessness

4. Redundancy 9. Title Clues Which is not a wordy expression? What is suggested by the title of this book? A. separate out Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone B. exciting talent A. alchemy C. combine together B. sculpture D. important essentials C. chiropractic E. completely unanimous D. geocentrism E. perpetual motion

5. Story Series 10. Ambiguity Which is the name of a series of books by R.L. Stine? Which newspaper headline does not carry a double A. Goose Eggs meaning? B. Goosenecks A. Obama Plans Swell Deficit C. Goosebumps B. Math Error Causes Orbiter Crash D. Gooseberries C. Police Discover Crack in Australia E. Goose Pimples D. Queen Mary Having Bottom Scraped E. Lawyers Give Poor Free Legal Advice Language Arts Round 7 Page 2 11. Suffixes 16. Personal Accounts Which is not a noun-making suffix? The "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is A. ism about ... B. like A. an industrialist C. ment B. a mountain man D. ation C. an escaped slave E. hood D. a railroad engineer E. a Pony Express rider

12. Poetic Quotes 17. Animal Tales What is next in this quote by Edgar Allan Poe? Which story is about a carnivorous feline? While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly ... A. Sounder A. I heard a flapping B. Old Yeller B. I started clapping C. Born Free C. there came a tapping D. Gentle Ben D. there was a snapping E. Black Beauty E. my lips were chapping

13. Word Formation 18. Science Fiction Which is not a blended word? In terms of its unusual fauna, Edgar Rice Burroughs' A. jazzercise book, "The Land that Time Forgot," is most similar to B. infomercial Jules Verne's ... C. rattlesnake A. In Search of the Castaways D. fantabulous B. From the Earth to the Moon E. guesstimate C. Around the World in 80 Days D. Journey to the Center of the Earth E. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

14. Sentence Analysis 19. Riddles In which line does the noun function as the object of According to the riddle of the Sphinx, at what time of the preposition? day do humans walk on four legs? A. They gamboled around the pasture. A. night B. I always wanted to be a lumberjack. B. midday C. The cowboy's aroma was distinctive. C. sunset D. Give the package to whomever knocks. D. evening E. Man is a sun and the senses are his planets. E. morning

15. Literary Symbols 20. Slang The decapitated head of a wild boar is significant in A person who hesitates is said to hang ... which story? A. out A. Animal Farm B. back B. Treasure Island C. by a thread C. Lord of the Flies D. in the balance D. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde E. on like grim death E. The Most Dangerous Game Language Arts Round 7 Page 3 21. Reorganization 26. Synonyms Anagrams are not illustrated in which line? Complacency is most similar to ... A. angered - enraged A. insanity B. nice love - violence B. generosity C. tea time - estimate C. exhaustion D. mad policy - diplomacy D. satisfaction E. love to ruin - revolution E. offensiveness

22. Journalistic Ambiguity 27. Etymology Which actual headline is not ambiguous? Which word was borrowed from the Italian language? A. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer A. corral B. Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim B. umbrella C. Dealers to Hear Car Talk at Noon C. moccasin D. Thief Gets Nine Months in Violin Case D. liverwurst E. Complaints about Referees Growing Ugly E. philosophy

23. Fables 28. Proverbs This moral concludes what fable by Aesop? In which choice is the missing word not the same as in Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. the other lines? A. The Shepherd's Boy A. All is ---- in love and war. B. The Fox and the Grapes B. The ---- is the enemy of the good. C. The Lion and the Mouse C. Revenge is a dish ---- served cold. D. The Hare and the Tortoise D. The ---- things come in small packages. E. The Ant and the Grasshopper E. Hope for the ---- and prepare for the worst.

24. Poetic Accents 29. Namesakes How many total accented syllables are in these lines The bodybuilder, Charles Atlas, based his name on the from "Casey at the Bat"? mythical Greek who ... And then when Cooney died at first, and A. was a hunter Barrows did the same, /A pall-like silence fell B. had just a single eye upon the patrons of the game. C. had a man's head and a horse's body A. 8 D. supported the heavens on his shoulders B. 10 E. renewed his strength by touching the Earth C. 12 D. 14 E. 16 25. Fables 30. Valley Guys This is the moral of which of Aesop's fables? Who spent his last forty years in the Ohio Valley? Be thrifty and prepare today for what you will A. Roy Bean need tomorrow. B. Buffalo Bill A. The Lion and the Mouse C. John Chapman B. The Fox and the Grapes D. Francis Marion C. The Hare and the Tortoise E. John Luther Jones D. The Ant and the Grasshopper E. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Language Arts Round 7 Page 4 31. Short Stories By the title, "Survival in the Forty-Ninth," readers could surmise that this story about an airplane crash took place in ... A. Maine B. Alaska C. Kansas D. California E. New Mexico

32. Viewpoints The second person point of view is illustrated in which line? A. I am disgusting. B. You better watch out. C. George chopped down the tree. D. Several felt that John was a coward. E. Jess said, "What do we want to eat?"

33. Instructors To what does the pronoun in this quote refer? It is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all its pupils. A. time B. travel C. reading D. philosophy E. communication

34. Roots Words Which words contain a root meaning "ashes"? A. vintage, vintner B. vehemence, vehicle C. cinders, incinerator D. flambeau, inflammable E. incandescent, candelabra

35. Wrongdoing What is this about? Keep your hands from literary picking and stealing, but if you cannot refrain from this kind of stealth, abstain from murdering what you steal. A. plagiarism B. cannibalism C. malapropism D. barbarianism E. anachronism Language Arts Round 7 - Answers 1. C 2. E 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. C 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. E 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. A Language Arts Round 8 Page 1 1. Annabel Lee 6. Novels What are the next words in this poem by Edgar Allan Which story explores the consequences of unshackled Poe? freedom and points out the need for rules and laws? It was many and many a year ago ... A. The Outsiders A. after I broke my knee B. Fahrenheit 451 B. in a kingdom by the sea C. Robinson Crusoe C. when of age I came to be D. Lord of the Flies D. that she sent a note to me E. The Swiss Family Robinson E. near the famous Zuider Zee

2. Time Frames 7. Pronouns Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven," is set during Which line includes a singular, first-person pronoun? which month? A. We're all in this alone. A. May B. It isn't easy being green. B. August C. I am a deeply superficial person. C. October D. There are more of them than us. D. February E. Never eat more than you can lift. E. December

3. Alphabetizing 8. Tall Tales Which entry comes next after "pectoralis major" in an A cook in the stories about Paul Bunyan is Sourdough encyclopedia? ... A. pectin A. Sal B. pedigree B. Sam C. pediatrics C. Seth D. Pecos Bill D. Sandy E. Pechora River E. Steve

4. Texts 9. Homonyms A list of special terms and their definitions at the end An acceptable sentence cannot be formed by of a textbook makes up the ... swapping the homonyms in which line? A. index A. They eight at ate. B. epilogue B. Aisle see you on the I'll. C. glossary C. These daze she is in a days. D. bibliography D. Use this knife to pear the pair. E. table of contents E. The guys in the tense were tents.

5. Historical Accounts 10. Adventure Nonfiction Livia Bitton-Jackson's book, "I Have Lived A Identify the author of this nonfictional work. Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust," tells A Negro Explorer at the North Pole of her experiences in ... A. Nat Turner A. Alcatraz B. Crispus Attucks B. Auschwitz C. Louis Armstrong C. the Bastille D. Jackie Robinson D. Guantanamo E. Matthew Henson E. Devil's Island Language Arts Round 8 Page 2 11. Sentence Analysis 16. Literary Forms Which includes a compound subject? Nonfiction does not include ... A. Bruce Wayne is Batman. A. essays B. Daffy quacks and Bugs chews. B. histories C. Rocky is a squirrel and a hero. C. romances D. Beldar and Prymaat are aliens. D. book reviews E. The Blob is corpulent and green. E. autobiographies

12. Creative Composition 17. Fantasies Which is not a simile? Which character in the Harry Potter stories was A. Sal's smile was like ice. formerly known as Tom Marvolo Riddle? B. Like the wind did Ralph run. A. Remus Lupin C. Kent would like some coffee. B. Lucius Malfoy D. Lorraine laughed like a hyena. C. Vernon Dursley E. Fred floated like a lead weight. D. Lord Voldemort E. Albus Dumbledore

13. Dog Tales 18. Reference Books What story by Dodie Smith is about Cruella deVil, a Which topic in an encyclopedia would you consult villain causing certain kinds of canines to disappear all first to find information about the growth of tree rings over England? in wet climates? A. Sounder A. rings B. Old Yeller B. trees C. White Fang C. botany D. 101 Dalmatians D. growth E. The Incredible Journey E. climates

14. Historical Poetry 19. Poetry What frontiersman has come to be associated with What was the occupation of the poet? "elbow room" because of a poem by Arthur I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and Guiterman? danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings. A. Buffalo Bill A. pilot B. Zebulon Pike B. physician C. Daniel Boone C. race driver D. Davy Crockett D. archaeologist E. John C. Fremont E. meteorologist

15. Capitalization Conventions 20. Confusing Tenses The names of ---- are not capitalized. Which line includes the past perfect tense? A. planets A. You were puzzled. B. animals B. You had been befuddled. C. languages C. You have been perplexed. D. continents D. You may have been dazed. E. businesses E. You will have been bewildered. Language Arts Round 8 Page 3 21. Spectacular Birds 26. Animal Tales Which is a mythical Arabian bird? Which is the title of a song in Orwell's "Animal Farm"? A. lynx A. The Animal Fair B. ibex B. Farmer in the Dell C. phoenix C. Beasts of England D. flying fox D. What the Animals Say E. archaeopteryx E. Old MacDonald Had a Farm

22. Punnish Professions 27. Nonsense Verse Which line does not include an obvious pun? The last verb in the poem, "Jabberwocky," rhymes with A. A cowboy could be distilled. which word? B. A celebrity could be defamed. A. fire C. A gambler could be discarded. B. babe D. A conjurer could be disillusioned. C. herbal E. A diplomat could be disconsolate. D. chrome E. sniffling

23. Sentence Subjects 28. Greek Myths Which noun may not take a plural verb? Atlas, the Titan, was forever condemned to ... A. news A. repeat what anyone says B. pants B. push a huge stone up a hill C. species C. pour water into a leaky vessel D. scissors D. have his liver torn out by vultures E. binoculars E. support the heavens on his shoulders

24. Book Title Puns 29. Literary Numbers Which imaginary book title is not paired with an The number of thieves confronted by Ali Baba is the appropriate fanciful author? same as the number of ... A. Not a Guitar -Amanda Lyn A. days it rained on Noah B. Bird Photography - Anne Teak B. dalmatians in a Disney movie C. The Paper Route - Avery Daye C. hats Bartholomew Cubbins has D. My Career as a Clown - Abe Ozo D. lives a cat is supposed to have E. Say the Magic Word - Abby Cadabra E. trombones in the Music Man's band

25. Subject-Verb Agreement 30. Point of View Incorrect subject-verb agreement is illustrated in Which story is written from the first person point of which sentence? view? A. Preferences in fruit differ. A. Little Women B. Every sister had a medallion. B. The Scarlet Letter C. Physics is a required subject. C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. A knife and a basket was lost. D. The Swiss Family Robinson E. Africa includes Egypt and Sudan. E. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment Language Arts Round 8 Page 4 31. Rhyming Words A poet would have the least difficulty finding words that rhyme with the words in which set? A. film, gulf, olive B. filth, curd, sublime C. cusp, angst, laundry D. wolf, depth, chimney E. fugue, twelfth, sandwich

32. Novels Schmendrick, a central character in "The Last Unicorn," is a ... A. mad king B. forest outlaw C. knight's squire D. lovelorn prince E. bumbling magician

33. Spy Stories Who is the central character in this series of books about a young spy? Stormbreaker, Point Blanc, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia, Ark Angel, Snakehead A. Ben Gunn B. Alex Rider C. Sam Gribley D. Stanley Yelnats E. Harold Hutchins

34. An Astoundingly Short Synopsis This is a one-line summary of a story by whom? Sometimes you can't build a fire to keep warm and you freeze to death. A. O. Henry B. Jack London C. Isaac Asimov D. Rudyard Kipling E. Shel Silverstein

35. Mental Inclinations Believing that "even when worst comes to worst, it won't be so bad," and that "what will come and must come, shall come well" are imaginative definitions of ... A. worry B. modesty C. optimism D. kindness E. conscience Language Arts Round 8 - Answers 1. B 2. E 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. E 11. D 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. E 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. E 33. B 34. B 35. C Language Arts Round 9 Page 1 1. Diphthongs 6. Participles Which word contains a diphthong? The past tense and past participle of which verb are A. hall not identical? B. aisle A. erase C. proof B. creep D. ladder C. shake E. sinking D. direct E. advise

2. Science Fiction 7. Literary Vocabulary The time frame for "Brave New World" is 632 years Condensed books are ... after ... A. annulled A. Bell B. abridged B. Ford C. amended C. Edison D. annotated D. Darwin E. alliterated E. Einstein

3. Shared Settings 8. World-Wide Literature "The night on the marge of Lake Lebarge" is part of a Which was not originally written in the language next poem set in the same region as ... to it? A. Sounder A. Don Quixote - Spanish B. Old Yeller B. Aesop's Fables - Greek C. Jurassic Park C. Doctor Zhivago - French D. The Call of the Wild D. A Christmas Carol - English E. Where the Red Fern Grows E. The Arabian Nights - Arabic

4. Borrowed Words 9. Writing Which words are not paired with the language from What technique is used here? which they were adopted? He is a happy mortal of a foolish disposition, A. arroyo, cigar - Spanish who takes the world easy, and would rather B. gulag, steppe - Russian starve on a penny than work for a pound. C. cameo, umbrella - Italian A. dialogue D. messiah, kosher - Arabic B. flashback E. liaison, sabotage - French C. inference D. foreshadowing E. characterization

5. Antonyms 10. Fantasy Poems The opposite of the meek and modest are people who According to a J.R.R. Tolkien poem, what "go ever are ... ever on, over rock and under tree, by caves where A. willy-nilly never sun has shone, and by streams that never find B. itsy-bitsy the sea"? C. hoity-toity A. roads D. palsy-walsy B. ideas E. namby-pamby C. seasons D. shadows E. rainbows Language Arts Round 9 Page 2 11. Wordplay 16. Literary Classifications What form of wordplay did Colonel Lemuel Q. A forty-page version of "The Virginian" is a(n) ... Stoopnagle repeatedly use in his book, "My Tale Is A. parody Twisted," which was divided into "Wart Pun" and "Tart B. synopsis Pooh"? C. monologue A. parody D. exposition B. anagrams E. abridgment C. palindromes D. spoonerisms E. malapropisms

12. Sentence Analysis 17. Libraries What is not in this sentence? Shelves of books in libraries are ... The only reason some people get lost in A. files thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. B. heaps A. abstract noun C. stacks B. indirect object D. inventory C. intransitive verb E. accumulations D. limiting adjective E. prepositional phrase

13. Conjunctions 18. Fictional Characters A correlative conjunction is in which line? Fictional friends do not include ... A. Shall we fish or just cut bait? A. Huck and Jim B. I sat alone but not without hope. B. Eyore and Tigger C. She played the drums and danced. C. Wilbur and Charlotte D. It was neither a beetle nor a duck. D. Mowgli and Captain Nemo E. He was green for he was a vegetarian. E. Friday and Robinson Crusoe

14. Sentence Analysis 19. Fantasies What is not in this passage by Ralph Waldo Emerson? Who wrote an account of the ending of the third age A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, of Middle Earth and the destruction of the one ring of but he is brave five minutes longer. power? A. direct object A. Jules Verne B. personal pronoun B. Arthur Clarke C. predicate adjective C. Carl Sandburg D. comparative adjective D. J.R.R. Tolkien E. coordinating conjunction E. Edgar Rice Burroughs

15. Homonyms 20. Formula Sayings Which sentence could not be correct? Which formula is another way of saying that having A. The lead led to health problems. something for certain may be preferable to taking a B. He has made no since sense 1983. chance on getting something better? C. I was bare when the bear attacked. A. 60 S = 1 M D. We passed monuments to the past. B. 2 W do not = 1 R E. She knows that its nose was green. C. 6 of 1 = 1/2 D of A D. 1 B in the H = 2 in the B E. 212 D F = the T at which W B Language Arts Round 9 Page 3 21. Heroic Characters 26. Onomatopoeia Who are not historical or literary heroes? Which is not an onomatopoeic word? A. Sauron and Trampas A. bang B. Perseus and Hercules B. bonk C. Tarzan and Johnny Tremain C. buzz D. William Tell and Robin Hood D. bask E. Francis Marion and Bilbo Baggins E. beep

22. Literary Lines 27. Homophones Which is not from "Alice in Wonderland"? Removing the first letter of which word does not make A. Off with his head! a homophone of the original word? B. Curiouser and curiouser. A. wrap C. Oh dear! I shall be too late! B. wring D. All children, except one, grow up. C. wright E. Sentence first, verdict afterward. D. wretch E. wreath

23. Root Words 28. Acronyms Which words contain a stem meaning "to feel"? The acronym for the Airborne Experiment to Study A. pervade, evasive Ozone Photochemistry is reminiscent of a(n) ... B. convert, diversion A. Roman poet C. receptive, captive B. Greek fabulist D. sensible, sentiment C. English bowman E. inscribe, postscript D. Egyptian pharaoh E. Persian philosopher

24. English Literature 29. Plurals According to C.S. Lewis, the Dawn Treader is a(n) ... The plural form of which word is not the same as its A. elf singular form? B. ring A. pants C. boat B. species D. dagger C. scissors E. magician D. analyses E. headquarters

25. Retrospective Rhymes 30. Figurative Language What is this poetic excerpt about? Using alliteration, complete this line. Under the sod and the dew / Waiting A fish named Wanda ... for Judgment Day / Under the laurel A. grew up in Luanda and Uganda the Blue / Under the willow the Gray B. was like a barracuda but smaller A. Civil War C. winked at the wader by the wharf B. French Revolution D. toward the quivering worm did swim C. Russian Revolution E. dazzled the school with her curvaceous fins D. Spanish-American War E. American War of Independence Language Arts Round 9 Page 4 31. Composition These lines are from the same paragraph. Which is the topic sentence? A. Tethered cattle stood quietly. B. Roosting chickens did not stir. C. The jungle night was always a threat. D. Silence enveloped the thatched village. E. Thus it has been for countless centuries.

32. Reading Context clues are useful in determining the ... A. rhythm of a poem B. nationality of an author C. capitalization of a noun D. culprit in a mystery story E. meaning of an unfamiliar word

33. Dr. Dolittle While Too-Too, Chee-Chee, and Dab-Dab were some of Dr. Dolittle's animal friends, who were his close human friends? A. John Clayton, Jane Porter B. Tommy Stubbins, Matthew Mugg C. John Hammond and Dr. Alan Grant D. Marjorie Dursley and Draco Malfoy E. Katrina Van Tassel and Brom Bones

34. Pen Power Which form of literature criticizes a subject by evoking an attitude of ridicule or scorn? A. satire B. allegory C. editorial D. synopsis E. exposition

35. Fictional Creatures In Mollie Hunter's story, "A Stranger Came Ashore," the creatures that look like seals and can take on human form are ... A. Orcs B. Selkies C. Vogons D. Morlocks E. Whangdoodles Language Arts Round 9 - Answers 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. E 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. E 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. D 21. A 22. D 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. E 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. C 32. E 33. B 34. A 35. B Language Arts Round 10 Page 1 1. Sidekicks 6. Poetic People Don Quixote is to Sancho Panza as Sherlock Holmes What is the last name of the guy in this verse? is to Doctor ... And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, A. Jekyll In the heart of the furnace roar; B. Dolittle And he wore a smile you could see a mile, C. Watson And he said: "Please close that door." D. Zhivago A. Bass E. Heidegger B. Spade C. McGee D. Walton E. Houston 2. Genres 7. Story Settings Which is not an example of nonfiction? Wilson Rawls' novel, "Where the Red Fern Grows," is A. The Physics of Star Trek set in the ... B. Anne Frank Remembered A. Ozarks C. Island of the Blue Dolphins B. Sierras D. Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea C. Rockies E. Letters from a World War II GI D. Black Hills E. Adirondacks

3. Characterization 8. Myths Fictional characters such as the mad scientist, the This is about what Greek mythical character? damsel in distress, the perfect butler, or the hero's Because the river water did not touch his sidekick are called what kind of characters? heel, it was the only part of his body that A. unit could suffer harm. B. null A. Perseus C. stock B. Theseus D. round C. Achilles E. singular D. Hercules E. Odysseus

4. Principal Parts 9. Spelling For which verb is the past tense not identical to the Which line contains a misspelling? past participle? A. Fred's fashionable feline fur A. say B. Cory's commendable colleague B. tear C. Pug's predictable putrescence C. weep D. Irene's infallable insidiousness D. teach E. Pam's perishable pomegranates E. shine

5. Abbreviations 10. Figurative Language In Robert O'Brien's book featuring Mrs. Frisby, What word can be added to the end of this sentence to "NIMH" stands for ... turn it into an oxymoron? A. Nickel Iron Metal Hydrate I must be cruel to be ... B. New Interactive Media Hub A. rude C. Neuro-Intensive Mouse Habitat B. kind D. National Institute of Mental Health C. cursed E. Northwest Indiana Mutation Hospital D. respected E. malevolent Language Arts Round 10 Page 2 11. Word Categories 16. Nouns The name for a watertight, skin-covered, Eskimo Which are not abstract nouns? canoe is a(n) ... A. justice, honor A. anagram B. bruise, shingle B. antonym C. curiosity, trust C. palindrome D. morality, immortality D. pseudonym E. success, nationalism E. homophone

12. Elements of Literature 17. Deep Novels You would be most likely to find dialogue in ... Who is not a principal character in "Twenty Thousand A. limericks and haikus Leagues Under the Sea"? B. editorials and essays A. Conseil C. proverbs and maxims B. Ned Land D. anecdotes and short stories C. Captain Nemo E. bibliographies and annotations D. Long John Silver E. Professor Pierre Aronnax

13. Pronouns 18. Plurals What kind of pronoun is missing at the end of this For which compound noun is the plural not formed Ogden Nash ditty? by adding an "s" to the end of the word? Tell me, O Octopus, I begs / Is those things A. trade-in arms, or is they legs? / I marvel at thee, B. six-pack Octopus. / If I were thou, I'd call me ... C. son-in-law A. personal D. get-together B. reflexive E. nine-year-old C. intensive D. possessive E. demonstrative 14. Suffixes 19. Books A word cannot be made by simply adding which In what part of a math book might you find a suffix to "profit"? glossary, lists of geometric formulas, a list of named A. -ing theorems, a table of symbols, and tables of square B. -eer roots and trigonometric ratios? C. -able A. index D. -less B. glossary E. -ence C. epilogue D. appendix E. bibliography

15. Spoonerisms 20. Poetry Which is not a spoonerized version of a fairy tale title? These lines illustrate which form of poetry? A. Beeping Sleauty By day the bat is cousin to the mouse. B. The Ford of the Lies He likes the attic of an aging house. C. The Pea Little Thrigs A. epic D. Prinderella and the Cince B. refrain E. Goldibear and the Three Locks C. couplet D. quatrain E. free verse Language Arts Round 10 Page 3 21. Keyboarding 26. Adjectives Which is the longest word you can make using only Adjectives tell what kind, which one, how much, or one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard? how many. Which line illustrates an adjective telling A. typewriter what kind? B. pincushion A. tall tales C. daydreamer B. that fiend D. moustaches C. no bananas E. rearmament D. few marbles E. last Mohican

22. Phrases 27. Spelling Which verb phrase practically never precedes the Which words are misspelled? phrase, "for doing it"? A. courageous, outrageous A. will apologize B. advantageous, gorgeous B. is accustomed C. courteous, simultaneous C. are responsible D. miscellaneous, erroneous D. have an excuse E. conscienteous, rebelleous E. blame someone

23. Fantasies 28. Literary Analysis The book about his third year at Hogwarts is entitled Which line from a short story is in first person? "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of ..." A. "Yes," said the boy. A. Azov B. Are you building a cabin? B. Azusa C. There are blankets in the hut. C. Azkaban D. Grandpa was sitting in his room. D. Azincourt E. We began the trek in late autumn. E. Azerbaijan

24. Literary Forms 29. Word Usage Which illustrates exposition? In which line is "up" used as an adverb? A. The Raven A. Look up. B. The Two Towers B. They dragged it up the ramp. C. A Christmas Carol C. The up staircase was blocked. D. The Martian Chronicles D. He was having an up and down day. E. Principles of Sports Medicine E. Tomorrow they'll up the price of corn.

25. Tolkien 30. Proverbs What word is missing in this line from a fantasy by In which line is the proverb stated correctly? J.R.R. Tolkien? A. A barking dog never bites. One ---- to rule them all, one ---- to find them, B. A leopard cannot paint its spots. one ---- to bring them all and in the darkness C. A closed mouth gathers no fleas. bind them. D. A rolling stone gathers no moths. A. Ring E. A horse divided against itself cannot B. Word stand. C. Chain D. Stone E. Sword Language Arts Round 10 Page 4 31. Modifiers Which line includes an adverb of frequency? A. Before beginning, plan carefully. B. The public seldom forgives twice. C. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. D. She currently is working as a newscaster. E. I will go anywhere, as long as it be forward.

32. Stories of India In Kipling's "The Jungle Book," Mowgli is raised by ... A. apes B. lions C. wolves D. pythons E. mongooses

33. Author's Outlooks Which line was not written from the third person point of view? A. No man is an island. B. It was Wang Lung's marriage day. C. The sun rose cheerless over the hills. D. The name of the town is Grover's Corners. E. Very dreadfully nervous I had been and am.

34. Stories Lucy Boston wrote "The Children of Green Knowe." This work is a(n) ... A. allegory B. western C. biography D. ghost story E. detective story

35. Spelling Which line contains a word misspelled because of a dropped consonant? A. Spelling is irrelevent. B. It was a disasterous occasion. C. He accidentaly stubbed his toe. D. My truck has an auxilliary tank. E. Prehaps it is a message from mom. Language Arts Round 10 - Answers 1. C 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. E 15. B 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. D 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. E 25. A 26. A 27. E 28. E 29. A 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. E 34. D 35. C Language Arts Round 11 Page 1 1. Grammar 6. Diphthongs Which part of speech is not in this quote by William Which word contains a diphthong? Blake? A. mixture He who does not know truth at sight is B. employer unworthy of her notice. C. bulldozer A. verb D. approximate B. pronoun E. phenomenon C. adjective D. preposition E. conjunction

2. Accent 7. Always Proverbs Which word is not accented on the same syllable as the Which proverb is correctly stated? others? A. A watched pot always boils. A. bibliographical B. The first step is always the easiest. B. distinguishable C. It's always darkest before the twilight. C. quadruplicating D. Bread always falls on the unbuttered side. D. accomplishment E. The grass is always greener on the other E. carnivorousness side of the fence.

3. Root Words 8. Handy Proverbs Which word does not contain a root that has the How does this proverb end? meaning with which it is paired? Many hands make ... A. mariner - sea A. light work B. mortality - death B. haste slowly C. manuscript - cut C. a stitch in time D. magnificent - large D. a long story short E. monochromatic - color E. dreams come true

4. Native American Literature 9. Nonsense Parts of Speech In "When the Legends Die," Tom is a member of Which words in "Jabberwocky" are the same part of which tribe? speech as "frabjous" and "uffish"? A. Ute A. toves, wabe B. Apache B. callay, callooh C. Seminole C. vorpal, frumious D. Cherokee D. burbled, chortled E. Blackfoot E. galumphing, whiffling

5. Literature 10. Accent How might these statements be classified? In which word is the main accent not on the same Laziness is its own punishment. syllable as in the others? Think twice before you act. A. abbreviation A. morals B. occupational B. parodies C. economically C. allusions D. inappropriate D. editorials E. undependable E. paradoxes Language Arts Round 11 Page 2 11. Capitalization 16. Newspaper Parts Improper capitalization is used in which example? Which choice is an example of a newspaper A. He quoted President Ronald Reagan often. nameplate? B. I hear the Reverend Elmer Gantry is coming. A. Beirut, Lebanon, May 1 C. Ronald Caldwell, D.D.S. has officially retired. B. The Philadelphia Inquirer D. Chief of Surgery, Dr. Wohan Lo, took out his C. United Press International own tonsils yesterday. D. Helen Jacobson, Staff Writer E. Fred Finster, a Supervisor at the San Diego E. Romania blamed for Moldova riots Zoo, just returned from Zambia.

12. Sentence Analysis 17. Phonics Categorize "Iran" in this sentence. Which is not a tip of the tongue sound? Persia later became modern-day Iran. A. z as in zoo A. direct object B. k as in kid B. indirect object C. n as in nine C. noun in apposition D. d as in dark D. predicate adjective E. s as in seed E. predicate nominative

13. Poetic Metaphors 18. Peculiar Plurals Who inspired these words? Which sentence only includes nouns that have regular O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is plurals? done. The ship has weather'd every rock. The A. Gail's goose was cooked. prize we sought is won. B. The knife is on the shelf. A. Davy Crockett C. Travel broadens the mind. B. Albert Einstein D. Fred's foot was in his mouth. C. Abraham Lincoln E. The child is the father of the man. D. John Luther Jones E. Lee Harvey Oswald

14. Sentence Analysis 19. Literary Conversations In which line is a noun an indirect object? This dialogue is from what story? A. Peter's peanuts are putrid. "You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim. B. Mindy said Mork is a mutant. "Cut it off and sold it," said Della. C. Steve gave the reporter a smirk. A. The Lottery D. The colonel plucked the bird himself. B. The Last Leaf E. Ross bought her a lovely wooded isle. C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. The Gift of the Magi E. The Most Dangerous Game

15. Literary Forms 20. Literary Characters Which form of literature consists almost entirely of Orwell's "Animal Farm," Richard Adams' "Watership dialogue? Down," and the fables of Aesop feature ---- characters. A. novel A. alien B. essay B. prehistoric C. drama C. superhuman D. poetry D. contemporary E. biography E. anthropomorphic Language Arts Round 11 Page 3 21. Expressive Elocution 26. Proverbial Precepts Which ending turns this line into a metaphor? Which saying has a meaning dissimilar to the others? Walt Winston's widow, Wanda Wamsley, was ... A. Seize the moment. A. wisely slow-witted B. Strike while the iron is hot. B. like a wailing walrus C. Good seed makes a good crop. C. a withered warhorse D. Make hay while the sun shines. D. wondrously wretched E. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. E. wilder than a wildebeest

22. Outlining 27. Inflammatory Puns In an outline about European geography, which line "Hoarsepower" could be a basic unit to measure the illustrates the most specific topic? severity of ... A. Switzerland A. arthritis B. Lake Geneva B. laryngitis C. Central Europe C. tendinitis D. Bodies of Water D. dermatitis E. Natural Resources E. appendicitis

23. Tree Houses 28. Fables A youth from New York City ends up living in a Which moral concludes Aesop's story about the goose hollow hemlock tree in the Catskills in ... with the golden eggs? A. Born Free A. Appearances are deceptive. B. A Wrinkle in Time B. Greed often overreaches itself. C. My Side of the Mountain C. Prepare for the days of necessity. D. Where the Red Fern Grows D. It is easy to loathe what you can't get. E. I Heard the Owl Call My Name E. Friends are more important than wealth.

24. Proverbs 29. Missing Letters Which proverb means opposite of "God helps those Given that "o" is the only vowel used, how many "o's" who help themselves"? are missing from this line? A. Waste not - want not Cmmn ld frgs g nly n shrt hps. B. A miss is as good as a mile. A. 5 C. All things come to him who waits. B. 6 D. Idle hands are the devil's playground. C. 7 E. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. D. 8 E. 9

25. Supplications 30. Affixes In an Uncle Remus story, Br'er Rabbit pleads to Br'er Which words have a prefix meaning "away from"? Fox, "Skin me. Snatch out my eyeballs. Roast me. A. absolute - abscond But don't fling me into that ..." B. concourse - confidence A. snake pit C. intramural - intravenous B. sticky tar D. impeccable - immoderate C. water hole E. metaphor - metamorphosis D. mine shaft E. briar patch Language Arts Round 11 Page 4 31. Onomatopoeia Which words do not illustrate onomatopoeia? A. zip, whir B. fizz, plop C. shoot, fly D. thump, bang E. clank, clatter

32. Prepositions Which verb-preposition combination is improper? A. admit to B. call upon C. send from D. choose into E. contend with

33. Literary Works Which is a sequel? A. White Fang B. Animal Farm C. The Time Machine D. The Black Stallion E. The Swiss Family Robinson

34. Literary Techniques What technique is shown by this quote? From that hour I clove to Queequeg like a barnacle till poor Queequeg took his last long dive. A. pun B. paradox C. onomatopoeia D. foreshadowing E. personification

35. Fictional Characters Which character is associated with a lifestyle requiring prolonged exposure to extremely cold weather? A. Trampas B. Sam McGee C. Philip Nolan D. Dr. Heidegger E. Simon Legree Language Arts Round 11 - Answers 1. E 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. E 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. E 12. E 13. C 14. C 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. E 21. C 22. B 23. C 24. C 25. E 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. E 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. D 35. B Language Arts Round 12 Page 1 1. Rhyme Time 6. Silent Letters For which word are there several common rhyming How many words with silent letters are in this? words? Lucille was walking under a bridge, gnawing A. liquid on some fudge, when a solemn ghost with a B. widow peace sign started whistling Dixie. C. orange A. 6 D. Niagara B. 8 E. supplies C. 10 D. 12 E. 14

2. Forms of Literature 7. Mythical Journeys Classify this line. Those who voyaged with Jason to obtain the Golden Man proposes but God disposes. Fleece were ... A. sonnet A. Bedouins B. epilogue B. Argonauts C. allegory C. buccaneers D. aphorism D. cosmonauts E. abridgment E. conquistadors

3. Heteronyms 8. Synonyms Which word does not have the two meanings with Which choice includes two words that do not have which it is paired? similar meanings? A. tear - fluid in the eye, to rip A. infallible, dubious B. wind - blowing air, to coil up B. desolate, infertile C. contract - agreement, to shrink C. contradict, gainsay D. produce - vegetables, to bring forth D. contrive, improvise E. mow - greater in number, to cut grass E. perilous, treacherous

4. Viewpoints 9. Clues The third person point of view is illustrated in which In "The Westing Game," the clues are mostly words line? taken from what song? A. Don't fire unless fired upon. A. Dixie B. I have nothing to put into my stew. B. Yankee Doodle C. When she was good she was very good. C. Home on the Range D. We are such stuff as dreams are made on. D. America the Beautiful E. Have you ever heard of the sugar plum tree? E. Battle Hymn of the Republic

5. Anagrams 10. Writing Techniques In which line does the animal not correspond to its Hyperbole is especially characteristic of ... anagram? A. fables A. gorilla - log rail B. maxims B. octopus - cot soup C. memoirs C. elephant - neat pelt D. tall tales D. antelope - lone tape E. allegories E. wolverine - evil owner Language Arts Round 12 Page 2 11. Prepositions 16. Settings How many prepositions are in this passage? The same type of landform serves as the setting for Music played at weddings always reminds me "The Most Dangerous Game" and ... of the music played for soldiers before they A. Born Free go into battle. B. The Outsiders A. 1 C. The Secret Garden B. 2 D. Lord of the Flies C. 3 E. My Side of the Mountain D. 4 E. 5

12. Forlorn Furry Friends 17. Bird Anagrams A story about three house pets in the Canadian Which is an anagram for a bird with a pouch below its wilderness is ... beak? A. Paddle to the Sea A. pines B. The Call of the Wild B. one pig C. Mr. Popper's Penguins C. rich sot D. The Incredible Journey D. in place E. The Wind in the Willows E. Sara blots

13. Narratives 18. Fictional Quotations Which literary form is a brief narrative of an What is the first name of the character who utters this interesting episode or event? line in a novel? A. elegy Like it? Well I don't see why I oughtn't to B. maxim like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash C. anecdote a fence every day? D. short story A. Jim E. dissertation B. Bob C. Don D. Roy E. Tom 14. Tough Tales 19. Versified Vermin The novel, "Sounder," recounts a family's struggles This is from a poem about whom? after the father was arrested for ... Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats A. trespassing and bit the babies in the cradles. B. stealing food A. Peter Pan C. disturbing the peace B. Pied Piper D. hiding runaway slaves C. Peter Piper E. running over a neighbor's dog D. Pablo Picasso E. Pushmi-Pullyu

15. Parodies 20. Writing Wrongs Orson Welles was parodying a speech by what Which error is illustrated in this? president with this quip? Having been hit high above the bleachers, Ask not what you can do for your country - the outfielder caught the ball. ask what's for lunch. A. comma splice A. John Kennedy B. dangling participle B. Richard Nixon C. sentence fragment C. Ronald Reagan D. improper punctuation D. Lyndon Johnson E. faulty subject-verb agreement E. Dwight Eisenhower Language Arts Round 12 Page 3 21. Pronunciation 26. Legends Which word is accented on the same syllable as Little John of the Robin Hood legends is associated "disfiguration"? with a ... A. crystallization A. magic hammer B. personification B. log over a creek C. disorganization C. headless horseman D. experimentation D. sword called Excalibur E. excommunication E. place known as Camelot

22. A Crusoe Crony 27. Homonyms The native who befriends and serves Robinson Crusoe Which is the only correct phrase? is ... A. a taxi fare A. Tuesday B. an orange peal B. Wednesday C. a heavy led weight C. Thursday D. gorgeous spring flours D. Friday E. a cold and windy knight E. Saturday

23. Stories 28. Spelling Which line was taken from Esther Forbes' story, Which line contains a misspelled word? "Johnny Tremain"? A. The most remarkable thing about A. Why are we going to fight? B. my mother is that for thirty years B. It was September 1 of 1670. C. she served the family nothing but C. Abraham Lincoln does, I reckon. D. leftovers. The original meal has D. The Long Knives' camp was quiet. E. never bin found. E. King Henry arranged the marriage.

24. I Got Rhythm 29. Aesop Which uses a meter different from the others? Which moral is from a fable about a shepherd's boy? A. Children you are very little A. Plodding wins the race. B. And the raven never flitting B. Little by little does the trick. C. Life is but an empty dreaming C. Prepare for the days of necessity. D. 'Twas the night before Christmas D. It is easy to despise what you cannot get. E. Big words do not smite like war clubs E. A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.

25. Stories 30. Pronoun Use in Sentences The most common type of narrative order is ... Complete this sentence. A. biological The ones involved in the fracas were ... B. astrological A. he and I C. chronological B. I and him D. psychological C. him and I E. meteorological D. he and me E. him and me Language Arts Round 12 Page 4 31. Spelling All words in which phrase are spelled correctly? A. a rendevous with logicians B. contestents wore disguises C. my three favorite hyperbolies D. virtually unnoticable ineptitude E. ruminating about the inquisition

32. Biographies This is about whom? At last joining the thought of the flowing liquid and the word, she stooped down and touched the earth showing her desire to know its name. A. Helen Keller B. Coretta King C. Amelia Earhart D. Marjorie Rawlings E. Louisa May Alcott

33. Suffix Spelling Which choice contains a misspelled adjective? A. laborious litigator B. rebellious redecorator C. couragious collaborator D. prodigious prefabricator E. conscientious commentator

34. Root Words Which words are based on a root word meaning "foot"? A. evident, video B. podium, tripod C. regime, regulate D. nominate, misnomer E. chronicle, anachronism

35. Forms of Literature Which is not the title of a periodical? A. TV Guide B. Reader's Digest C. Marine Corps Gazette D. The Chronicles of Narnia E. New England Journal of Medicine Language Arts Round 12 - Answers 1. E 2. D 3. E 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. D 11. E 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. D 17. D 18. E 19. B 20. B 21. A 22. D 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. E 29. E 30. A 31. E 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. D Language Arts Round 13 Page 1 1. Vampire Romances 6. Reasoning Which is not one of the novels by Stephanie Meyer According to this, who is ugliest? about the protagonist, Bella Swan? Igor is uglier than Lurch. Quasimodo is A. Eclipse uglier than Ed Hyde. The Jabberwock is uglier B. Twilight than Igor. Lurch is uglier than Quasimodo. C. New Moon A. Igor D. Breaking Dawn B. Lurch E. Goodnight Moon C. Ed Hyde D. Quasimodo E. the Jabberwock

2. Challenging Situations 7. Vocabulary Which family got into an enduring predicament Which word does not belong with the others? because it was "tempest-tossed"? A. sever A. Banks B. sunder B. Hardy C. rectify C. Ingalls D. rupture D. Darling E. disintegrate E. Robinson

3. Objects 8. Literary Techniques Which line does not contain a direct object? Writing that expresses an author's personal feelings A. Al was gored. about something is ... B. Dan raised quail. A. inductive C. Abe bought a Lincoln. B. vindictive D. Harry found a true man. C. detractive E. George trimmed the bush. D. subjective E. retroactive

4. Modifiers 9. Rhyme In which line is a modifier used inappropriately? Which pair of words illustrates something other than A. She generally ran real fast. double rhyme? B. Willis is extraordinarily tall. A. regal - eagle C. He has a wonderfully calm demeanor. B. navigator - waiter D. He literally fell out of the frying pan into C. exploring - adoring the fire. D. antelope - canteloupe E. Max is certainly the dumbest dog on Earth. E. conviction - prediction

5. Mythical Gifts 10. Thomas Hardy's Poetry Paris gave Aphrodite the apple of discord inscribed What word is missing in this stanza? with the words, "For the ..." Yes, quaint and curious ---- is! A. fittest You shoot a fellow down B. fairest You'd treat if met where any bar is, C. fastest Or help to half-a-crown. D. fondest A. war E. fussiest B. love C. grief D. trust E. death Language Arts Round 13 Page 2 11. Poetry 16. Parts of Speech Which poem has the fewest syllables? Which words are never adverbs? A. ode A. ignorantly, barely B. epic B. believably, purely C. haiku C. neighborly, lonely D. ballad D. abnormally, safely E. sonnet E. carelessly, merely

12. Parodies 17. Sentence Analysis Which parody includes this verse? What is not in this example? Twas Byblis and the sepal traps When turkeys mate, they think of swans. did gland and grumous in the whorl A. plural noun All motile were the bladderworts B. linking verb and the monstrose unfurled. C. dependent clause A. Talkiwocky D. prepositional phrase B. Geowocky E. third person pronoun C. Botaniwocky D. Chemowocky E. Browserwocky 13. Parts of Speech 18. Stories Which words cannot be used as both verbs and nouns? Edward Ormondroyd's story, "Time at the Top" about A. play, draft time travel involves a(n) ... B. grind, wait A. train C. stop, chair B. airplane D. leave, bring C. elevator E. horse, close D. catapult E. ferris wheel

14. Dictionary Use 19. Protagonists Which word would not be on a page of a dictionary What bird is in the surname of the shipwrecked family having "sensitize" and "separation" as guidewords? created by Jonathan Wyss and also in the first name of A. sensual the central figure in a famous survival novel by Daniel B. sepaloid Defoe? C. separatist A. jay D. sentimental B. gull E. sensitometer C. hawk D. finch E. robin

15. Literary Characters 20. Heroes Who is the central character in the story from which What hero rammed a red-hot rod into the eye of the this line was taken? Cyclops? Pushmi-Pullyus are now extinct. A. Aeneas A. Puff B. Ulysses B. Nanook C. Perseus C. Dr. Dolittle D. Theseus D. Ichabod Crane E. Hercules E. Bartholomew Cubbins Language Arts Round 13 Page 3 21. Tom Swifties 26. Parts of Speech What adverb completes this Tom Swifty? What part of speech is not in this aphorism? "I know what herb would taste nice with this," Life is too short to be small. said Tom ... A. noun A. sourly B. verb B. saltily C. adverb C. nuttily D. article D. sagely E. adjective E. cornily

22. Biographies 27. Antagonyms Complete the title of this nonfictional work. Which are not examples of antagonyms or Marie Curie and ... autoantonyms, words that can have meanings opposite A. Radium of themselves? B. Sodium A. dust, left C. Beryllium B. move, hold D. Ytterbium C. bound, bolt E. Zirconium D. cleave, clip E. handicap, oversight

23. Literary Forms 28. Biographies Nonfiction does not include ... What name completes this title of a biography about A. editorials and essays someone who was a favorite attraction at P.T. B. interviews and reviews Barnum's circus? C. diaries and biographies Have You Seen ... D. short stories and novels A. Tiny Tim E. chronicles and documentaries B. Bill Bailey C. Peter Pan D. Tom Thumb E. Bilbo Baggins

24. Words within Words 29. Creepy Creatures Which word does not include another word having the In "A Wrinkle in Time," Madeleine L'Engle describes meaning with which it is paired? the fiendish creature, IT, as a ... A. abduct - a solid wall A. slimy blob B. loaf - a clumsy person B. scaly serpent C. glamorous - passionate C. disembodied brain D. diner - discordant noise D. vaporous presence E. graze - to completely destroy E. metallic mechanism

25. Folksong Grammar 30. Extrications A possessive pronoun is not in the chorus of ... The princesses that Milo tries to rescue in "The A. Clementine Phantom Tollbooth" are ... B. Oh Susanna A. Kith and Kin C. Polly Wolly Doodle B. Thick and Thin D. Home on the Range C. Hale and Hearty E. The Battle Hymn of the Republic D. Low and Behold E. Rhyme and Reason Language Arts Round 13 Page 4 31. Antonyms Which word is not paired with an antonym? A. abstain - indulge B. obligatory - optional C. obnoxious - adorable D. transparent - opaque E. beneficial - conservative

32. Figurative Language Which is the best metaphor for "morning"? A. bricks without straw B. a fountain of kindness C. the uncut hair of graves D. a soldier with a black helmet E. a new sheet of paper to write on

33. Aesop This moral concludes the Aesop fable about which creature? Much wants more and loses all. A. wolf B. goose C. mouse D. tortoise E. grasshopper

34. Parts of Speech How many prepositions are in this quip? Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles - watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4

35. Spectacular Spiders A fictional spider named Charlotte spun the word "TERRIFIC" into her web in an attempt to save her friend from the slaughterhouse. Name her friend. A. Babe B. Porky C. Wilbur D. Horace E. Napoleon Language Arts Round 13 - Answers 1. E 2. E 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. E 7. C 8. D 9. D 10. A 11. C 12. C 13. D 14. C 15. C 16. C 17. B 18. C 19. E 20. B 21. D 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. E 31. E 32. E 33. B 34. C 35. C Language Arts Round 14 Page 1 1. Abominable Adjectives 6. Subclasses of Words Which contains an adjective not synonymous with the Which are reciprocal pronouns? adjectives in the other choices? A. this, those A. Fiona was a fiendish flogger. B. theirs, ours B. Helen was a heinous heiress. C. anyone, nobody C. Wilma was a wicked windbag. D. himself, yourselves D. Dorie was a docile doomsayer. E. one another, each other E. Nancy was a nefarious nuisance.

2. Losses 7. Poetic Professions In the poem, a kingdom was lost because a battle was This is the first line from a poem about what kind of lost because a rider was lost because a horse was lost person? because a horseshoe was lost because a ---- was lost. Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth A. bet A. pilot B. map B. physicist C. nail C. psychologist D. lady D. police officer E. knight E. photographer

3. Modifiers 8. Pamela Travers Tales Which line illustrates an adverb modifying an adverb? In the story of Mary Poppins, the ---- family lives at A. They talked very secretly. 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London. B. Slowly the old tire went flat. A. Burke C. The coach yelled incessantly. B. Potts D. She was put soundly in her place. C. Banks E. He was a slightly overweight man. D. Darling E. Robinson

4. Damp Hellos 9. Biographies Who, upon his first meeting with Robin Hood, Which is the title of a fictional biography? "tumbl'd him into the brook"? A. L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz A. Friar Tuck B. Walt Disney: Maker of Magical Worlds B. Little John C. James Bond: Authorized Biography of 007 C. Will Scarlet D. Ordinary Genius: A Story of Albert Einstein D. Midge the miller E. Mohandas Gandhi: Fighter Without a Sword E. sheriff of Nottingham

5. Sensational Writing 10. Novels Which sensation is paired with related words? This is the first line of what novel? A. smell - tinkle, murmur, howl, groan, purr There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. B. hearing - musty, pungent, fragrant, fresh A. Kim C. sight - cuddly, slimy, prickly, gooey, dank B. Holes D. taste - putrid, smoky, tangy, savory, stale C. Across Five Aprils E. touch - shimmering, wispy, murky, spotless D. Bridge to Terabithia E. The Indian in the Cupboard Language Arts Round 14 Page 2 11. Roman Sayings 16. Whopper Whacking Augustus Caesar advised "to make haste slowly." He Who was killed by a rock propelled from a sling? was advising ... A. Sphinx A. faith B. Goliath B. inaction C. Cyclops C. prudence D. Gargantua D. sympathy E. Jabberwock E. tolerance

12. Novel Quotations 17. Proverbs What place name is missing in this line? Which proverb has a meaning most similar to Yogi It was Leslie who had taken him from the cow Berra's remark, "It's not over till it's over"? pasture into ----- and turned him into a king. A. Fight fire with fire. A. Oz B. No news is good news. B. Narnia C. Paddle your own canoe. C. Lilliput D. He who laughs last laughs best. D. Camelot E. You cannot get blood from a turnip. E. Terabithia

13. Sentence Analysis 18. References What is not in this line by Mark Twain? Which reference is most similar to a lexicon? You can't depend on your eyes when your A. atlas imagination is out of focus. B. index A. contraction C. glossary B. indirect object D. thesaurus C. personal pronoun E. rhyming dictionary D. subordinate clause E. prepositional phrase

14. Poetry 19. Conjunctions With which word does the last word of the next line of In which case does the conjunction connect clauses? this poem rhyme? A. Shape up or ship out. Send these - the tempest tossed to me ... B. We accept cash or money orders. A. late C. I can't decide whether to go or to stay. B. boar D. A green salad or a fruit bowl will be fine. C. free E. He had acrophobia or the fear of heights. D. slave E. bossed

15. Forms of Literature 20. Spirit-Filled Houses This probably came from what literary form? The house in the series of books by Lucy Boston is Lies about climate change gain credence even called ... when they fly in the face of the science that A. Bean Hoe supposedly is their basis. B. Lean Floe A. journal or diary C. Mean Woe B. editorial or essay D. Dean Throe C. allegory or parable E. Green Knowe D. parody or lampoon E. narrative or biography Language Arts Round 14 Page 3 21. Book Titles 26. References Which book title is most ambiguous? In an encyclopedia of historical terms, which comes A. War and Peace next after "kolkhoz"? B. Scouting for Boys A. Koran C. The Power and the Glory B. Komeito D. Far From the Madding Crowd C. Koreagate E. Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? D. Komsomol E. Knights Templar

22. Equine Literature 27. Short Stories Which novel is not about a horse? Thanks to Mark Twain, Calaveras County is famous A. Sounder for ... B. Seabiscuit A. frog jumping C. Man O'War B. horse racing D. National Velvet C. cock fighting E. My Friend Flicka D. turkey calling E. sheep shearing

23. Verbs 28. Legendary Creatures Which line contains a regular verb? Eagles and ospreys are most similar in appearance to A. Will you swear to it? the mythical ... B. Get to work you lazy oaf. A. sphinx C. Go mingle with the carnivores. B. unicorn D. Lay your doubloons on the deck. C. centaur E. Arise to a glorious new morning. D. cyclops E. phoenix

24. Ambiguity 29. Literary Classifications Why is this sentence ambiguous? Which is not an example of prose? Melanie looked at the bank. A. Civil Disobedience A. It is redundant. B. Little House on the Prairie B. It includes a homonym. C. Traitor - the Case of Benedict Arnold C. It is self-contradictory. D. An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas D. It denies the antecedent. E. The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party E. It has a dangling participle.

25. Fictional Rebellions 30. Poems Dumbledore's Army is to the Harry Potter series as What fell in the poem that includes this line? Aslan's Army is to ... It fell to earth I know not where. A. the Goosebumps series A. an arrow B. the Green Knowe series B. a sparrow C. The Chronicles of Narnia C. a sombrero D. The Chronicles of Prydain D. some yarrow E. Through the Looking Glass E. a wheelbarrow Language Arts Round 14 Page 4 31. Spelling Which line contains no misspelling? A. an urgent bullitin B. with solemn reverence C. with sincere graditude D. the courtious cabdriver E. some unecessary tradition

32. Fictional Families The Witting Family is central to ... A. The Black Stallion B. Sarah Plain and Tall C. Cheaper by the Dozen D. My Side of the Mountain E. Little House on the Prairie

33. Latin Stems Which word has a stem with essentially the same meaning as the stem in "dominate"? A. freedom B. abdomen C. odometer D. indomitable E. randomization

34. Legendary Vessels The Courser was what captain's ship? A. Kirk's B. Hook's C. Nemo's D. Sparrow's E. Stormalong's

35. Everyday Latin Which Latin abbreviation is not correctly paired with its meaning? A. viz. - namely B. i.e. - that is C. ca. - about or around D. e.g. - and the others E. ff. - and the following pages Language Arts Round 14 - Answers 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. E 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. C 12. E 13. B 14. B 15. B 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. E 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. E 29. D 30. A 31. B 32. B 33. D 34. E 35. D Language Arts Round 15 Page 1 1. Fictional Prose 6. Animal Tales Which is the subtitle of the novel, "The Swiss Family Which story takes place in Africa? Robinson"? A. Old Yeller A. Life in the Woods B. Born Free B. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy C. Gentle Ben C. Tales from the Secret Annex D. White Fang D. Adventures in a Desert Island E. Rikki-tikki-tavi E. The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up

2. Fables 7. Fictional Predicaments Fables typically end with a(n) ... Which character had to deal with "thirty yards of A. moral board fence nine feet high"? B. climax A. Arthur Dent C. refrain B. Tom Sawyer D. epilogue C. Bob Cratchit E. synopsis D. Stanley Yelnats E. Bastian Balthazar Bux

3. Rhyme 8. Speech Sounds What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of Which word contains the largest consonant cluster? "Jabberwocky"? A. thirds A. ABBA B. halves B. ABAB C. twelfths C. ABAA D. twentieths D. ABBB E. sixteenths E. AABB

4. Fantasies 9. Animal Puns Name the unusual, large, pompous insect in "The A punster might say what animal is best suited to this Phantom Tollbooth" that demands attention and is surname? hardly ever right about anything. In-time-saves-nine A. Bedbug A. Ostrich B. Humbug B. Porpoise C. Stinkbug C. Antelope D. Litterbug D. Aardvark E. Doodlebug E. Orangutan

5. Courageous Guys 10. Literary Techniques Who is the hero in stories about Middle Earth? Which line illustrates understatement? A. Br'er Rabbit A. The pen is mightier than the sword. B. Bilbo Baggins B. A barber is a knight of the scissors. C. Michael Darling C. Underneath this sod lies John Round. D. Christopher Robin D. Death Valley can be on the warm side. E. Bartholomew Cubbins E. Kit Carson cashed in his chips in 1868. Language Arts Round 15 Page 2 11. Literary Likeness 16. Creative Characters Merlin in the King Arthur legends most closely Which are creations of Shel Silverstein? resembles ... A. Eeyore and the Heffalump A. Nag in "The Jungle Book" B. Br'er Fox and the Tar Baby B. Bigwig in "Watership Down" C. Dirty Dan and the Slithergadee C. Templeton in "Charlotte's Web" D. Bartholomew Cubbins and the Lorax D. Milo in "The Phantom Tollbooth" E. the Quangle Wangle and the Jumblies E. Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings"

12. Word Usage 17. Poetic Sentence Analysis In which line does "as" mean "when"? What is the subject of this sentence? A. Dick is as deaf as a doorknob. There are strange things done in the midnight B. Jim is not as bright as Beulah. sun by the men who moil for gold. C. He belched as he faced the tofu. A. men D. Brutish as he is, he's still my pop. B. sun E. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. C. gold D. there E. things

13. Washington Irving 18. Plurals The story of "Rip van Winkle" takes place in the Which plural noun has no singular form? vicinity of the ---- River. A. oxen A. Red B. radii B. Ohio C. clothes C. Hudson D. bacteria D. Missouri E. brothers-in-law E. Columbia

14. Novel Settings 19. Unusual Words Prince Edward Island is the setting for ... An autoantonym is a word that has two nearly A. Sounder opposite meanings such as "clip" that can mean "attach B. The Lord of the Flies to" or "cut off from." Which of these is not an C. Anne of Green Gables autoantonym? D. Through the Looking Glass A. left E. The Swiss Family Robinson B. trim C. bolt D. halt E. dust

15. Nonfiction 20. Abstractions Complete this nonfiction title. Which is the least abstract concept? The Mystery of the Hieroglyphics: The Story A. Greek of the ---- Stone and the Race to Decipher B. woman Egyptian Hieroglyphics C. beauty A. Head D. femininity B. Kidney E. Helen of Troy C. Sharon D. Rosetta E. Philosopher's Language Arts Round 15 Page 3 21. Proverbs 26. Compound Words Which saying has a meaning different from the In which line could you not add the same word to others? each word to make compound words? A. Haste makes waste. A. cuff, rail, woven, bag B. Tomorrow never comes. B. off, stand, ball, shake C. Procrastination is the thief of time. C. out, writing, made, gun D. One of these days is none of these days. D. spring, book, pick, some E. What may be done at any time is done at E. brake, down, waving, puppet no time.

22. Determiners 27. Epigram Parodies Which determiners cannot be used as pronouns? What word completes the original observation that Will A. every, no Rogers parodied in this way? B. any, each A fool and his money are soon elected. C. both, many A. jolted D. some, none B. parted E. another, neither C. wasted D. stunted E. tempted

23. Fictional Characters 28. Expressions This line is from a story about whom? The expression, sour grapes, is associated with what New lamps for old. New lamps for old. animal in one of Aesop's tales? A. Mowgli A. fox B. Aladdin B. lion C. Nanook C. hare D. Hans Brinker D. goose E. Goosey Loosey E. grasshopper

24. Settings 29. Literary Techniques The settings for Walt Morley's novel, "Gentle Ben," Which line illustrates the use of dialect? and for Robert Service's poem, "The Cremation of A. Little one, come to my knee Sam McGee," are nearest to that of which story? B. Once upon a midnight dreary A. Old Yeller C. "Not exactly," I answered coldly B. Born Free D. We growed up together nat'ril like C. Julie of the Wolves E. Five fat fowls flew to Fred's farm for food D. Bridge to Terabithia E. My Side of the Mountain

25. Nonfiction 30. Paragraphs "The Life of Buffalo Bill" is an account of the life of Which line from the same paragraph about a football William ... game is the topic sentence? A. Cody A. We were penalized 85 yards. B. Seward B. The coach fell into the Gatorade. C. Bradford C. The tight-end pulled his hamstring. D. Sherman D. The first quarter was a total disaster. E. McKinley E. Two field goal attempts hit the uprights. Language Arts Round 15 Page 4 31. Story Characters Who were created by Kenneth Grahame? A. Frodo, Bilbo B. Rilsy, Tonweya C. Water Rat, Mr. Toad D. Sylvia Stout, the Glump E. Caddie Woodlawn, Danny Dunn

32. Science Fiction In Scott Westerfeld's novel, "Uglies," what happens to all the 16-year-olds in the world? A. They become nutritious food. B. They embark on a personal quest. C. They begin their service as soldiers. D. They are transported to another time. E. They undergo a major medical operation.

33. Literary Techniques Anthropomorphism is not illustrated in ... A. Aesop's Fables B. Charlotte's Web C. The Wind in the Willows D. The Emperor's New Clothes E. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle

34. Character Species The pronoun in the story title, "Ben and Me," refers to a creature of the same species as ... A. Bambi B. Mowgli C. Gentle Ben D. Stuart Little E. Widowmaker

35. Myths Poseidon was the Greek equivalent of which Roman god? A. Mars B. Saturn C. Jupiter D. Mercury E. Neptune Language Arts Round 15 - Answers 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. E 12. C 13. C 14. C 15. D 16. C 17. E 18. C 19. D 20. E 21. A 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. E 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. D 31. C 32. E 33. D 34. D 35. E