Quiz #2 Review

Quiz #2 Review

Vocabulary, The One and Only Ivan, Similes, Metaphors and Past Continuous

Vocabulary Part 2

Multiple Choice

The view from the mountaintop was absolutely _________________! Stunning!

• scolding

• magnificent

• gentle

• deliberate

Multiple Choice

Stella's leg bleeds and is _________________ to larger than its normal size.

• swollen

• deliberately

• muttering

• groaning

Multiple Choice

Stella has a sore and swollen leg. Because of this injury, she _____________ when she walks.

• limped

• were limping

• limping

• limps

Fill in the Blank

When I couldn't finish the exam in time, I felt ________________ and disappointed.

Fill in the Blank

The sadness and sorrow someone feels when a loved one dies is called ___________.

The One and Only Ivan

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Open Ended

How does Ruby arrive at the Big Top Mall? Where was she before that and what happened? Write all the details you can think of in three minutes. Post it before the time is up.

Fill in the Blank

What is the name of the gorilla in Stella's story?

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct answer to Ruby's joke "what do elephants have that nothing else has?"

• trunks

• large flappy ears

• baby elephants

• a fantastic memory

Poll

How funny do you think Ivan's and Ruby's jokes are?

• Hilarious!!!

• Pretty funny

• So-so

• Meh

• Real stinkers!!!

Multiple Choice

Who does Ivan say this to: "You would have been good at protecting, too"?

• Stella

• Ruby

• Bob

• Julia

Multiple Choice

Who says this: "I gaze out at the huge sign that makes humans stop and spend their hard-earned cash. I have to admit that the picture of Ruby is rather cute even if she doesn't look like a real elephant"?

• Stella

• Ruby

• Ivan

• Mack

Poll

Which character in the book would you most like to be?

• Ivan

• Julia

• Ruby

• Bob

• Mack

Open Ended

If you could be an animal for twenty-four hours, which animal would you be?

Similes

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Multiple Select

Choose all the phrases or sentences that are similes.

• as big as an elephant

• flat like a pancake

• Gorillas hearts are made of ice

• I like strawberry sundaes.

Fill in the Blank

Like or as? "She is cute, little Ruby, with her ears flapping ______ palm leaves..."

Multiple Choice

That wrestler was _____ big ______ a bus!

• as ... as

• like ... as

• like ... like

• as ... like

Metaphors

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Multiple Choice

Complete the metaphor with the correct answer:

Billy _______ a walking dictionary.

• were

• like

• as

• is

Multiple Select

What is a metaphor? (There is more than one correct answer.)

• Something is something else.

• Uses "like"

• Compares two different things.

• Uses "as ... as" to compare two things

Open Ended

Finish the metaphor:

You are my ____________.

Past Continuous

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Multiple Choice

At 2 am, I _____ sleeping like a baby.

• none of these choices

• did

• were

• was

Multiple Choice

You ________ sneaking out of the window when the principle walked into the classroom.

• was

• were

• did

• none of these

Multiple Choice

The elephants __________ drinking water in the river.

• was

• were

• trying

• spray

Open Ended

Write a past continuous sentence with the verb "mutter". Remember past continuous is "was/were" + verb + "ing".

Open Ended

Write a past continuous sentence with the verb "scold". Remember past continuous is "was/were" + verb + "ing".

Good luck tomorrow!