Cebu Year 1 cycle (Gr.8-10)

From the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

What destroyed Marjane’s dream of going to visit her friend Kaveh?

• A. The U.S refused all air traffic from Iran.

• B. Her mother was killed by the Shah’s soldiers.

• C. The U.S embassy was taken by fundamentalists.

• D. Her father lost his job as a photographer.

From the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

The keys given to young boys were said to---.

• A. Allow them to enter paradise if they died in the war

• B. Make sure their families remembered them at prayer time

• C. Unlock the military potential and make them heroes

• D. Keep  their women faithful while they were at the front

From the book Animal Farm by George Orwell

All the animals agreed to meet in the big barn one night to hear ---

• A. Boxer’s plan to prevent Mollie  from being sold

• B. Major’s communication of his strange dream

• C. Muriel’s findings about the gaps in the pasture fence

• D. Clover’s news from her recent trip  to town

From the book Animal Farm by George Orwell

What caused  Mr. Jones to awaken and fire his gun?

• A. A backfiring sound came from Mr.Pilkington’s pick-up truck.

• B. Napoleon pounded his gravel to quiet the animals who were out of order.

• C. Major’s sad story caused  most of the animals to cry and wait

• D. The animals caused an uproar by singing “Beasts of England”.

From the book Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

What “odd” thing occurred as Voldemort’s disappearance was being celebrated?

• A. A blue moon shone brightly

• B. Shooting stars began to appear

• C. Nearly Headless Nick began to appear to Muggles

• D. Muggles did not stay put in their pictures

From the book Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Hagrid lost his temper and tried to turn Dudley into a pig right after…

• A. Dudley tried to eat Harry’s birthday cake.

• B. Dudley tried to eat Harry’s candy.

• C. Uncle Vernon insulted Dumbledore.

• D. Uncle Vernon fired his rifle into the air.

From Refugee by Alan Gratz

Mahmoud and Waleed turned and found a different way home after they saw ---.

• A. An artillery shell hit the side of the hospital

• B. Two soldiers were forcing a man into the back seat of a car

• C. Some young men writing anti- Assad slogans on a wall

• D. A boy with a bag of bread being attacked by two bullies

From Refugee by Alan Gratz

Isabel traded her trumpet to a fisher for ---.

• A. Three fishing poles and a bucket of bait

• B. A pair of heavy wooden oars

• C. Two enormous jugs of gasoline

• D. A sack of dried fish and a bag of bananas

From Refugee by Alan Gratz

 What did the rabbi do before Josef’s bar mitzvah on the ship?

• A. He asked the captain to take down the portrait of the Fuhrer.

• B. He told the guests to remove their Star of David armbands.

• C. He placed a beautiful tallisim around Josef’s shoulders.

• D. He gave Josef’s father a bit of sleeping draught to calm him down.

From the book “I Survived: The 2011 Japanese Tsunami” by Lauren Tarshis

When the wave came they thought they could--.

• A. Remain above the water level by staying on the roof

• B. Race away from it in a car

• C. Stay afloat in Ojisans' flat bottomed boat

• D. Survive by wearing life vests