LA 2018 Distict

Kate DiCamillo won a Newbery Medal for her story of Flora Belle Buckman, whose best friend is which of the following animals?

• a tiger

• a rat

• a squirrel

• a gorilla

In which Newbery-winning novel below does an orphan travel to Michigan in search of his long-lost father?

• When You Reach Me

• A Year Down Yonder

• Bud, Not Buddy

• Out of the Dust

Pictured at right is the subject of a Caldecott-winning Dan Santat book about an "unimaginary friend." What is its name?

• Beekle

• Golem

• Daisy

• Winnie

Which of the following author-illustrators was nominated for a Caldecott Medal for Extra Yarn the same year he won the award for This Is Not My Hat?

• Brian Selznick

• Jon Klassen

• Eric Rohmann

• Allen Say

Which poet below wrote a long work featuring the Indian maiden Nokomis, and a shorter poem based on an American patriot’s midnight ride?

• Carl Sandburg

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Emily Dickinson

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In 1823, Clement Clarke Moore wrote a holiday poem about a visit from which of the following saints?

• Saint Nicholas

• Saint Valentine

• Saint Patrick

• Saint Peter

Which choice below names the kindly teacher who takes in the title character in Roald Dahl’s novel Matilda?

• Miss Edmunds

• Miss Temple

• Miss Honey

• Miss Trunchbull

Which one of the following novels did Madeleine L’Engle write?

• Zeely

• A Swiftly Tilting Planet

• Gathering Blue

• Eight Cousins

In Little Women, what is the nickname of the next-door neighbor who initially loves Jo, but eventually marries Amy?

• Teddy

• Laurie

• Frankie

• Freddy

Match each literary device with its example.

X. Metaphor, Y. Alliteration, Z. Personification

1. 1. Our dishwasher hums a tune as it runs.

2. 2. Sasha's sister slept soundly.

3. 3. The snow is a clean, white blanket.

• x-1, y-2, z-3

• x-1, y-3, z-2

• x-2, y-1, z-3

• x-3, y-2, z-1