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WorksheetsJoey Pigza Swallowed the Key Chapters 5-8
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
“I heard splash-clunk as the key fell out of my butt and hit the porcelain bowl…”
What sound device is used in the above sentence?
alliteration
onomatopoeia
rhyme
meter
What does Joey do that results in Mrs. Howard putting him in the Big Quiet Chair?
He pulls the fire alarm.
He hits Maria.
He sneaks into assembly.
He blows out Harold's candle.
What does Joey mean when he says, “I couldn’t see her face, but it was like I could
see her voice…”
He could see the words floating from her mouth.
She was not speaking at all, only looking very angry.
He could tell that she was upset by the tone of her voice.
He could tell that her face was mad because he could imagine it.
Where did Joey’s class go on their field trip?
They went to the bus depot.
They went to an Amish farm.
They went to a pumpkin patch
They went to a bakery.
What did Joey steal and eat while on the field trip?
He stole a pumpkin.
He stole a pie.
He stole molasses.
He stole chips.
What type of figurative language is used in the following?
They were huddled together like a circle of mushrooms after a rainstorm.
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
…My feet were moving a mile a minute and I opened a side door and headed out…
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
What type of figurative language and sound device are used in the following?
…down into my belly like a slippery sugary snake, and when it was almost finished, I bent the tin pie plate in half.
alliteration and simile
alliteration and metaphor
onomatopoeia and metaphor
onomatopoeia and simile
What did Joey land on when he jumped from the top of the barn?
He landed on Seth Justman.
He landed on a pumpkin.
He landed on the farmer.
He landed on hay.
Joey hurt his _____________ while on the field trip.
knee
ankle
arm
back
”The cream of the crop” she called them. This is an example of a(n)
____________________.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
What is Joey’s mom’s name?
Her name is Maria.
Her name is Mrs. Maxey.
Her name is Fran.
Her name is Miss Adams.
“It seems some secret admirer of mine left me a slice of cinnamon apple in my
drawer.”
What can you infer from this passage?
That Joey put cinnamon on an apple for Mrs. Maxy.
That it is the same apple that Mrs. Maxy gave Joey on the field trip.
That Joey’s mom had left-over apples from dinner the night before
Apples are Mrs. Maxy’s favorite food.
Mrs. Maxy yanked me away from Maria, and I went spinning around like a top, screeching and hopping from desk to desk yelling, “Sorry! Sorry!” Then I tried to wrestle the scissors from Mrs. Maxy who had taken them from me because I wanted to cut my whole nose off to show just how sorry I was…”
What is the tone of this passage?
The tone is upbeat.
The tone is sad.
The tone is stern.
The tone is frantic.
What happens to Joey after his accident in the classroom?
He has to spend the rest of the year in Mrs. Howard’ s class.
He has to go to a special ed. center downtown.
He is placed on homebound.
He will be home-schooled.
