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Language Arts Academics team

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the end of Bud, Not Buddy, the protagonist discovers that bandleader Herman E. Calloway is what relation to him?

​A.​his father

​B.​his uncle

​C.​his grandfather

​D.​his godfather

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

Match each character with his creator.


x. Matty 1. Judy Blume

y. Aslan 2. C. S. Lewis

z. Fudge 3. Lois Lowry


A. x-1, y-2, z-3

B. x-2, y-1, z-3

C. x-3, y-1, z-2

D. x-3, y-2, z-1

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps series, which includes Welcome to Camp Nightmare and The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, most likely belongs to which literary genre below?

A. mystery

B. horror

C. science fiction

D. historical fiction

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

Transfer and transplant both contain a Latin prefix that means which of the following?

A. against

B. change

C. look

D. across

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

Which of the following words is an antonym of mundane?

A. commonplace

B. tedious

C. frequent

D. extraordinary

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

A noun clause is present in which of the sentences below?

A. Our coach likes what she sees.

B. We know time is up when the bell rings.

C. Go put the drawbridge down, please.

D. The horse that she is riding isn’t hers.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

In his 2015 Caldecott-winning book, Dan Santat featured this character, Beekle. Included in the title of the book, what type of friend was Beekle?

a)

Imaginary

b)

Unimaginary

c)

Curious

d)

Ridiculous

8.

Identify the author who wrote A Swiftly Tilting Planet and A Wrinkle In Time.

a)

Roald Dahl

b)

Jerry Spinelli

c)

Scarlett Perkins

d)

Madeline L’Engle

9.

Louisa May Alcott authored the novel Eight Cousins as well as which beloved story of sisters Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg?

a)

Little Women

b)

Gathering Blue

c)

Out of the Dust

d)

Little House on the Prairie

10.

In which Newbery-winning novel by Jerry Spinelli does Amanda Beale’s family foster the title character whose actual name was Jeffrey Lionel?

a)

Wringer

b)

Maniac Magee

c)

Stargirl

d)

The Warden’s Daughter

11.

Which tall tale hero was based on a real person?

a)

Casey Jones

b)

Pecos Bill

c)

Sallie Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind

d)

Paul Bunyan

12.

What type of sentence is this?


Do your spelling homework before playing.

a)

Interrogative

b)

Declarative

c)

exclamatory

d)

Imperative

13.

In what Kevin Henkes’ Caldecott winning book does the title character mistake the moon for a bowl of milk?

a)

Kitten’s First Full Moon

b)

Are You My Mother?

c)

A Big Moon Cake for Little Star

d)

They All Saw a Cat

14.
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?
a)
Repetition 
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Rhyme 
15.
What gives human qualities to something that is non-human?
a)
Sensory Language 
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia 
d)
Personification 
16.
What book by Lois Lowry won the Newbery Medal in 1990?
a)
The Diary of Ann Frank
b)
Starry Night
c)
Number the Stars
d)
Stars in the Night
17.
Who wrote the 2004 Newbery Medal book, The Tale of Despereaux?
a)
Louis Sachar
b)
Kate DiCamillo
c)
Lois Lowry
d)
E.B. White
18.
Kate DiCamillo won the 2014 Newbery for "Flora and Ulysses." Which of these books did she NOT write. 
a)
Because of Winn Dixie
b)
The Tale of Despeareaux
c)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
d)
The Tiger Rising
19.
What is the blue group of words?
Employees may leave work for personal reasons after they receive permission from the manager.
a)
Phrase
b)
Dependent Clause
c)
Independent Clause
20.
All of the words below would make the following clause dependent EXCEPT:
__________ rain continues to fall.
a)
Since
b)
Although
c)
Heavy
d)
If
21.

Find the VERB(s)

After a long day of school, I usually crash and watch TV.

a)

After | crash

b)

long | crash | watch

c)

crash | watch

d)

crash | usually

22.
Which part of the sentence is an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?After filling his pockets with gold coins, Mr. Morton laughed and laughed.
a)
Mr. Morton laughed and laughed.
b)
After filling his pockets
c)
with gold
d)
filling his pockets
23.

"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Chliche

d)

Personification

24.

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

25.

An expression that cannot be understood by the meaning of its words is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

d)

Cliche

26.
 “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device? 
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification 
c)
Simile 
d)
Metaphor 
27.
"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence? 
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Personification 
c)
Hyperbole 
d)
Metaphor 
28.
What is the use of words and phrases in an unusual way?  Writers often use this to make their writing more colorful, powerful, and interesting.  Examples include simile, metaphor, irony, and personification.
a)
Text Features 
b)
Sensory Images 
c)
Figurative Language 
d)
Rhyming Couplet
29.
The repetition of inner and ending consonant sounds of nearby words that do not rhyme
a)
consonance
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbole
30.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
31.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration 
d)
A comparison 
32.
I need to check my room for ________________.  My room must be neat and tidy.
a)
clenlyness
b)
cleanliness
c)
cleanlyniss
d)
cleanlines
33.
When I was walking along the sidewalk, I noticed a crack in the _______________.
a)
pavment
b)
pavemint
c)
pavement
d)
payvemnt
34.
Which of these words is NOT spelled correctly?
a)
strecth
b)
tried
c)
writing
d)
beautiful
35.
Which of these words is NOT spelled correctly?
a)
until
b)
Saturday
c)
camouflage
d)
exite
36.

Which one is spelled correctly?

a)

emancepat

b)

emancipate

c)

emancipete

d)

emencipate

37.

Which one is spelled correctly?

a)

managmant

b)

managment

c)

management

d)

managiment

38.

Which one is spelled correctly?

a)

expere

b)

expear

c)

expar

d)

expire

39.

They were having an arjuement about who was the better basketball player.

a)

arguement

b)

arjument

c)

argument

d)

arguemant

40.

The school is in the same suberb as my family home.

a)

suburb

b)

soburb

c)

saberb

d)

saburb

41.

They were ancious about the long flight ahead.

a)

anksious

b)

anqsious

c)

ankshush

d)

anxious

42.

Children rile up each another when they taunt, tease, or bully. These kinds of behavior sometimes force a fight to break out.

a)

annoy

b)

compliment

c)

encourage

d)

please

43.

The testy mosquitoes were flying all around the patio and we didn't enjoy being outside.

a)

easy-goint

b)

careless

c)

irritable

d)

friendly

44.

The testy mosquitoes were flying all around the patio and we didn't enjoy being outside.

a)

easy-goint

b)

careless

c)

irritable

d)

friendly

45.
Which of these is NOT a synonym for 'a company'
a)
business
b)
corporation
c)
firm
d)
premises
46.

In which book does one of the main character live in a cave?

a)

Wanted Mud Blossom

b)

Island of the Blue Dolphins

c)

The Hobbit

d)

Call it Courage

47.

In which book do a girl and her brother leave the barn in the morning and feel a crunching under their feet?

a)

Snow Treasure

b)

Sarah, Plain and Tall

c)

Each Little Bird that Sings

d)

Night of the Twisters

48.

What is the author of Stargirl

a)

Will Hobbs

b)

Jerry Spinelli

c)

Gary Schmidt

d)

Gordon Korman

49.

In which book was a gorilla and her sister clinging to her mother when she was killed?

a)

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling

b)

Stone Fox by John Gardiner

c)

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

d)

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

50.

Author of Bridge to Terabithia?

a)

Paulsen

b)

Nolen

c)

Paterson

d)

Applegate

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