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Read Across America Day

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Dr. Seuss's real name?

a)

Theodor Seuss Geisel

b)

Stanley Seuss Storybook

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Dr. Seuss is his real name.

2.

When is Dr. Seuss's birthday?

a)

March 2

b)

March 89

c)

April 2

d)

January 23

3.

From which of the following books is the excerpt taken?


But, whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes,He stood there on Christmas Eve hating the Whos,

Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown

At the warm lighted windows below in their town,

For he knew every Who down in Whoville beneath

Was busy now hanging a hollywho wreath.

"And they're hanging their stockings," he snarled with a sneer. "Tomorrow is Christmas! It's practically here!"

a)

The Grinch who stole Christmas

b)

Horton Hears a Who

c)

The Sneetches

d)

The Lorax

4.

Who is the author of Diary of Wimpy Kids series?

a)

Francis Jeffery

b)

Jeff Finky

c)

Jeff Kinney

d)

Greg Heffley

5.

How many Harry Potter books are there in the series?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

10

d)

2

6.

Who is the main antagonist in the Harry Potter series?

a)

Hermione

b)

Hagrid

c)

Voldemort

d)

Dumbledore

7.

From which of the following books is the excerpt taken?


I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure, I do ordinary things. I eat ice cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have an XBox. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. I know ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go.

a)

Wonder

b)

Number the Stars

c)

Bridge to Terabithia

d)

Holes

8.

From which of the following novels is this excerpt taken?


Anyway, I went on walking home, thinking about the movie, and then suddenly wishing I had some company. Greasers can't walk alone too much or they'll get jumped, or someone will come by and scream "Greaser!" at them, which doesn't make you feel too hot, if you know what I mean. We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids. It's like the term "greaser," which is used to class all us boys on the East Side.

a)

The Nancy Drew Mystery Series

b)

Twlight series

c)

The Outsiders

d)

My Teacher is an Alien

9.

What is the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy called?

a)

Hummingbird

b)

Mockingjay

c)

Blue jay

d)

Red Robin

10.

Lois Lowry wrote all of the following books except which?

a)

The Giver

b)

Number the Stars

c)

Gathering Blue

d)

Holes

11.

From which of the following books is this excerpt taken?


Dribbling

At the top of the key, I'm

MOVING & GROOVING,

POPping and ROCKING—

Why you BUMPING?

Why you LOCKING?

Man, take this THUMPING.

Be careful though,

'cause now I'm CRUNKing

CrissCROSSING

FLOSSING

flipping

and my dipping will leave you

S

L

I

P

P

I

N

G on the floor, while I

SWOOP in

to the finish with a fierce finger roll . . .

Straight in the hole:

Swoooooooooooosh.

a)

The Crossover

b)

Walk Two Moons

c)

Where the Read Fern Grows

d)

The Secret Garden

12.

In honor of National Poetry Month, name the author of the following two poems: Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening and The Road Not Taken?

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Jack Bell

c)

Jack Frost

d)

Emily Dickinson

13.

Name the female protagonist in The Fault in Our Stars.

a)

Wilma Flinstone

b)

Leslie Burke

c)

Hazel Grace Lancaster

d)

Sophia Allentown

14.

Who wrote A Series of Unfortunate Events?

a)

Lemony Snicket

b)

Orangey Snipett

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Louis Sachar

15.

In the book, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, through what piece of furniture did Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy go to get to the land of Narnia?

a)

a couch

b)

a wardrobe

c)

a recliner

d)

a refridgerator

16.

Name the first book of the popular series in which Thomas wakes up in the Glade and finds his memory, except for his first name, is blank.

a)

The Maze Runner

b)

The Path Walker

c)

Memory Lane

d)

The Lord of Forgotten Things

17.

In the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle", who had a fiddle?

a)

The cat

b)

The dish

c)

The moon

d)

The cow

18.

How many blind mice ran after the farmer's wife?

a)

4

b)

34

c)

17

d)

3

19.

What color was Mary's little lamb?

a)

black

b)

green

c)

white

d)

polka dotted

20.

What did Yankee Doodle call the feather he stuck in his cap?

a)

spaghetti

b)

macaroni

c)

noodle

d)

pizza rolls

21.

What does "Little Miss Muffet" eat?

a)

Porridge

b)

Curds & Whey

c)

Wheaties

d)

French Toast

22.

In "She Sells Seashells" where were the seashells sold?

a)

At the corner store

b)

During the band concert

c)

At the Seashore

d)

At school on a Saturday

23.

In the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, how did the evil witch poison Snow White?

a)

With an orange

b)

With a doughnut

c)

With a cake

d)

With an apple

24.

Which of these fairy tale characters loses a shoe?

a)

Cinderella

b)

Snow White

c)

Bella

d)

Rapunzel

25.

In which popular story would you find a talking cricket?

a)

Peter Pan

b)

Pinocchio

c)

Goldilocks & the Three Bears

d)

Rumpelstiltskin

26.

In the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, which of these items is not an item that Jack stole from the giant?

a)

a bag of gold

b)

a harp

c)

a sword

d)

the goose

27.

In the tale of "Rumplestiltskin", what does the miller's daughter do?

a)

chop trees

b)

spins straw into gold

c)

catch the golden goose

d)

dance and sing

28.

Whom does Little Red Riding Hood want to visit?

a)

The queen

b)

Her sister

c)

Her aunt

d)

Her grandmother

29.

How many districts are there in "The Hunger Games"?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

30.

From which novel is the following excerpt taken?


My name is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog. This is what happened: I walked into the produce section of the Winn-Dixie grocery store to pick out my two tomatoes and I almost bumped right into the store manager. He was standing there all red-faced, screaming and waving his arms around.


"Who let a dog in here?" he kept on shouting. "Who let a dirty dog in here?"


At first, I didn't see a dog. There were just a lot of vegetables rolling around on the floor, tomatoes and onions and green peppers. And there was what seemed like a whole army of Winn-Dixie employees running around waving their arms just the same way the store manager was waving his.

a)

Winn-Dixie the Almighty

b)

Wonder

c)

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid

d)

Because of Winn-Dixie

31.

In the book by Andrew Clements, Nick Allen is the protagonist who invents a new word for a regular old ballpoint pen. Mrs. Granger, Nick's teacher, punishes him for using and inventing this word. His classmates use this word and before he knows it the whole world is using this newly invented word! It even get put into the dictionary.


What is the word Nick Allen invented for a pen?

a)

Frindle

b)

Spindle

c)

King of the Pencils

d)

PensRKewl

32.

From which of the following novel is this excerpt taken?


"It's cruel, " replied Wilbur, who did not intend to be argued out of his position. "Well, you can't talk" said Charlotte. "You have your meals brought to you in a pail. Nobody feeds me. I have to get my own living. I live by my wits. I have to be sharp and clever, lest I go hungry. I have to think things out, catch what I can, take what comes. And it just so happens, my friend, that what comes is flies and insects and bugs. And furthermore," said Charlotte, shaking one of her legs, "do you realize that if I didn't catch bugs and eat them, bugs would increase and multiply and get so numerous that they'd destroy the earth, wipe out everything?" "Really?" said Wilbur. "I wouldn't want that to happen. Perhaps your web is a good thing after all."

a)

Charlotte's Web

b)

Wilber's Barn

c)

The Three Blind Mice

d)

Babe

33.

What is Miss Dudash's favorite book?

a)

The Outsiders

b)

A Long Walk to Water

c)

The Chronicles of Narnia

d)

Alice in Wonderland

34.

What is Miss Salvadore's favorite book?

a)

Lord of the Rings

b)

Percy Jackson

c)

Holes

d)

The Finest Hours

35.

What is Miss Linkchorst's favorite book?

a)

The Crossover

b)

The Cat in the Hat

c)

Harry Potter

d)

The Hunger Games

36.

What is Mrs. Dudash's favorite book?

a)

Yertle the Turtle

b)

Fox in Sox

c)

King Arthur

d)

The Wizard of Oz

37.

What is Mrs. Spotts' favorite book?

a)

Harry Potter

b)

Love that Dog

c)

A Wrinkle in Time

d)

Charlotte's Web

38.

What is Mrs. Fessler's favorite book?

a)

Ramona Quimby

b)

Superfudge

c)

Ella Enchanted

d)

Frindlw

39.

What is Mr. Mrozcka's favorite book?

a)

He refused to tell anyone.

b)

How to fix my first flat tire

c)

My Side of the Mountain

d)

All of the above

40.

What Mrs. Snyder's favorite book?

a)

Maniac Magee

b)

Nancy Drew

c)

Superfudge

d)

My Teacher is an Alien

41.

In Ella Enchanted, at her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift—the “gift” of what?

a)

empathy

b)

obedience

c)

love

d)

dancing

42.

Dr. Seuss's first book title is "And to think that I saw it on _____________________."

a)

Golden Bear Drive

b)

Mulberry Street

c)

Catawissa Street

d)

Blueberry Drive

43.

Which branch of the military did Dr. Seuss join?

a)

Navy

b)

Air Force

c)

Army

d)

Marines

44.

Into how many languages are Dr. Seuss' books translated?

a)

More than 15

b)

5

c)

10

d)

0

45.

What is the name of the egg hatching elephant that Dr. Seuss created?

a)

Lorax

b)

Cindy Lou-Who

c)

Horton

d)

Cat in the Hat

46.

What was the name of the very last book that Dr. Seuss published?

a)

Horton Hears a Who

b)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

c)

1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

d)

Oh, The Place You'll Go

47.

What animals were convinced by Sam to try green eggs and ham?

a)

dog, cat, horse

b)

fox, goat, mouse

c)

mouse, guinea pig, squirrel

d)

fox, sheep, cow

48.

What is the name of the little girl in The Cat in the Hat?

a)

Susan

b)

Sally

c)

Shelly

d)

Shannon

49.

What as the one thing that Sneetches put on their bellies?

a)

Circles

b)

Smiley faces

c)

Stars

d)

Peace Signs

50.

What does Bottom Turtle do that causes Yertle to fall?

a)

Burp

b)

Yell

c)

fall

d)

eat spaghetti

51.

On the day the Cat in the Hat comes back, what is the weather like?

a)

Rainy

b)

Sunny

c)

Snowy

d)

Windy

52.

What color is the Lorax?

a)

pink

b)

purple

c)

brown

d)

black

53.

Name the town where the Grinch lives.

a)

Whoville

b)

Whotown

c)

Grinchtown

d)

Seussville

54.

What was the name of the Broadway musical based on many of Dr. Seuss' characters?

a)

Seuss LIVE ON STAGE

b)

Seussical

c)

Seussathon

d)

Dr. Seuss the musical biography

55.

How many copies of Dr. Seuss' books have sold?

a)

100 copies

b)

1 million copies

c)

200 million copies

d)

4 billion copies

56.

From which of the following novels is this excerpt taken?


Afternoon is my second-best time to go up in the hills, though; morning’s the best, especially in summer. Early, early morning. On one morning I saw three kinds of animals, not counting cats, dogs, frogs, cows, and horses. Saw a groundhog, saw a doe with two fawns, and saw a gray fox with a reddish head. Bet his daddy was a gray fox and his ma was a red one. My favorite place to walk is just across this rattly bridge where the road curves by the old Shiloh schoolhouse and follows the river. River to one side, trees the other—sometimes a house or two.

a)

Shiloh

b)

Cholesterol's Web

c)

The Lorax

d)

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

57.

From which of the following novels is this excerpt taken?


First of all, let me get something straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. I know what it says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn't say "diary" on it. Great. All I need is for some jerk to catch me carrying this book around and get the wrong idea.

The other thing I want to clear up right away is that this was MOM's idea, not mine. But if she thinks I'm going to write down my "feelings" in here or whatever, she's crazy. So just don't expect me to be all "Dear Diary" this and "Dear Diary" that.

a)

Diary of a Wimpy kid

b)

Dog Man

c)

Dork Diaries

d)

None of the above

58.

Dog Man is a comedic graphic novel series by American cartoonist Dav Pilkey that has a main character which is part dog, part what???

a)

teacher

b)

doctor

c)

criminal

d)

police man

59.

Nikki Maxwell is the protagonist in which middle school series written by Rachel Rennee Russell?

a)

Diary of Wimpy Kid

b)

The Diary of Anne Frank

c)

Dork Diaries

d)

Tales of a 4th grade nothing

60.

All of the following books were written by Judy Blume except...

a)

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.

b)

Superfudge

c)

Harry Potter series

d)

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

61.

This summary is for which of the following books?


On Sundays, CJ and his nana ride the bus across town to their stop on Market Street. But today, CJ's not happy about it. Today, he's wondering out loud why they have to wait in the rain and why they don't have a car like his other friends. But it's Nana who opens young CJ's eyes and shows him the real beauty in the world around them - the spirit of the bustling city, the music in everyday life, and the magic of their often overlooked neighbors.

a)

The Last Stop on Market Street

b)

The First Stop of Coal Street

c)

Twilight series

d)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series

62.

This summary is for which of the following books?


1963 - The story of the Watson family of Flint, Michigan. The eldest son, Byron, the self-proclaimed 'King of Clark', is a sixth-grader at Clark Elementary School for the second time. He's a stubborn bully who's bigger and meaner than most of the kids at school

a)

A Long Walk to Water

b)

The One and Only Ivan

c)

The Watson's go to Birmingham

d)

All of the above

63.

The summary is for which of the following books?


Ivan lives in a stationary circus with Stella the elephant and Bob, the stray dog. One day the owner of the circus buys a new elephant, a baby named Ruby. Stella takes charge of Ruby, mothering her in absence of Ruby's own mother.

a)

The One and Only Ivan

b)

Apollo

c)

The Babysitter's Club

d)

Refugee

64.

Who is the author of The Babysitters Club series?

a)

Rick Riordan

b)

JK Rowling

c)

Stephanie Myers

d)

Ann M. Martin

65.

In Rick Riordan's Percy jackson series, Percy Jackson finds out he is the song of what Greek god?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Hades

c)

Apollo

d)

Othello

66.

Which of the following is not a title in the Hunger Games series?

a)

The Hunger Games

b)

Mockingjay

c)

Catching Fire

d)

Run to the Edge

67.

What is Mr. Holman's favorite book to read to his children?

a)

Clifford the Big Red Dog

b)

Little Blue Truck

c)

Green Eggs and Ham

d)

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

68.

From which of the following novels is the excerpt taken?


"Pa thinks it's something left over from—well, from some other plan for the way the world should be," said Jesse. "Some plan that didn't work out too good. And so everything was changed. Except that the spring was passed over, somehow or other. 1Maybe he's right. I don't know. But you see, Winnie Foster, when I told you before I'm a hundred and four years old, I was telling the truth. But I'm really only seventeen. And, so far as I know, I'll stay seventeen till the end of the world."

a)

Tuck Everlasting

b)

Smile

c)

Island of the Blue Dolphins

d)

Ghost

69.

From which of the following novels is the excerpt taken?


"Did you see her?"


Who could it be? A new student? A spectacular blonde from California? Or from back East, where many of us came from? Or one of those summer makeovers, someone who leaves in June looking like a little girl and returns in September as a full-bodied woman, a ten-week miracle?


And then in Earth Sciences I heard a name: "Stargirl."


I turned to the senior slouched behind me. "Stargirl?" I said. "What kind of name is that?"

a)

Stargirl

b)

The Thing About Jellyfish

c)

Counting by 7s

d)

Goodbye Stranger

70.

From which of the following novels is this excerpt taken?


I am born on a Tuesday at the University Hospital

Columbus, Ohio

USA—

a country caught


between Black and White.


I am born not long from the time

or far from the place

where

my great, great grandparents

worked the deep rich land

unfree

dawn till dusk

unpaid

drank cool water from scooped out gourds

looked up and followed

the sky’s mirrored constellation

to freedom.

a)

Number the Stars

b)

Stargirl

c)

Refugee

d)

Brown Girl Dreaming

71.

Novels written in verse instead of verse are referred to as what kind of novels?

a)

Poetry novels

b)

Short novels

c)

My favorite novels

d)

chapter books

72.

About how many hours a week do you read?

a)

0 hours

b)

1-2 hours

c)

2-5 hours

d)

More than 5 hours a week

73.

From which of the following novels is this excerpt taken?


If you speak and write in English, or Spanish, or Chinese, or any other language, then only a certain percentage of human beings will get your meaning.

But when you draw a picture, everybody can understand it.

If I draw a cartoon of a flower, then every man, woman, and child in the world can look at it and say, "That's a flower."

So I draw because I want to talk to the world. And I want the world to pay attention to me. I feel important with a pen in my hand. I feel like I might grow up to be somebody important. An artist. Maybe a famous artist. Maybe a rich artist.

That's the only way I can become rich and famous.

Just take a look at the world. Almost all of the rich and famous brown people are artists. They're singers and actors and writers and dancers and directors and poets.

So I draw because I feel like it might be my only real chance to escape the reservation.

I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats.

a)

Holes

b)

Twilight

c)

Little Woman

d)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

74.

All of the following are written by Scott O'Dell except which one?

a)

The Black Pearl

b)

Island of the Blue Dolphins

c)

Streams to the River, River to Streams

d)

Number the Stars

75.

Reading is...

a)

FUN

b)

THE BEST

c)

SOMETHING I DO A LOT

d)

MY FAVORITE HOBBY