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Skellig, Ch. 1-18

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who or what is Skellig?

a)

The skeleton in Mr. Rasputin's class

b)

The man in Michael's garage

c)

Michael's baby sister

d)

The owls in Mina's grandpa's attic

2.

What is the prevailing theory in the book for why humans have shoulder blades?

a)

They protect our lungs.

b)

There is no scientific explanation.

c)

They are leftovers from evolution.

d)

It's where our wings were and where they will be again.

3.

What is 27 and 53?

a)

80

b)

Chinese food order numbers

c)

A locker combination

d)

The number of bones in a bird's skeleton

4.

Who is William Blake?

a)

A poet Mina often quotes

b)

Michael's English teacher

c)

The doctor who studies Arthur Itis

d)

The old man in Michael's garage

5.

Why does Michael stay home from school so often?

a)

His parents think creativity is stifled at school.

b)

He has to help his father work on the new house.

c)

His parents don't want him to have to answer questions about his baby sister.

d)

He makes up excuses so he can see the old man in his garage.

6.

In the following excerpt, which literary term is used?

"The red sauce below his lips was like congealed blood. When he opened his eyes, I saw the tiny red veins like a dark net across the whites of his eyes."

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

7.

The old man calls 27 and 53 "the food of the Gods" and Michael's dad calls the baby "Little Chick." These are both examples of which of the following literary terms?

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

8.

Mina says she has a secret to share with Michael and she takes him to see what?

a)

The old man in the garage

b)

The owls in her grandpa's attic

c)

The baby blackbirds in their nest

d)

The poetry in her parent's house

9.

Much of the imagery and symbolism of the book revolves around what?

a)

Soccer (Football)

b)

School

c)

Birds

d)

Craziness (Sanity)

10.

The old man in the garage promises Michael that he will do what?

a)

Leave before the men come to demolish the garage.

b)

Tell Michael the secret of his survival.

c)

Think about the baby.

d)

Explain the mystery of shoulder blades to Michael.