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Savvy Chapters 1-8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Complete the sentence.

Rocket looked at Bobbie __________________ and didn't think she was worth his time.

a)

hastened

b)

dismissively

c)

persnickety

d)

eagerly

2.

Complete the sentence. Mibs ________ got off the bus because she was wanted more than anything to be done with school.

a)

eagerly

b)

hastened

c)

persnickety

d)

prattled

3.

When does a Beaumont family member get their savvy?

a)

at birth

b)

at marriage

c)

never - they are made up

d)

at 13 years old

4.

Why do the Beaumonts homeschool after a certain point?

a)

they know their children are weird

b)

they want them to do crazy experiments

c)

some savvies are dangerous when they first come

d)

they move all the time on their school bus

5.

What part of the plot tells us the setting and sets up the conflict?

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

6.

How are Rocket and Gypsy related?

a)

they are brother and sister

b)

they aren't related

c)

they are best friends

d)

they are neighbors

7.

Why is Miss Rosemary throwing Mibs a birthday party?

a)

Mibs's mom had to go see her dad in the hospital, so can't do it.

b)

Mibs's grandpa doesn't know about parties, so can't do it.

c)

No Beaumont has ever celebrated a birthday before.

d)

Miss Rosemary is trying to be mean to Mibs.

8.

What has happened to Poppa?

a)

He had to go to work far away for a very long time.

b)

He developed a dangerous savvy.

c)

He threw a great birthday party.

d)

He got in a car accident and is in the hospital.

9.

Which of these show that Mibs can be a selfish person?

a)

"I hated Poppa for wrecking my most important birthday before it had even arrived."

b)

“I don’t have any friends, Miss Rosemary,”

c)

"I fixed myself a bowl of cereal and took it with me into the next room to sit cross-legged on the sofa while I ate."

10.

How is Samson characterized in the book?

a)

Quiet, weird, hides a lot

b)

Electric personality, funny

c)

Prattles and talks a lot, very young

d)

Perfect, never makes a mistake

11.

What type of figurative language is this? "He...had wild black

eyebrows that twisted like dancing beetle legs"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

12.

"Once asleep, Gypsy was as difficult to awake as a slumbering sloth." What 2 things are being compared?

a)

Gypsy and sleep

b)

difficult and a sloth

c)

Gypsy and a sloth

d)

falling asleep and waking up

13.

What does "grave" mean in this sentence? “'I hope Mr. Beaumont gets better,' he said, as grave as a tombstone."

a)

a place where you bury bodies

b)

a hole in the ground

c)

serious or solemn

d)

making fun

14.

Why does Mibs want to go to Salina?

a)

She loves the big pink Bible bus.

b)

She wants to get away from Bobbi's tattoo.

c)

She wants to go on an adventure.

d)

She thinks she can wake up her dad at the hospital.

15.

What part of the story is the birthday part MOST LIKELY in?

a)

Rising action

b)

Climax

c)

Falling Action

d)

Resolution