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The Unteachables Chapters 18-23

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Kiana compares Chauncey to_________.

a)

Vladimir

b)

A gold dust day gecko

c)

Miss Fountain's class pet

d)

not sure?

2.

In the book, it states: "...the cheeping and chirping are at a frequency like a miniature blender a the center of your brain." Identify the onomatopoia.

a)

cheeping

b)

chirping

c)

brain

d)

blender

3.

To distract herself from the bad behavior on the bus, Miss Fountain brings up the _________ to Mr. Kermit.

a)

the minibus

b)

the suspension of his kids

c)

the district science fair

d)

Not sure?

4.

The kids talk about Jake Terranova like he's some kind of superstar. Identify the simile...Jake is being compared to____________.

a)

The Hulk

b)

a rock star

c)

a superstar

d)

Spiderman

5.

The noise is a cacophony of reviving engines, pneumatic tools, and the clang of metal on metal. What type of imagery is being used here? See? Here? Taste? Touch? Smell?

a)

taste

b)

touch

c)

smell

d)

see

e)

hear

6.

With the incident on the catwalk, a chunk of a gingersnap cookie comes out of Elaine's mouth and lands into ____________ of a ____________.

a)

the front seat of a new car.

b)

a half-disassembled motor

c)

vintage Corvette

d)

vintage Porsche

7.

Elaine was choking and Kiana runs up behind her and performs the __________ maneuver.

a)

Himalayan

b)

Hematology

c)

Hanover

d)

Heimlich

8.

The dealership makes a call to Miss Fountain, saying that a kid was asleep on the couch in the showroom. Who was it?

a)

Kiana

b)

Aldo

c)

Rahim

d)

Barnstorm

9.

There is a new rumor going around that _________________ is dating Jake Terranova.

a)

Ms. Vargas

b)

Miss Fountain

c)

Kiana

d)

Stepmonster

10.

Jake talks to the kids about different topics, but the one person that he cannot schmooze is ________________.

a)

Dr. Thaddeus

b)

Ms. Vargas

c)

Miss Fountain

d)

Mr. Kermit

11.

"The fact that the scandal still sticks to Mr. Kermit after all these years is nuts." What type of sound device? Which words?

a)

internal rhyme

b)

after

all

c)

scandal

still

sticks

d)

alliteration

12.

" I check the clock on my Porsche's high-tech dashboard." Identify the sound device? Which words?

a)

alliteration

b)

check

clock

c)

check

dashboard

d)

internal rhyme

13.

Jake Terranova said: "Maybe I walked away from the cheating scandal with a slap on the wrist." Identify the idiom. What does it mean?

a)

walked away

b)

slap on the wrist

c)

harsh punishment

d)

mild punishment

14.

Jake Terranova said that Mr. Kermit was, "stubborn as a mule." What type of figurative language? Mr. Kermit is being compared to a ________.

a)

metaphor

b)

mule

c)

personification

d)

simile

15.

Mr. Kermit's car needs to be fixed, but he refuses to take it to Jake Terranova; even when Jake says that he would not _________________.

a)

fix it anyway

b)

charge him for the services

c)

try to help Mr. Kermit

d)

listen to Mr. Kermit complain about him anymore

16.

Mr. Kermit leaves the car service deparment with Jake in order to look for a book about ____________; which can teach you how to read.

a)

analogies

b)

anagrams

c)

almanac

d)

astrology

17.

Mr. Kermit assigns reading groups. Elaine was assigned to read:_______________.

a)

Where the Red Moss Grows

b)

Where the Red Fern Grows

c)

Where the Ships Sails to Sea

d)

Where the Blue Fern Grows

18.

Mr. Kermit assigns Parker to see a _____________ specialist three days a week.

a)

reading coordinator

b)

reading coordinator

c)

reading specialist

d)

reading interpretor

19.

Rahim has now been accepted as a ___________community college student in field of _______.

a)

part-time

b)

mathmatics

c)

philosophy

d)

art

20.

Barnstorm is very competitive now that he has been sidelined from sports. What is he obsessed with?

a)

gold medals

b)

Easter bunnies

c)

puffy-tails

d)

stars

21.

Mr. Kermit is now using the puffy-tails to teach us how the ____ works.

a)

ecology

b)

environment

c)

econonmy

d)

emergency

22.

Vladimir winds up loving ________ and only ________.

a)

Aldo

b)

Barnstorm

c)

Mr. Kermit

d)

Kiana

23.

Barnstorm is being compared to aliens from Star Trek that worship money---Mateo said, "You're a Ferengi." What type of figurative language is this?

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

24.

Apparently, progress reports showed that the kids in SCS-8 were excelling. However, Dr. Thaddeus said that it was___________ or not real; just a ploy to get his retirement.

a)

astoning

b)

amazing

c)

astoninshing

d)

phony

25.

Dr. Thaddeus winds up getting out a large binder for Ms. Vargas. Inside that is when he mentions Article 12 Subsection 9; which means that if a teacher presiding over declining test grades for at least 3 years will be deemed as a/an __________ teacher and possibly______ .

a)

unnacceptable

b)

terminated

c)

ineffective

d)

promoted

26.

Ms. Vargas makes a suggestion to Mr. Kermit that he may need do some extra science test preparation. In the book it says, "Forewarned is forearmed." What type of figurative language is this?

a)

simile

b)

foreshadowing

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

27.

"Chauncey's chubby knee comes down on my chart..." What type of sound device? Which words?

a)

alliteration

b)

Chauncey's

c)

chubby

d)

chart

e)

comes

28.

Stepmonster rushes in and spies Chauncey laying waste to Kiana's work like Godzilla stomping Tokyo. What 2 types of figurative language? Chauncey is being compared to _____________ which is a ________ and _________; plus it is considered a ____________ allusion.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

d)

literary

e)

Godzilla

29.

Chauncey tosses his _____________into Kiana's glass of ______; which is Archimedes' first law of _______________.

a)

Power Ranger

b)

Tonka Truck

c)

soda

d)

tea

e)

buoyancy