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WorksheetsSQ230223v2
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How are you feeling today (Draw an emoji)
2.
Which artistic style is characterized by simple lines, carefully composed shapes, and flat perspective?
a)
A) Folk Art
b)
B) Expressionism
c)
C) Pop Art
d)
D) Deco
e)
E) Constructivism
3.
What delighted young Tomie DePaola about the Catholic Faith?
a)
A) liturgical worship, stories of saints, and the sacraments
b)
B) stories of saints, prayer, and sacraments
c)
C) the mysteries of faith, liturgical worship and stories of saints
d)
D) prayer, mysteries of faith, and sacraments
e)
E) liturgical worship, prayer, and the mysteries of faith
4.
What unusual surfaces did young Tomie use to create art?
a)
A) bedsheets and walls
b)
B) clothing and floorboards
c)
C) clothing and book ends
d)
D) bedsheets and clothing
e)
E) walls and floorboards
5.
What types of stories did children consistently request Tomie DePaola throughout the years?
a)
A) chapter books
b)
B) additional Strega Nona books
c)
C) holiday stories and folktales
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) Both (B) and (C)
6.
How does DePaola’s method of simplifying his stories result in a gift to his readers?
a)
A) it leaves space for readers to draw their own conclusions
b)
B) it results in accurate portrayals of characters and landscapes
c)
C) it provides insights in the intricacies of his work
d)
D) it allows readers to have their curiosity appeased
e)
E) All of the above
7.
What is true about DePaola’s autobiographical tales?
a)
A) they are straightforward and simple stories of his life
b)
B) they contain layers of meaning
c)
C) they highlight the actions and events important to children
d)
D) they investigate experiences unique to DePaola
e)
E) All of the above
8.
What motifs have become common features in dePaola’s books?
a)
A) flowers and hearts
b)
B) angels and white birds
c)
C) moon and clouds
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) All of the above
9.
What narration method is used heavily in “Guess Who’s Coming to Santa’s for Dinner?”
a)
A) monologue by Mrs. Claus
b)
B) conversations in text boxes and balloons
c)
C) using illustrations to convey the story in this wordless book
d)
D) letters sent both to and from Santa
e)
E) None of the above
10.
What was important about dePaola reconnecting with his “inner child”?
a)
A) it helped him find pleasure in his art again
b)
B) it encourage renewed passion for his work
c)
C) it inspired him to create art in a more simplistic way
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) All of the above
11.
What trademark DePaola element is NOT found throughout his anthologies?
a)
A) luminescent use of color
b)
B) strong sense of balance between text, image and white space
c)
C) recurring folk motifs
d)
D) attention to the constrictions of bookmaking
e)
E) None of the above
12.
What principles did de Paola follow in creating his Mother Goose?
a)
A) he only used well-known verses
b)
B) he illustrated every stanza
c)
C) he created a separate illusion for every verse
d)
D) All of the above
e)
E) None of the above
13.
In which of his works does his placement and movement of the characters best echo dePaola’s deep connection to his faith?
a)
A) The Clown of God
b)
B) Francis, the Poor Man of Assissi
c)
C) The Days of the Blackbird
d)
D) The Lady of Guadalupe
e)
E) Angels, Angels Everywhere
14.
Nya is part of what tribe?
a)
A) Jur-chol tribe
b)
B) Kuol tribe
c)
C) Nuer tribe
d)
D) Atuot tribe
e)
E) Dinka tribe
15.
How is the work on the well in Nya’s village being accomplished?
a)
A) only by the men in the work crew
b)
B) only by the men in the village
c)
C) by all the villagers
d)
D) by the work crew and the villages
e)
E) by the work crew, villagers, and the people in the nearby communities
16.
What impression does Salva give about his home life?
a)
A) it was stressful having a huge family
b)
B) it was happy with good memories
c)
C) it was hard work watching cattle, but it was worth it to help the family
d)
D) there was always concern that there wouldn’t be enough food for the next meal
e)
E) he had a good relationship with his parents and brothers, but not his sisters
17.
Which of the following is NOT a character trait demonstrated by Maria?
a)
A) humorous
b)
B) optimistic
c)
C) respectful
d)
D) daring
e)
E) intelligent
18.
Which of these quotes demonstrates Salva’s perseverance?
a)
A) “The walking began again. Salva shook with terror, inside out.”
b)
B) “Each time, Salva would think of his family and his village, and he was somehow
able to keep his wounded feet moving forward one painful step at a time.”
c)
C) “The walking began again. Walking - but to where? He would walk south, to Kenya.”
d)
D) Both (B) and (C)
e)
E) All of the above
19.
Why is there a sense of urgency among the travelers to get to the refugee camp in Ethiopia?
a)
A) they must move quickly before they run out of resources such as food and water
b)
B) they want to escape Sudan before the wet season arrives; bringing herds of grazing animals and the predators that accompany them
c)
C) If they move too slow, they will be easy targets for groups of outlaws looking to steal their few possessions
d)
D) they must hurry to try and secure spot in the refugee camp before it becomes full and they are denied entry
e)
E) they never know how to near the fighting is or when a plane might show up overhead and drop bombs.
20.
When in the desert, Salva’s group comes across nine men in need of their help. What difficult choice are they faced with?
a)
A) to give them water, to save the little water they have left
b)
B) to let them join the group or leave them behind in the scorching desert
c)
C) to share the small amount of food they have or to save it for themselves
d)
D) to steal any supplies these men have to supplement their own.
e)
E) All of the above
21.
When Salva arrives at the Itang refugee camp after walking for so many weeks, he finds it strange to __.
a)
A) stay in one place
b)
B) have other children to play with
c)
C) be around so many pepole
d)
D) have plenty of food to eat
e)
E) be safe from the dangers of war
22.
What are some hardships the boys experience when traveling to Kenya?
a)
A) the need to avoid the fighting and the bombing from the war
b)
B) it is easy to get lost due to traveling at night
c)
C) there are arguments stemming from an unequal division of food and water
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) Both (B) and (C)
23.
In what way does the reunion with his father change Salva?
a)
A) he no longer feels connected with his family in Rochester
b)
B) he is motivated to permanently move back to Sudan, to reconnect with his mother and remaining siblings
c)
C) he wants to become involved in the political situation to bring about peace and ensure that no other children have to deal with what he went through
d)
D) he is inspired to find a way to help people in Sudan avoid illnesses like his father’s
e)
E) All of the above
24.
What tool(s) help Nya bring the water back to the village?
a)
A) a padded cloth doughnut
b)
B) a carrying pole
c)
C) a cart
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) None of the above
25.
Why is Nya initially skeptical about the men’s plan to find water in her village?
a)
A) here is no water in the village unless it is raining
b)
B) They are Dinka and she doesn’t trust them.
c)
C) The spot they claim will have water is dry and rock-hard.
d)
D) Both (A) and (C)
e)
E) All of the above
26.
What were the three main pilgrimage destinations of Christians in the Middle Ages?
a)
A) Jerusalem, Fatima, and Santiago de Compostela
b)
B) Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago de Compostela
c)
C) Rome, Lourdes and Guadalupe
d)
D) Rome, Fatime and Lourdes
e)
E) Rome, Lourdes and Santiago de Compostela
27.
In which language was the daily mass at Roncesvalles primarily celebrated?
a)
A) English
b)
B) French
c)
C) Spanish
d)
D) German
e)
E) Italian
28.
Why did Fr. Dave want a walking staff?
a)
A) The staff was part of the tradition of being a pilgrim.
b)
B) He liked the image of Jesus as a shepherd.
c)
C) He believed a staff would relieve some of the pain from his ankle
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) All of the above
29.
Father Dave had heard it said that purgatory is full of people who _____ God asked of them
a)
A) delayed in what
b)
B) delegated what
c)
C) did more than
d)
D) went through the motions of what
e)
E) did some of what
30.
To what did Father Dave compare his clothes washing methods to?
a)
A) his approach to confession
b)
B) his evening prayers
c)
C) his cooking methods
d)
D) the Catholic mass
e)
E) his Confirmation
31.
What was memorable about the albergue in Astorga?
a)
A) Its sleeping room held over 100 people
b)
B) It had a trough in the courtyard for soaking your feet
c)
C) This was where Father Dave celebrated his fifteenth anniversary of taking vows
d)
D) Father Dave met an old friend there
e)
E) A priest ran the albergue
32.
What did Father Dave lose in Azofra?
a)
A) clothes pins
b)
B) a sock
c)
C) his walking staff
d)
D) his shirt
e)
E) None of the above
33.
What sport does Fr. Dave describe watching in Carrión de los Condes?
a)
A) soccer
b)
B) cricket
c)
C) Basketball
d)
D) bullfighting
e)
E) tennis
34.
In León, what event occurred that never happened before or again on the Camino?
a)
A) Father Dave walked with Anthony and Teresa
b)
B) Father Dave ate at a restaurant.
c)
C) Father Dave skipped dinner
d)
D) Father Dave biked around the city
e)
E) Someone else did Father Dave’s laundry for him
35.
Which of the following towns is closest to Santiago?
a)
A) Portomarin
b)
B) Sarria
c)
C) Mansilla
d)
D) Ribadiso
e)
E) Arzúa
36.
Santiago is the traditional burial place of:
a)
A. St. John
b)
B. St. Paul
c)
C. St. Matthew
d)
D. St. James
e)
E. St. Joseph
37.
The act of perceiving something to obtain understanding is:
a)
A. Spiritual Direction
b)
B. Deliberation
c)
C. Discernment
d)
D. Debate
e)
E. Contemplation
38.
What does QED stand for in physics?
a)
A) quantum electrodynamics
b)
B) quantum electromagnetic dilation
c)
C) quark electromagnetic dimension
d)
D) qubit electric dynamics
e)
E) None of the above
39.
In 1953, Linus Pauling proposed that the shape of DNA is a _______.
a)
A) single helix
b)
B) double helix
c)
C) triple helix
d)
D) forked ladder
e)
E) X-shape
40.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four bases of DNA?
a)
A) adenine
b)
B) thymine
c)
C) guanine
d)
D) trinine
e)
E) cytosine
41.
IBM’s deep blue famously defeated world champion ______ in a highly publicized chess game in 1997.
a)
A) Donald Michie
b)
B) Magnus Carlsen
c)
C) Emanuel Lasker
d)
D) Garry Kasparov
e)
E) Vladimir Kramnik
42.
During World War 1, where di Donald Michie and Alan Turing work together as Allied Codebreakers?
a)
A) Abbotts Cliff House
b)
B) Chesterfield Street in Mayfair, London
c)
C) Croft Spa
d)
D) Bletchley Park
e)
E) Riverbank Laboratories
43.
Edward Lorenz’s study of ________ brought forth chaos theory.
a)
A) the stock market
b)
B) honeybee activity
c)
C) weather
d)
D) butterflies
e)
E) plant growth
44.
How do prokaryotic cells differ from eukaryotic?
a)
A) Prokaryotic are more complex and contain cell walls.
b)
B) Prokaryotic cells make up animals, while eukaryotic make up plants.
c)
C) Prokaryotic are simpler bacterial cells and lack organelles
d)
D) Prokaryotic have 2 organelles, while eukaryotic have 4 organelles
e)
E) None of the above
45.
Which of the following is NOT one of the “flavors” of quarks?
a)
A) up
b)
B) strange
c)
C) spin
d)
D) charm
e)
E) top
46.
The idea that the entire planet makes up a single, self-regulating, living entity is called _______
a)
A) Panacea
b)
B) Pandora
c)
C) Symbiosis
d)
D) Gaia
e)
E) Pangaea
47.
Elemental carbon exists as _______.
a)
A) diamonds
b)
B) Graphite
c)
C) amorphous carbon
d)
D) Bucky balls
e)
E) All of the above
48.
James Chadwick discovered the:
a)
A. Neutron
b)
B. Quark
c)
C. Proton
d)
D. Electron
e)
E. Gluon
49.
Higgs Boson discovery was critical because it answered the question:
a)
A. "What are the building blocks of life?"
b)
B. "Is there life in the universe besides what is found on Earth?"
c)
C. "Were choloroplasts once independent life forms?"
d)
D. "Why are some force-carrying particles massive while others are massless?"
e)
E. "Is the DNA of chloroplasts and mitochondria similar to bacteria?"
50.
Before the Triple Nickles could jump out of planes with parachutes, what did the men have to do in D Stage?
a)
A) earn five gold stars for practice jumps
b)
B) complete paperwork concerning wills and beneficiaries
c)
C) perfect the art of packing parachutes
d)
D) meet with the general to approve their status
e)
E) All of the above
51.
What was the first group of aviators to be trained?
a)
A) Buffalo Soldiers
b)
B) 99th Pursuit Squadron
c)
C) Tuskegee Airmen
d)
D) The 75th Red Rails
e)
E) Both (B) and (C)
52.
What happened on April 15, 1943, due in part to Eleanor Roosevelt’s insistence?
a)
A) The Triple Nickels were finally recognized for their war efforts.
b)
B) They increased the number of black pilots being trained.
c)
C) The first black pilots were sent overseas.
d)
D) The Triple Nickels pay was increased to be commensurate with white jumper’s pay.
e)
E) Families of military killed in action were finally compensated
53.
What happened to the anti-segregation and nondiscrimination amendments that Minton, Wagner, and Schwartz proposed to the Selective Training and Service Bill?
a)
A) They were misunderstood, and thus not truly followed
b)
B) They were rejected
c)
C) They came into law.
d)
D) They moved up to the congressional level for ratification
e)
E) They were ignored and never received a reply.
54.
What two groups made up the original Triple Nickels?
a)
A) six officers and 17 enlisted men
b)
B) one officer and five enlisted men
c)
C) five officers and 20 enlisted men
d)
D) one general, five officers and 24 enlisted men
e)
E) The text doesn’t specify who was actually in the original Triple Nickles
55.
What made it worse taking the back seats on the white to white solders to Ted “Tiger” Lowry
a)
A) that the white soldiers were of lower rank than him
b)
B) that it was a military bus and should have given him the respect for his service
c)
C) that the soldiers were not even American soldiers, they were POWS of the enemy country
d)
D) that it was a public bus, and Rosa Parks had already stood up for equal rights on public busses
e)
E) that the bus driver was black and couldn’t even help Ted get a better seat
56.
When were the Triple Nickles compared to peacocks?
a)
A) lined up ready to exit the plane
b)
B) lined up receiving the news of their next mission
c)
C) while fluttering down wind with their open parachute
d)
D) strutting down the road for the Victory Parade
e)
E) running upon landing
57.
Where did Ashley Bryan keep his sketch pad while he participated in the invasion of Normandy?
a)
A) in his satchel
b)
B) in his gas mask
c)
C) in his parachute pack
d)
D) in his Army Combat Uniform (ACU) pants pocket
e)
E) in his boot
58.
What did Morris notice about his men once he began training them to mimic the training of the white soldiers?
a)
A) They looked him straight in the eye.
b)
B) Morale was up
c)
C) Their shoes shined, clothes were pressed, and their hair cut and combed
d)
D) They began to act like soldiers
e)
E) All of the above
59.
How long would the men stay on the ground after a jump to fight fires?
a)
A) sometimes 4-5 days at a time
b)
B) for between 12-24 hours at a time
c)
C) for at least 1 week, but up to 3 weeks at a time
d)
D) 1-3 days, but never longer than 3 days
e)
E) The text doesn't specify how long the soldiers had to stay fighting fires
60.
8. What year did the Forest Service begin using smokejumpers to fight fires?
a)
A) 1845
b)
B) 1910
c)
C) 1939
d)
D) 1941
e)
E) The test does not mention the year the Forest Service began using this techique.
61.
9. Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
a)
A) the first five members of the Triple Nickles
b)
B) the Native Americans who helped win the Civil War
c)
C) the African-American regiment in the Civil War
d)
D) the Native Americans who supported the Triple Nickles
e)
E) the Native Americans who named the Triple Nickles
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