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1.
FINE ARTS: Where are the copies of dePaola’s more than 270 titles and non-book art housed?
a)
A) National Museum of Art in New York City
b)
B) In his home in New London, New Hampshire
c)
C) In an art gallery in New Mexico
d)
D) In the University of Connecticut
e)
E) In a fellow artist’s home in Louisiana, New Orleans
2.
Which of these forms of art did dePaola NOT indulge in?
a)
A) Dance
b)
B) painting
c)
C) drawing
d)
D) Puppetry
e)
E) Choral music
3.
What did dePaola say about the adding the “white bird” in his books?
a)
A) It was his favorite animal
b)
B) It was the symbol of the Holy Spirit
c)
C) It was way of acknowledging the source of his talent
d)
D) All of the above
e)
E) Both (B) and C)
4.
What published book turned the career of dePaola’s career as a writer and illustrator?
a)
A) Sound
b)
B) ANDY
c)
C) Wheels
d)
D) Strega Nona
e)
E) 26 Fairmount Avenue
5.
What published book led dePaola into a new phase in his career?
a)
A) The Legend of Old Belfana
b)
B) ANDY
c)
C) The Art Lesson
d)
D) Strega Nona
e)
E) 26 Fairmount Avenue
6.
What makes the character of Strega Nona so enduring?
a)
A) The folkloric quality of the tales about her
b)
B) The combination of silliness and warmhearted truthfulness
c)
C) The child-friendly directness of delivery
d)
D) The Italian aura of sun warmed colors and brisk lines that enliven the action of the story
e)
E) All of the above
7.
In the Legend of the Bluebonnet, what is the meaning of the appearance of blue flowers on where the ashes fell after the morning rain in the hills?
a)
A) That more rain will come
b)
B) That her sacrificed doll is now one with the earth
c)
C) That the Great Spirits have given forgiveness to the people of the land of Texas
d)
D) That spring has sprung
e)
E) none of the above
8.
In all of his works, but especially mentioned in his works with Spiritual Themes, what did the author deem a necessary element?
a)
A) A reflection of the true story
b)
B) The liveliness of the characters
c)
C) The colors used in his illustrations must reflect the colors of the art by which it was inspired
d)
D) That the story and the art must appeal to the child
e)
E) All of the above
9.
What was notable about dePaola’s holiday board books?
a)
A) They were funny
b)
B) The pictures were simple, direct and unadorned
c)
C) The pictures had clear shapes and had primary colors
d)
D) There was a focus on the symbols of the occassion
e)
E) All but (A)
10.
In the book The Clown of God, what did dePaola use to help anchor the story in time and place?
a)
A) Architectural, geographical and costume details
b)
B) The angles of the scenery relative to the placement of the protagonist at the scence
c)
C) The use of the words of the time
d)
D) All of the above
e)
E) None of the above
11.
In what ways was De Paola’s The Christmas Pageant a reflection of his love for the theater?
a)
A) Simple words
b)
B) Children in costumes
c)
C) Sheep on wheels
d)
D) Angels and stars hanging on rafters
e)
E) All but (A)
12.
Whose Christmas poem did dePaola depict appropriately considering the poem’s history?
a)
A) Walt Whitman
b)
B) Clement Moore
c)
C) Emily Dickinson
d)
D) William Cullen Bryant
e)
E) Edgar Allan Poe
13.
LITERATURE. Which of these genre does not apply to A Long Walk to Water?
a)
A) Juvenile Fiction
b)
B) Refugees-Fiction
c)
C) Survival-Fiction
d)
D) Water-Fiction
e)
E) Non Fiction
14.
What was the setting at the very start of the story?
a)
A) New York, 1980
b)
B) Sudan, 2001
c)
C) Southern Sudan, 2008
d)
D) Ethiopia, 2000
e)
E) Sudan, 2008
15.
What does Nya encounter daily on the way to get water?
a)
A) Dust
b)
B) Heat
c)
C) Thorns
d)
D) Lions
e)
E) All but (D)
16.
In what year does Salva’s story begin?
a)
A) 2008
b)
B) 2001
c)
C) 2000
d)
D) 1992
e)
E) 1985
17.
What happened to the men Salva was walking with when fighting first broke out in the story?
a)
A) They left the women and children behind in search of food and never came back
b)
B) They decided to look for water but lost the group of women and children and elderly on their way back
c)
C) They were surrounded by the rebels and were forced to go with them to carry ammunition and essentially fight with the rebels
d)
D) They asked Salva to take care of the women, elderly and children while they fight off the rebels
e)
E) None of the above
18.
Why did the old woman who let Salva stay in her barn decided to leave her home and him behind?
a)
A) She did not have anymore food and she did not have anything to feed him
b)
B) She felt the he was too young to be helpful to her
c)
C) The pond was drying up and she needed to find a village that has water
d)
D) She felt that if he came along, the soldiers will not leave them alone
e)
E) Both (C) and (D)
19.
What have the Nuer and Dinka tribes been fighting over for over a hundred years?
a)
A) Land size
b)
B) Land border
c)
C) Political power
d)
D) Water
e)
E) None of the above
20.
When the group Salva traveled with along with Uncle Jewiir reached the island in the middle of the Nile River, what did sucking on a sugar cane remind Salva of?
a)
A) His sorghum and milk breakfast
b)
B) The cattle that his family owned
c)
C) The grains that his father would buy from the market
d)
D) The sweetness of the mangoes his father would buy for him and his mother peeled for him
e)
E) The sweet treats his mother used to make
21.
Where was the most difficult part of the journey for Salva and his group as indicated by the author?
a)
A) Crossing the Nile River
b)
B) Avoiding being eaten by the lions
c)
C) The Akobo desert
d)
D) The Gilo River
e)
E) Ethiopia
22.
How did Salva feel towards the people he traveled with after Uncle Jawiir’s death?
a)
A) He felt like he needed to be the leader so he started bossing the men around
b)
B) He became fearful of his life after witnessing what happened to his uncle, so he walked with fear
c)
C) He felt stronger, despite how the people ignored him after his uncle died. He wanted to prove to them that he was not weak as they said he was.
d)
D) He felt annoyed with the people since they would not share the food that they find
e)
E) None of the above
23.
Why were there more boys and young men at the Itang Refugee Camp?
a)
A) The women and children did not survive the long walk to the refugee camp
b)
B) The boys and young men wanted to run away from the fighting because they were not strong enough.
c)
C) The boys and young men ran away to avoid being forced to join the fighting.
d)
D) They were able to reach the refugee camp first since they were able to walk faster
e)
E) Many of the women and girls left to work at home were not able to escape the gunfire.
24.
At the beginning of the book, according to Salva, what about his life proves he is lucky?
a)
A) He does not get eaten by a lion
b)
B) he is able to go to school
c)
C) He was not eaten by a crocodile
d)
D) He does not have to walk to get water
e)
E) He did not get cholera
25.
RELIGION: Why did Fr. Dave find Portomarin to be the most beautiful town along the Camino?
a)
A) The albergue was set on top of a hill with a view of a lake
b)
B) He and Fr. Joe had the most to eat and drink at this town
c)
C) He was able to enjoy a drink with some men while watching the World Cup
d)
D) They met a girl named Andrea who was excited to find out they were priests
e)
E) All of the above
26.
Why was the walk through a no-name town memorable for Fr. Dave as they were approaching Santiago?
a)
A) It was just 45 miles before they arrive at their destination
b)
B) They omelet breakfast shared with a couple from Australia made them slow down and enjoy the moment
c)
C) A herd of cows that seemed like bulls stampeding down the street made his dream of running with the bulls come true
d)
D) He enjoyed every minute of the walk of his last 45 miles
e)
E) none of the above
27.
What did Fr. Dave realize while he was having dinner in the town of Arzúa?
a)
A) They were running low on money and the expensive albergue was over their budget
b)
B) He was in need of a bar of soap
c)
C) Having an “American” hamburger made him miss home.
d)
D) He did not want to think of the end because it would just let him down.
e)
E) none of the above
28.
The feeling Fr. Dave had the night before he reached the Camino was ________.
a)
A) Dull, he was physically exhausted that he could not feel anything.
b)
B) Excited, it was like waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve.
c)
C) Energized and expectant, just like on graduation day.
d)
D) Happy, relieved he made it to the end of the line.
e)
E) Bittersweet that it was about to end.
29.
What sign did Fr. Dave see that brought such a big smile to his face that he felt that he lit up the town with his smile?
a)
A) 1 KM
b)
B) Santiago
c)
C) Cathedral
d)
D) San Marcos
e)
E) Heaven
30.
Which of these were not mentioned by Fr. Dave when he shared his thrill in the completion of everything upon arriving in Santiago?
a)
A) The planning
b)
B) The prayer
c)
C) The pain and joy
d)
D) The thank-you to God for allowing him to be a priest
e)
E) The thank-you to God for helping him finish the walk,
31.
What are these called?
a)
A) flechas amarillas
b)
B) buen Santiago
c)
C) albuergue
d)
D) peregrinos
e)
E) None of the above
32.
When did Fr. Dave and Fr. Joe arrive in the middle of the plaza facing the Cathedral?
a)
A) 12NN in time for mass
b)
B) 10:15 AM on the vigil of the Solemnity of the Body & Blood of Christ
c)
C) 11:00 on a Saturday morning
d)
D) 1:00 PM and they had missed the noon mass
e)
E) It was never mentioned in the book
33.
What best described the thurible in the Cathedral of Saint James?
a)
A) It was made of gold
b)
B) It was 4 feet tall
c)
C) It weighed over a hundred pounds
d)
D) It takes 9 men to move it
e)
E) All but (A)
34.
What is the story behind the giant thurible?
a)
A) Incense carries the prayers of the delegation. With the many prayers the pilgrims bring with them, the incense needed to be strong
b)
B) The size and weight represented the heart of the pilgrims who made it to the end
c)
C) They wanted to make sure everyone at mass gets incensed but within a short period of time
d)
D) the pilgrims in the olden days were said to have carried so much stench that the incense was also there to cover up the smell
e)
E) The incense was meant to blown up a chimney behind the altar, it needed that much incense to allow the smoke to make it up the tall height of the cathedral chimney.
35.
What was the prescribed ritual to pilgrims who enter the Cathedral of Saint James?
a)
A) To come to the noontime mass on Sunday after they arrive
b)
B) The pilgrim is place his/her head on Mateo’s statue
c)
C) The pilgrim is to put his/her hand on the Tree of Jesse
d)
D) The pilgrim was to embrace the statue of Saint James
e)
E) All but (A)
36.
What moment made Fr. Dave that he was longing for this all along the Camino?
a)
A) The mass at the Cathedral
b)
B) The incense during the mass at the Cathedral
c)
C) The completion of the pilgrim rituals
d)
D) Receiving the certificate of completion of the walk on the Camino
e)
E)His time at the Adoration Chapel
37.
SCIENCE: What is the “theory of everything”?
a)
A) That everything that can happen will happen
b)
B) That everything has its purpose and will fulfill its purpose
c)
C) Everything is comprised of gravity, magnetism and nuclear forces
d)
D) That which would unit all four fundamental forces of nature (gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear forces and weak nuclear forces)
e)
E) All of the above
38.
Which scientist was not recognized for his/her contribution to the study of DNA?
a)
A) Jocelyn Bell Burnell
b)
B) André-Marié Ampère
c)
C) Rosalind Franklin
d)
D) Linus Pauling
e)
E) Frank Rosenblatt
39.
What was the name of the world’s first electronic programmable computer?
a)
A) MENACE
b)
B) Colossus
c)
C) IBM
d)
D) FREDDY
e)
E) CERN
40.
Who discovered that magnetism and electricity are aspects of the same phenomenon?
a)
A) Donald Michie
b)
B) Hans Christian Ørsted
c)
C) Enrico Fermi
d)
D) Sheldon Glashow
e)
E) James Clerk Maxwell
41.
What did Sheldon Glashow describe as a “tumor”?
a)
A) MENACE
b)
B) CERN
c)
C) W and Z Bozons
d)
D) String Theory
e)
E) Theory of Everything
42.
What was the Large Hadron Collider developed for?
a)
A) To find a safe source for nuclear energy
b)
B) To find more atomic nuclei
c)
C) to find the theoretical Higgs boson
d)
D) Both (B) and (C)
e)
E) None of the above
43.
Gell-Man developed a model to organize particles according to how they were affected by the four fundamental forces. What were the groups?
a)
A) Fermions and Bosons
b)
B) Hadrons and Bosons
c)
C) Quarks and Leptons
d)
D) Fermions (comprised of quarks and leptons) and Bosons (which can either be a photon or gluon)
e)
E)Quark and antiquark
44.
How did Edward Witten describe String Theory?
a)
A) It was developed to explain the electromagnetism of particles in the Universe
b)
B) It is an attempt to give a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.
c)
C) It was described to explain the relationship of all four forces on Earth
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) Both (B) and (C)
45.
Why is the amount of carbon dioxide lowest in the mid-afternoon?
a)
A) The plants have already absorbed the carbon dioxide in the air by then
b)
B) The sun helps with the absorption of carbon dioxide by plants in mid-afternoon
c)
C) The green plants are most active in their absorption of carbon dioxide at that time
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) None of the above
46.
What did Stephen Hawking discover when he became interested in quantum mechanics and the behavior of gravity on a subatomic scale?
a)
A) Radiation is emitted at the black hole’s event horizon
b)
B) The black hole’s gravity is so strong that not even light can escape
c)
C) The intense gravity of a rotating black hole would give rise to the production of virtual, subatomic particle-antiparticle pairs
d)
D) On the event horizon, it is possible for one element of each pair to be pulled into the black hole, effectively boosting the survivor into a sustained existence as a real particle
e)
E) All of the above
47.
What did James Lovelock discover as the necessary for live on Earth and eventually on Mars?
a)
A) All life depends on water with a surface temperature of 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit.
b)
B) Cells require a constant level of salinity between 3.4 and 5 percent.
c)
C) Oxygen must be close to 20% but not reach 25%
d)
D) Both (A) and (B)
e)
E) Both (A) and (C)
48.
What molecule is independent of a cell’s chromosomes yet can replicate genes and be used to insert genes into organisms?
a)
A) DNA
b)
B) HGT
c)
C) virus
d)
D) DNA plasmids
e)
E) bacteria
49.
SOCIAL STUDIES: 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 pants pocket
e)
E) in his boot
50.
Why had the black leaders been fighting for the military to end segregation and increase opportunities for soldiers of color?
a)
A) They wanted to be recognized as true soldiers
b)
B) They wanted to leadership positions
c)
C) They wanted not only the “right to fight” but also wanted to be treated as equals alongside the white soldiers
d)
D) They wanted the end to persecution of people of color
e)
E) All of the above
51.
Complete the sentence: Just as __________ opened the way for the black pilots, the Triple Nickles opened the way for blacks to become paratroopers.
a)
A) the NAACP
b)
B) the Tuskegee Airmen
c)
C) the Black Panthers
d)
D) the Jim Crow Laws
e)
E) General Gavin
52.
Instead of the steel paratrooper helmets, what did the Triple Nickles use for their jumps into the forests?
a)
A) gas masks
b)
B) football helmets
c)
C) down feather padding
d)
D) firefighting helmets
e)
E) hockey helmets
53.
What adjective does the author use to describe Walter Morris and his Service Company's duties?
a)
A) dull
b)
B) important
c)
C) repetitive
d)
D) Both (B) and (C)
e)
E) Both (A) and (C)
54.
What did Morris decide one day while watching the white students go through their routine paratrooper training?
a)
A) The soldiers were not taking all the safety precautions that they should be taking.
b)
B) He really wanted to become a paratrooper to eventually become a smokejumper.
c)
C) That his troops were already completing much of the same strength training.
d)
D) That their standards were much higher than those expected from the black soldiers.
e)
E) He could have his men mimic the training in everything but the tower and plane jumping.
55.
What honor did President Bill Clinton award to seven African-American soldiers from WWII in 1997, over 52 years after the end of the war?
a)
A) The Purple Heart
b)
B) The Medal of Honor
c)
C) The Distinguished Service Cross
d)
D) The Distinguished Flying Cross
e)
E) The Air Medal
56.
What pulls the parachute from the pack tray on the jumper’s back?
a)
A) the bungee
b)
B) the ripcord
c)
C) a pack pin
d)
D) static lines
e)
E) para-weights
57.
What are the common causes of forest fires which the text mentions?
a)
A) extreme heat
b)
B) careless campers
c)
C) heavy lightning season
d)
D) All of the above
e)
E) Both (B) and (C)
58.
What would happen if your practice jump included eyes closed, hands grabbing for air, or legs askew?
a)
A) You became the unit cook.
b)
B) You earned bad marks.
c)
C) You had to do manual labor the following day.
d)
D) You were no longer allowed to jump.
e)
E) You received a warning letter.
59.
What was the scariest of all the places that Americans found bomb-balloons?
a)
A) in the water, almost drowing a soldier
b)
B) next to a civilian hospital
c)
C) tangled in the powerlines of the atomic energy plant
d)
D) on a school playground
e)
E) near an extinguished campfire
60.
Who broke the news to Morris of the secret behind the highly classified mission that the Triple Nickles were headed towards in Oregon?
a)
A) General Gavin
b)
B) President Truman
c)
C) President Roosevelt
d)
D) a logger at the general store
e)
E) a waitress at the local diner at Fort Pendleton
61.
How did the Triple Nickels feel about smoke jumping?
a)
A) They were afraid and refused to do it
b)
B) They were excited and fully confident
c)
C) They didn’t want do it
d)
D) They were not happy about it but they were determined to do it well because it was their mission
e)
E) They were ready to walk out on the mission
62.
Why had the black leaders been fighting for the military to end segregation and increase opportunities for soldiers of color?
a)
A) They wanted to be recognized as true soldiers
b)
B) They wanted to leadership positions
c)
C) They wanted not only the “right to fight” but also wanted to be treated as equals alongside the white soldiers
d)
D) They wanted the end to persecution of people of color
e)
E) All of the above
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