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1
The insect, a bright orange butterfly, landed on Robby’s nose. What kind of phrase is present in the previous sentence?
participle
gerund
appositive
infinitive
2
Time travel figures prominently in which of the following Newbery-winning novels, written by Rebecca Stead?
Dead End in Norvelt
The View From Saturday
When You Reach Me
Walk Two Moons
3
Is this sentence written correctly? Y
our going to regret being mean to me.
True
False
4
In a H.C. Andersen fairy tale, which vegetable does a queen place under her prospective daughter-in-law’s mattress?
pea
corn
carrot
broccoli
5
Below are four theatrical jobs. Which one is a compound word?
producer
actor
director
stagehand
6
Robert Frost wrote three of the following poems. Which one is the work of Robert Burns?
A Red, Red Rose
Mending Wall
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The Road Not Taken
7
Which pair of words are synonyms?
depart; leave
anxious; tranquil
hostile; friendly
formal; relaxed
8
Allen Say wrote and illustrated the story of his grandfather’s journey to America from which of the following countries?
Brazil
Russia
India
Japan
9
Which of the following choices correctly spells the word meaning “a small book usually having a paper cover”?
pamplet
pamphlet
pamflit
phamphlit
10
In a Peggy Rathmann Caldecott-winning book, Gloria the dog assists a member of what profession during school assemblies?
psychiatrist
police officer
pediatrician
fire fighter
11
In an Aesop fable, a fox is bitter after failing to reach what high-hanging fruit?
grapes
bananas
oranges
cherries
12
After his encounter with a vacuum cleaner, Ulysses the squirrel develops special powers. Which is NOT one of his powers?
poetry writing
super strength
x-ray vision
flight
13
How many words should be capitalized in the following sentence: "My favorite cousin, steve, visited dublin, ireland."
4
1
3
2
14
Of the four Newbery Medal winners below, which one is set in Oklahoma during the Great Depression?
A Single Shard
Out of the Dust
The Tale of Despereaux
Holes
15
What British poet describes a day's transformation from dull to memorable in the poem "Daddy Fell into the Pond?"
Alfred Tennyson
Carol Ann Duffy
Alfred Noyes
T. S. Eliot
16
In which nursery rhyme does Jack pull a plum out of a Christmas pie using only his thumb?
Little Jack Horner
Jack and Jill
Jack Be Nimble
Jack Sprat
17
What is the term for two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling?
synonyms
homophones
acronyms
antonyms
18
Which of the following words is spelled CORRECTLY?
evidense
patriotic
aplause
possable
19
Which poet often used unconventional punctuation & capitalization, including in “maggie and milly and molly and may"?
A. A. Milne
E.E. Cummings
Langston Hughes
Carl Sandberg
20
Which word below is spelled CORRECTLY?
cieling
referee
parden
oxagen
21
What 2021 Newbery Medal winner by Tae Keller tells of 12-year-old Lily who learns family secrets from a magical creature
The White Stag
The One and Only Ivan
Island of the Blue Dolphins
When You Trap a Tiger
22
According to a nursery rhyme, which of the following characters runs through town to ensure children are in bed by 8:00?
Old King Cole
Humpty Dumpty
Wee Willie Winkie
Little Jack Horner
23
In Linda Sue Park’s novel A Single Shard, orphan Tree-Ear apprentices himself to Min to learn what trade?
glass blowing
silver-smithery
pottery
stone carving
24
Which of the following tall tale men was NOT a lumberjack?
Tony Beaver
Paul Bunyan
Febold Feboldson
Cordwood Pete
25
Her lesser-known works include Hospital Sketches and Jo's Boys. Who wrote Little Men and Little Women?
J.K. Rowling
Louisa May Alcott
Maya Angelou
Emily Dickinson
26
What part of a story
gives a reader introductory background information about characters, settings, or events?
resolution
exposition
climax
falling action
27
What is the gerund in the following sentence? You will get into trouble for faking an illness to skip school.
for
school
illness
faking
28
A story's main character is also known as the
antagonist
plot
protagonist
foil
29
Who won the Caldecott Medal for his collollaboration with Judith St. George, So You Want to Be President?
Jerry Pinkney
David Small
Uri Shulevitz
Marla Frazee
30
"The team celebrated as soon as the final buzzer sounded" has what type of clause?
noun
adjectival
verb
adverbial
31
Which of the following figures does Washington Irving include in his story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?
The Headless Horseman
The Loch Ness Monster
Zorro
The Lone Ranger
32
Is this sentence written correctly?
Their going to the park on Saturday.
True
False
33
A former stop on the Underground Railroad is the setting for which novel, written by Virginia Hamilton?
M.C. Higgins, the Great
The House of Dies Drear
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
A Wrinkle in Time
34
E. B. White wrote three of the children’s novels below. Which one was the work of Richard and Florence Atwater?
Trumpet of the Swan
Charlotte's Web
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Stuart Little
35
Which of the following characters did Roald Dahl NOT create?
Charlie Bucket
Matilda Wormwood
Meg Murry
James Trotter
36
What is the structure of the following sentence?
Serena drank tea while she read her novel.
compound
complex
simple
37
The Caldecott-winning book Lon Po Po is a Chinese adaptation of which fairy tale?
Cinderella
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears
Hansel and Gretel
Little Red Riding Hood
38
This sentence has what type of structure?
Andy arrived early to school, but Sam was late.
complex
simple
compound
39
Which of the following characters is NOT found in Louis Sachar’s Holes?
Kissin' Kate Barlow
Tree-Ear
Madame Zeroni
Stanley Yelnats
40
What phrase gives more information about a noun?Example:
Elvis, my brother’s guinea pig, loves to eat carrots.
annegative
pronoun
appositive
announ
41
Which choice below names the antagonist of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, who kills Nobody Owens’s family?
Jack Frost
the Laughing Man
John Aycliffe
Mack
42
This is a cover illustration for Where the Sidewalk Ends, a poetry collection by what man?
Ogden Nash
Jack Prelutsky
Shel Silverstein
Edward Lear
43
Is this sentence written correctly?
Superman is better then Batman.
True
False
44
Is this sentence punctuated correctly?
Had we known, we would’ve been there.
False
True
45
Stanley Yelnats is the hero of which novel, in which he breaks a familial curse while incarcerated at Camp Green Lake?
Holes
The Graveyard Book
A Year Down Yonder
Moon Over Manifest
46
Which choice below CORRECTLY spells the word meaning “a single human being”?
individuel
individual
indavidual
indaviduel
47
Gathering Blue and Messenger are two novels in a quartet by what author?
Lois Lowry
Virginia Hamilton
Madeleine L’Engle
L. Frank Baum
48
Norton Juster, the author of The Phantom Tollbooth, also wrote which one of the following Caldecott Medal winners?
The House in the Night
The Hello, Goodbye Window
Smoky Night
Kitten's First Full Moon
49
Which of the following authors titled his autobiographies Boy: Tales of Childhood and Going Solo?
Roald Dahl
L. Frank Baum
Rudyard Kipling
Terry Pratchett
50
A young girl spends time with her grandparents in which of the following Caldecott-winning books, by Norton Juster?
Hello Lighthouse
The Hello, Goodbye Window
The House in the Night
Radiant Child
51
David Wiesner won a Caldecott Medal for his adaptation of which fairy tale below?
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Three Little Pigs
The Little Mermaid
52
Is this sentence written correctly?
I want to eat ice cream for breakfast too!
True
False
53
Which poem below was the work of Alfred Noyes?
Mother to Son
Fog
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Daddy Fell into the Pond
54
In the Washington Irving story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” who does Ichabod Crane thsees, causing him to leave town?
Brom Bones
Hans Van Ripper
Katrina Van Tassel
The Headless Horseman
55
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Ender’s Game, and The House of the Scorpion are all works in which literary genre?
biography
myth
historical fiction
science fiction
56
This
stands in opposition to a work’s main character
antagonist
hero
protagonist
setting
57
The Greek root for “ruler” or “chief” appears in which one of the following words?
matriarch
autograph
horoscope
maximum
58
How many lines make up the poetic stanza called the quatrain?
4
3
2
5
59
As a verb, this word means "to be able to." Also as a verb, it names a way of preserving food by sealing it in a jar.
will
jar
can
do
60
This is what
contrasts with the main character in a story to highlight the main character’s qualities
setting
protagonist
climax
foil
61
What type is the following sentence? :: I refuse to drink warm milk.
simple
compound-complex
compound
62
Katie Takeshima’s sister Lynn dies of lymphoma in which of the following Newbery-winning novels?
The Giver
When You Reach Me
Kira Kira
A Single Shard
63
Which plant-related word has a homonym that is a unit of measurement?
yard
lawn
field
garden
64
Which of the following choices is NOT a character in Erin Entrada Kelly’s Newbery Medal-winning novel Hello, Universe?
Mary Alice Dowdel
Valencia Somerset
Chet Bullens
Kaori Tanaka
65
Polly O’Keefe stumbles into a conflict between the People Across the Lake and the People of the Wind in which novel?
A Wind in the Door
Many Waters
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
An Acceptable Time
66
True or False "I caught a fish today!" is an imperative sentence.
True
False
67
Is this sentence written correctly?
My three-year-old cousin is fun to babysit.
False
True
68
Virginia Hamilton became the first African-American recipient of the Newbery Medal when she won for which book?
M.C. Higgins, the Great
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Wind in the Door
Number the Stars
69
Which of the following subjects of Caldecott Medal-winning books takes a sick day from his job at the zoo?
Amos McGee
Beekle
Snowflake Bentley
Hugo Cabret
70
Three of the following works’ titles should be italicized. Which one’s title should appear in quotation marks?
novel
magazine article
newspaper
movie
71
A steam drill and a large hammer are vital to the story of which of the following tall tale men?
John Henry
Paul Bunyan
Johnny Appleseed
Casey Jones
72
In the sentence "The shoes look expensive." Which word is the predicate adjective?
the
shoes
expensive
look
73
He is Leader of Village in Messenger. Who is the boy appointed as the new Receiver of Memory in The Giver?
Matty
Gabriel
Asher
Jonas
74
The title character of which Newbery Medal winner below has a French guardian named Brigitte and a dog named HMS Beagle?
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
The Midwife’s Apprentice
The Higher Power of Lucky
The One and Only Ivan
75
Josh and JB Bell are twin athletes in which Newbery Medal-winning novel?
The Crossover
The View From Saturday
When You Reach Me
Hello, Universe
76
Which of the following is NOT a Shel Silverstein poem?
Listen to the Mustn'ts
Mending Wall
Lazy Jane
Falling Up
77
Which one of the words below is MISSPELLED?
virtue
feather
curtain
pickel
78
Which word below is a subordinating conjunction?
nor
although
for
and
79
Roald Dahl wrote the novel The BFG. What does BFG stand for?
Bad Frightening Greyhound
Bogus Fierce Goober
Big Friendly Giant
Brilliant Furry Gerbil
80
In this book, Asher becomes Assistant Director of Recreation, while Fiona becomes Caretaker of the Old.
Messenger
Number the Stars
The Giver
The Outsiders
