GAME RULES1. Make teams. Decide which team goes first.

2. Appoint a scorekeeper.

3. Teams answer correctly and earn money. If a team is correct, they can continue until max. 3 times or until they get BAAM!

4. If a team hits BAAM! they go bankrupt!

5. The team with the most money at the end is the winner.

6. Penalties cost a team $10 , $25 and $50 dollars!

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Which of the following BEST describe the theme of the story? Which of the following BEST describe the theme of the story?

a. Always help others

b. Be careful what you wish for

c. Nature should be left alone

d. Good deeds go unnoticed

$1,000

““Three wishes then –” he flung three dead leaves in the air Three wishes then –” he flung three dead leaves in the air “– don’t blame me if you spend the last wish in undoing the “– don’t blame me if you spend the last wish in undoing the work of the other two” work of the other two”

What is the purpose of the dash?

a. indicate a passage of time

b. indicate an unfinished thought

c. indicate an omission

d. indicate a break

$ 100

“The bird struggled all the more frantically as he approached looking at him with hate in his yellow eyes, and when he took hold of it to free it, hissed at him, pecked him and thrashed dangerously with its wings which were powerful enough to break his arm.”

Which is the BEST inference from this statement?

a. The bird was moving around wildly

b. The bird was powerful

c. The bird is stuck

d. The bird thought Mr. Peters was going to harm him

$ 100

Zilch!

““This is my sister,” she answered. “ I can’t bear being separated This is my sister,” she answered. “ I can’t bear being separated from her.”from her.”

““Now he understood that Leita was really a swan from the forest and Now he understood that Leita was really a swan from the forest and this made him very sad because when a human being marries a bird this made him very sad because when a human being marries a bird it always leads to sorrow.”it always leads to sorrow.”

Which of the following is an inference as to why Leita is sad?

a. Leita hated being a swan

b. Leita misses her family

c. Leita had been separated from her family

d. Leita doesn’t like the new life she’s been forced into

$ 1000

Nothing!

Which of the following is a limitation of the King of Which of the following is a limitation of the King of the Forest’s character the Forest’s character

a. Resentful

b. Grateful

c. Angry

d. Magical

$100

““As Mr. Peters entered a straight, empty stretch of road he As Mr. Peters entered a straight, empty stretch of road he seemed to hear a faint crying, and a struggling and a seemed to hear a faint crying, and a struggling and a thrashing,thrashing,

as if somebody was in trouble far away in the trees as if somebody was in trouble far away in the trees

The word “thrashing” means

a. moving around wildly

b. killing

c. running

d. crying

$ 50

Identify the commas mistake in the following sentence: Identify the commas mistake in the following sentence:

“The only thing that troubled him was that he was a little lonely, he had no companion for his old age.”

a. fragment

b. list

c. run on sentence

d. comma splice

$ 50

Identify the meaning of the underlined wordIdentify the meaning of the underlined word

““She gazed in She gazed in astonishmentastonishment for a moment.” for a moment.”

a. excitement

b. amazement

c. scared

d. happiness

$ 1

I see you are I see you are presumptuouspresumptuous enough to know some of the enough to know some of the laws of magic. You think that because you have rescued – laws of magic. You think that because you have rescued – by pure good fortune – the King of the Forest from a by pure good fortune – the King of the Forest from a difficulty, you should have some kind of fabulous reward.”difficulty, you should have some kind of fabulous reward.”

What does the word “presumptuous” mean?

a. intelligent

b. arrogant

c. bold

d. respectful

$ 600

What is the purpose of the comma on the following sentence?What is the purpose of the comma on the following sentence?

““All night the song went on sweet, harsh, sharp, and clear.” All night the song went on sweet, harsh, sharp, and clear.”

a. fragment

b. list

c. run on sentence

d. comma splice

$ 1

Zip!

Which BEST describes the Which BEST describes the central idea central idea of the passage?of the passage?

a. A man earns and uses wishes. As a result he learns to be happy with what he already has.

b. A man is regretful for the wishes he made.

c. Helping someone out will earn you a reward.

d. Be happy with what you have.

$ 150

Zero!

What is the purpose of the comma in the following sentence?What is the purpose of the comma in the following sentence?

“One night when he had been late doing the accounts, he came up to bed and found her weeping in her sleep”

a. appositive

b. comma splice

c. introductory element

d. run on sentence

$ 50

By the end of the story, what can we infer about Mr. Peters’ By the end of the story, what can we infer about Mr. Peters’ character? character?

a. He’s very angry

b. He is contempt with his life

c. He wishes he had more wishes

d. He hated The King of the Forest for tricking him

$ 300

What are the purposes of the dashes in the following sentence?What are the purposes of the dashes in the following sentence?

““No – no,” she cried, “ I couldn’t ask that of her!”No – no,” she cried, “ I couldn’t ask that of her!”

a. indicate a passage of time

b. indicate an unfinished thought

c. indicate an omission

d. indicate a break

$ 100

$ 10

You’re broke!