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Grade 8 The Pigman
What genre is "The Pigman"?
  1. non-fiction
  2. science-fiction
  3. biography
  4. realistic fiction
Grade 8 The Pigman
What is the significance of the quote below?

"The three monkeys were hugging each other desperately... They looked so lonely and sweet just holding on to each other."
  1. It shows how the monkeys were just keeping warm
  2. It is symbolic of John's situation with his parents
  3. It shows that those monkeys were being mistreated
  4. It is symbolic of Lorraine, John and Mr. Pignati
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Pony and Johnny go to Texas to hide out.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 The Outsiders
"I was sleepy and freezing to death" is an example of what literary device?
  1. simile
  2. personification
  3. hyperbole
  4. oxymoron
Grade 8 The Outsiders
"And the ground rushed up to meet me very suddenly" is an example of what literary device?
  1. simile
  2. personification
  3. hyperbole
  4. oxymoron
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Who do Ponyboy and Johnny meet at the drive-in movie?
  1. Steve and Soda
  2. Cherry and Marcia
  3. Two-Bit and Dally
  4. Darry
Grade 8 The Outsiders
Which theme from "The Outsiders" is illustrated by the following example?
Johnny pleads with Pony to "stay gold".
  1. Idealism (innocence) is a gift.
  2. Life isn't fair
  3. The deepest love is often hidden
  4. A hero is not measured by image but by deeds
Grade 8 The Skin I'm In
Daphne Robinson wanted to fight Maleeka because she heard Maleeka was...
  1. stealing her clothes from her locker.
  2. kissing her boyfriend Worm.
  3. telling on her for skipping school.
  4. telling other kids not to hang around her because she is dirty.
Grade 8 The Outsiders
What does the following quote foreshadow: "And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He'd use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body."
  1. This foreshadows that Johnny will indeed use his switchblade later to protect Ponyboy.
  2. This foreshadows that Pony will later meet a couple of Soc girls, Marcia and Cherry.
  3. This foreshadows the flight of Johnny & Pony after Johnny kills Bob.
  4. This foreshadows that there will be much bloodshed later which may all have been cause by his own hand.
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