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QUESTIONS	ANSWERS

ENGLISH
1. Who wrote The Tempest?
2. Recite Ariel’s 7 line song from The Tempest.
3-4. From what play is "The Faeries Lullaby"? Who is the author?
5. What short story did Sandra Cisneros write?
6. True or false: "The Greyling" is an example of English versus American spelling.
7. Who wrote "Dragon, Dragon"?
8-12. Label the part of speech in the underlined words. Barney waved his hand vaguely. I tried to laugh in a relaxed way. He plunked his whole paycheck down. He shrugged apologetically.
13. "Morey was this old musican with a skin like brown velvet." What literary term is demonstrated in this quote?
14-16. Spell correctly the author's name who wrote the poem "Beauty". From where does she come? What does her name mean?
17. Where does the book Child of the Owl take place?
18. Change the sentence to singular form: Spiders spin silky webs.
19. Change the sentence to plural form: An archaeologist digs for artifacts.
20. Name the simple subject of the following sentence: The clouds above the trees darken the sky.
21. What is the name of the sentence that presents the main idea of a paragraph?
22-25. Create a sentence with this pattern: adj adj adj noun verb adv
26. What is a stage in the writing process that falls between the rough and final draft?
27. Give an example of a simile.
28-32. Outline the five paragraphs for an ORA.
33-35. What are the four things that must be included in the first paragraph of an ORA?
36. Write the Chinese characters 1-5.
37. Write the Chinese word for maternal uncle.
38. In Child of the Owl what is the reason for wearing jade around your neck?
39. How are owls thought of differently between China and America?
40. What is Mah-Jong?
41-43. Create a sentence with this pattern: Pro, verb, prep phr, con verb prep phr.
44-47. Create a sentence with this pattern: Adv verb pro verb adj noun?
48-50. Write an example of outline form. Use three Roman numerals, four capitol Arabic letters, two numbers and five small Arabic letters.
SCIENCE

51. (1pt) What is the outer layer of an animal cell?
52-53. (2pts) What 2 things does a plant cell contain that an animal cell does not contain?
54-59. (6pts) What 4 things are needed for photosynthesis? What 2 things are produced in photosynthesis?
60-62. (3pts) Identify the state of matter described below: a) has no definite volume, no definite shape b) has no definite shape, has definite volume c) has definite shape and volume
63. (1pt) Taste, color, state of matter, and mass are all examples of what kind of property?
64. (1 pt) Burning a piece of paper is an example of what kind of change?
65-70. (6 pts) Name the 3 main particles of an atom and tell their electrical charges.
71-72. (2pts) Tell how to find the: a) atomic number b) atomic mass
73-76. (4pts) Use the periodic table to tell: a) symbol of Radium b) atomic number of sulfur c) atomic mass of Xenon d) the lightest element
77-80. (4 pts) What 4 things must a habitat provide to animals?
81-84. (4pts) Given the formula HCl + NaOH NaCl + H O a) what are the products? b) what are the reactants?
85. (1pt) Using only litmus paper, how can you determine if a liquid is acid or base?
86. (1pt) A substance is an acid. Where is it located on the pH scale?
87. (1 pt) Name a natural indicator.
88. (1pt) How many kinds of atoms are in Hydrogen?
89-91. (3 pts) Given the formula C H O: How many carbon atoms are there? How many hydrogen atoms are there? How many molecules are there?
92. (1 pt) When acid reacts with a metal, what gas is formed?
93. (1 pt) How are elements arranged in the periodic table?
94. (1 pt) If an atom loses an elctron, what charge does it have?
95-96. (2 pts) Describe how an owl pellet is formed?
97. (1 pt) What is used to measure mass?
98-100. (3pts) metric equivalents: a) 1000 meters = __ kilometers b) metric unit of volume c) 1 meter = ___ centimeters
101-103. (3 pts) Name the change of state: a) solid to gas b) gas to liquid c) solid to liquid

MATH

One point questions
104. Add: 7,124 + 657 + 351 + 21 + 4
105. Add: 6.1 + 0.09 + 7.99
106. Add: 4.22+10.31+8.27+7.13+51+44+75+82
107. Subtract: 7,436 - 6,555
108. Subtract: 567 - 349
109. Subtract: 8,999,675 - 67,123
110. Subtract: 0.099 - 0.077
111. Subtract: 1.234 - 0.098
112. Subtract: 123.9 - 45.798
113. Subtract: 345.789 – 12.345678
114. Multiply: 23.67 x 65
115. Multiply 564.77 x 30.09
116. Divide: 10345 � 15
117. Divide: 19823 � 245
118. Solve: 60 - n = 20
119. Solve: 178 + n = 668
120. Round to the nearest place value: 45.89
121. Round to the nearest thousandth: 234.5789
122. Round to the nearest ten-thousand: 267,801
123. Round to the nearest hundredth: 778.009
Five point questions:
124-128. Find the total bill for a job in which materials cost $678.12 and labor amounted to 16.5 hours at $32.00 per hour.
129-133. A doctor orders 20 grains of medicine for a patient. The medicine on hand is in tablets of 250 milligrams each. Given that there are 60 milligrams in 1 grain, how many tablets does the nurse administer?
134-138. You are an airplane pilot. Your altitude is 8000 feet, your speed is 180 mph, and you can descend at 500 feet per minute. How far from your destination should you begin to descend.
139-143. At the end of a working day, highway patrol officers must report the total amount of time spent performing certain tasks. During one 8-hour shift, an officer spent 45 minutes aiding vehicles in distress, 1-1/2 hours at the scene of an accident, and 2 hours 20 minutes writing tickets. To the nearest tenth of an hour, how much time was spent not performing these specific tasks?

HISTORY

144. How was Islam different from the religion of the Arabs before the time of Mohammed?
145. What were the two new capitols of the caliphs?
146. What area of Europe did the Moors invade?
147. What do we call a Muslim temple?
148. What men can be called "The church bells of Islam?"
149. Of the nations formerly belonging to Yugoslavia, which has the greatest number of Muslims?
150. Of the nations formerly belonging to Yugoslavia, which borders Italy?
151. What Roman island outpost lay on the Nile?
152. Architectural Rendering (You will be asked to draw an object using three views.)
153. Architectural Rendering
154. "Ships of the Desert" refers to what?
155. How many levels of construction were there in a Roman road?
156. Is English a Romance language?
157. From what culture did Romans learn the construction of arches?
158. What is an open area in the center of a wealthy Roman's home?
159. True or false? Both Greek and Roman women were confined to the home.
160. Define "prehistory."
161. Name 2 physical characteristics of the earth which were lower during the Ice Age. These are measurements.
162. Which scientist studies living cultures more often: an archeologist or an anthropologist?
163. When was the new Stone Age?
164. The farmer who can grow more than enough food to feed his family can grow what?
165. For what two reasons was irrigation important in the Fertile Crescent?
166. Who invented letters for the 5 vowel sounds?
167. What man received the Ten Commandments of Christianity?
168. What is the Islamic equivalent of the Ten Commandments?
169. What do we call the art of guiding ships at sea?
170. Large Sumerian temples are known as what?
171. What is the most famous set of Babylonian laws?
172. What do we call the knowledge of heavenly bodies?
173. What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
174. What is the word for "earthen walls which hold back flood water?
175. Name two of the first animals to be domesticated in the Middle East?
176. Performance Piece-(You cannot study for this question. You will be asked to perform a skit showing your knowledge of an ancient culture.)

FRENCH

177. Tell me in French 5 objects or pieces of furniture you can find in a classroom.
178. Il y a combien de pieces chez toi?
179. In which different rooms would you find "un lit", "un frigo", and "un piano"?
180. Describe the location of 3 objects or pieces of furniture in your bedroom.
181. Give me the names of 3 of the 5 most important French rivers.
182. Tell me in French where Bordeaux is.
183. Give me the French names of 4 different countries bordering France.
184. Give a complete answer in French: "cent divise par deux egal?"
185. Give a negative French answer: "Est-ce qu’il y a un ordinateur dans la classe de Francais?"
186. How would you say 7,395?
187. Ecoute bien le professeur - va au tableau - ecris "Good Luck" en Francais sur le tableau - prends la craie - assieds-toi bien
188. Greet your teacher, introduce yourself and ask how your teacher is doing.
189. Ecris un nombre sur une feuille de papier, lis le nombre en Francais. (teacher will repeat in English what student said)
190. Qui est-ce? "La frere de mon pere est....."
191. Qui est-ce? "La fille de ma Tante est.......?"

SPANISH

192. Cuales son los dias de la semana?

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

193. Cuales son los meses del ano?

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

194. Conjugate the verb "Ser".
Translate the following sentences:
195. Me gusta jugar al biesbol.
196. Me gusta jugar al basquetbol.
197. Me gusta ir a la escuela.
198. Los pajaros son bonitos.
199. Los hombres son espanoles.
200. El escritorio es nuevo.

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