ELA Questions Governor's Cup Flashcards by Colleen Stevens

Below are the four March sisters from Little Women. Which one, the oldest sister, marries John Brooke and has twins Demi and Daisy?
Amy, Beth, Jo, or Meg?

Meg

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Which one of the following characters is NOT a Mark Twain creation?
A: Captain Ahab
B: Pudd’nhead Wilson
C: Tom Canty
D: Huckleberry Finn

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Below are four novels in James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. Which one, the third published but the fifth chronologically, ends with Natty Bumppo’s death?
A: The Pioneers
B: The Pathfinder
C: The Prairie
D: The Deerslayer

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Katie Takeshima, whose big sister Lynn dies of lymphoma, is the protagonist of which Newbery-winning novel below?
A: Dead End in Norvelt
B: Kira-Kira
C: The Girl Who Drank the Moon
D: The Crossover

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Three of the following Newbery Medal-winning novels feature illustrated sequences. Which one does NOT?
A: Flora & Ulysses
B: The Last Cuentista
C: New Kid
D: Last Stop on Market Street

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Below are four Newbery Medal-winning authors. Which one earned the award for a novel featuring Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin?
A: Madeline L’Engle
B: Lois Lowry
C: Scott O’Dell
D: Katherine Paterson

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In which of the following early Newbery Medal winners can characters like Chee-Chee the monkey and Polynesia the parrot communicate with a certain human?
A: Tales from the Silver Lands
B: Johnny Tremain
C: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
D: The Story of Mankind

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Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee, and Tweedledum appear in which classic children’s novel below?
A: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
B: Through the Looking Glass
C: The Hobbit
D: The Swiss Family Robinson

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Which of the following novels did C. S. Lewis publish as part of his Chronicles of Narnia?
A: The Two Towers
B: The Fellowship of the Ring
C: The Return of the King
D: The Horse and His Boy

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Match each author with his work:

x. Orson Scott Card 1. The Bad Beginning
y. Douglas Adams 2. Ender’s Game
z. Lemony Snicket 3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
A: x-3, y-2, z-1
B: x-2, y-3, z-1
C: x-2, y-1, z-3
D: x-1, y-3, z-2

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Her novel When the Sea Turned to Silver was a National Book Award Finalist. Which author below earned a Newbery Honor for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon?
A: Grace Lin
B: Jennifer L Holm
C: Kelly Barnhill
D: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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Seen here is an illustration from the graphic novel Roller Girl, a Newbery Honor Book by what author?

A: Lauren Wolk
B: Renee Watson
C: Sheila Turnage
D: Victoria Jamieson

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It earned a Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Which novel below is part of Kirby Larson’s Dogs of World War II series?
A: Nimona
B: Ghost
C: Echo
D: Dash

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Sally M. Walker wrote a YALSA Finalist work about colonial Maryland and Jamestown. Which of the following nonfiction works was it?
A: America Redux
B: Written in Bone
C: Seen and Unseen
D: Uprooted

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Brandy Colbert’s Black Birds in the Sky and Carole Boston Weatherford’s Unspeakable are both nonfiction books about a race massacre in which U.S. city?
A: Tulsa, Oklahoma
B: Portland, Oregon
C: Minneapolis, Minnesota
D: Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Among her nonfiction works are Giant Squid and The Family Romanov. Which of the following authors earned a Sibert Medal for Honeybee and a YALSA Award for The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh?
A: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
B: Dashka Slater
C: Candace Fleming
D: Gail Jarrow

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Below are four poets. Which one included “I Hear America Singing” and “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” in Leaves of Grass?
A: E.E. Cummings
B: T.S. Eliot
C: Walt Whitman
D: Edgar Allan Poe

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In 1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a poem containing the line, “One if by land, and two if by sea.” That work’s subject was which of the following colonial figures?
A: John Hancock
B: Benjamin Franklin
C: Samuel Adams
D: Paul Revere

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Which poetic lines below did Langston Hughes write?
A: “I, too, sing America. / I am the darker brother.”
B: “You may trod me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I’ll rise.”
C: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by…”
D: “We real cool. We / Left school…”

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atch each person with his or her speech.

x. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1. The Four Freedoms
y. Eleanor Roosevelt 2. Citizenship in a Republic
z. Theodore Roosevelt 3. The Struggle for Human Rights
A: x-2, y-3, z-1
B: x-3, y-1, z-2
C: x-2, y-1, z-3
D: x-1, y-3, z-2

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Below are four playwrights. Which one created The Crucible as an allegory for the McCarthyist Red Scare of the 1950s?
A: Tenessee Williams
B: Arthur Miller
C: Oscar Wilde
D: George Bernard Shaw

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In 1852, which one of the following abolitionists delivered the speech “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July”?
A: Frederick Douglass
B: Sojourner Truth
C: Harriet Tubman
D: Booker T Washington

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Which choice below gives the real name of the title character in O. Henry’s “The Ransom of Red Chief”?
A: Goodman Brown
B: Charlie Gordon
C: Johnny Dorset
D: Lemon Brown

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Which of the following short stories did Mark Twain set in the High Sierras of California?
A: “The Rocking-Horse Winner”
B: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
C: “War Party”
D: “The Lottery”

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Toni Cade Bambara wrote three of the stories below. Which one was the work of William Faulkner? A: “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” B: “The War of the Wall” C: “Raymond’s Run” D: “A Rose for Emily”

Seen here is a Squishmallow of what legendary creature that supposedly resides in the Himalayan Mountains? A: yeti B: bigfoot C: ogre D: jackalope

Which choice below states the moral of Aesop’s fable “The Ants and the Grasshopper”? A: “Simple and safe is better than extravagant but dangerous.” B: “No one believes a liar, even when he tells the truth.” C: “Work hard today to get ready for tomorrow.” D: “The race isn’t always to the swift.”

According to certain tall tales, Cordwood Pete and Tony Beaver are relatives of which man? A: Pecos Bill B: Casey Jones C: John Henry D: Paul Bunyan

Which sentence below contains an appositive phrase? A: The capital of France, Paris, hosted the 2024 Olympics. B: We meant to leave the dance early. C: Studying for tests is an important part of making good grades. D: Known for her sweetness, my dog loves to give kisses.

Match each sentence type with its purpose. x. imperative 1. make a statement y. interrogative 2. ask a question z. declarative 3. issue a command A: x-2, y-1, z-3 B: x-3, y-2, z-1 C: x-1, y-3, z-2 D: x-3, y-1, z-2

Which one of the following sentences contains a usage error? A: The free version of the app has fewer features than the paid version. B: May I sit next to you? C: I caught a fish in my pajamas. D: If you need help, ask the teacher or me.

An adverb clause is found in which sentence below? A: Why my mom enjoys running is beyond me. B: Her grandpa encouraged her to remember who she was. C: He needs a friend who isn’t afraid of snakes. D: While he was driving in an unfamiliar neighborhood, my brother got lost.

A simple sentence consists of how many main clauses? A: 0 B: 1 C: 2 D: 3

Words in which of the following categories are NOT always capitalized? A: holidays B: months C: seasons D: language names

Which sentence below uses commas INCORRECTLY? A: She played the piano, the music filled the concert hall. B: They picked apples, blackberries, and pears over the weekend. C: Gina said, “Let’s build a snowman!” D: While shopping for her school dance outfit, Becca bought her first pair of heels.

An intransitive verb is found in which of the following sentences? A: After she danced, she bowed to the audience. B: Would you please read the letter aloud? C: The kids bought dill pickles instead of dessert. D: My dad’s snoring really annoys me.

Which word below is a definite article? A: a B: an C: they D: the

Which of the following choices is NOT a category of pronouns? A: possessive B: concrete C: indefinite D: intensive

Which word below is spelled CORRECTLY? A: indigo B: arobics C: seperate D: envade

Match each word with its synonym. x. disdain 1. contempt y. indifference 2. apathy z. apprehension 3. dread A: x-1, y-3, z-2 B: x-3, y-1, z-2 C: x-2, y-3, z-1 D: x-1, y-2, z-3

Which of the following words is MISSPELLED? A: persuasive B: abduction C: paralized D: misfortune

Three of the prefixes below can mean “not.” Which one means “again”? A: un- B: re- C: non- D: dis-

Which one of the following suffixes means “without”? A: -less B: -er C: -ful D: -ment

The Latin root meaning “know” is found in which word below? A: dynamic B: migration C: recognize D: sentimental

It has similar roots to the Greek word for “number.” Which word below derives from Arabic and has meanings in both math and computer science? A: elixir B: algorithm C: tariff D: alchemy

Which one of the following French words is a synonym of “deadlock”? A: facade B: blase C: cliche D: impasse

It might apply to selections from the Vedas. Which word below can refer to a word or formula that is chanted or sung? A: mantra B: bungalow C: guru D: chutney

It is the opposite of litotes. Which literary device below relies on humorous exaggeration? A: paradox B: euphemism C: hyperbole D: oxymoron

Three of the following poetic forms are lyric. Which one is narrative? A: elegy B: epic C: sonnet D: ode

Match each sound device with its example. x. onomatopoeia 1. A rolling stone gathers no moss. y. assonance 2. The fireworks boomed and popped. z. alliteration 3. My phone is dead as a doornail. A: x-1, y-2, z-3 B: x-1, y-3, z-2 C: x-2, y-3, z-1 D: x-2, y-1, z-3

Which of the following men created the Sakkaros, a family made of sugar, in the short story “Rain, Rain, Go Away”? A: Roald Dahl B: William Wymark Jacobs C: Isaac Asimov D: Jack London

A limerick and a cinquain each consist of how many poetic lines? A: 3 B: 5 C: 14 D: 19

The word “magnify” includes a Latin root meaning which of the following? A: away B: shape C: great D: soul

Below are four recipients of King Awards or King Honors. Which one wrote the verse novel Before the Ever After and the verse memoir Brown Girl Dreaming? A: Jason Reynolds B: Angie Thomas C: Kekla Magoon D: Jacqueline Woodson

Which one of the following words is an antonym of “lucrative”? A: unprofitable B: durable C: fearful D: objective

Which of the following books is part of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time fantasy series? A: A Song of Fire and Ice B: Dune C: A Crown of Swords D: The Amber Spyglass

Which adjective below is in the superlative degree? A: more trustworthy B: fastest C: sunny D: higher

Don Brown’s In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers centers on a catastrophic event that happened on which of the following dates? A: October 29, 1929 B: December 7, 1941 C: November 22, 1963 D: September 11, 2001

Which character below appears in Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet? A: Oberon B: Titania C: Tybalt D: Puck

Match each Japanese word or phrase with its meaning. x. kudzu 1. martial art y. jujitsu 2. decorative paper z. washi 3. fast-growing vine A: x-3, y-1, z-2 B: x-2, y-1, z-3 C: x-3, y-2, z-1 D: x-1, y-3, z-2