J.D. and the Great Barber Battle - Intermediate

Question 1

In J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, how would the genre best be described?

Answer 1

Realistic Fiction

Question 2

In J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, who is the main antagonist?

Answer 2

Henry, Jr.

Question 3

what point of view does J. Dillard use?

Answer 3

First Person

Question 4

In J.D. and the Great Barber Battle, which best describes the narrative conflict?

Answer 4

Character vs. Character

Question 5

how many people live in the Jones’ household?

Answer 5

Six

Question 6

how old did kids in the Jones’ family have to be to get their first haircut?

Answer 6

Nine

Question 7

what was the nickname that J.D.’s mom had as a kid?

Answer 7

Cheetah

Question 8

how did J.D. feel the night before his first day of third grade?

Answer 8

Nervous and unsure

Question 9

when did J.D. and his family move in with his grandparents?

Answer 9

After his grandpa had a heart attack

Question 10

who was the “big talker” in J.D.’s family?

Answer 10

Vanessa

Question 11

what was J.D.’s grandpa’s job before he got into burial insurance?

Answer 11

He was running a local JcPenney

Question 12

what figurative language did J. Dillard use when describing Henry Sr.?

Answer 12

Personification

Question 13

how long has Henry Sr. “been cutting hair in the same spot”?

Answer 13

58 years

Question 14

what figurative language was used to explain the “warm feeling” J.D. felt whenever he made his little brother happy?

Answer 14

Simile

Question 15

what did J.D. compare Jordan’s hair to using a metaphor?

Answer 15

A jagged pile of mess

Question 16

what was the starting price of J.D.’s haircuts?

Answer 16

3

Question 17

what position did J.D. play on his peewee football team?

Answer 17

Linebacker

Question 18

how did J.D. sleep the night before the competition?

Answer 18

Like a baby

Question 19

what best describes the tone of the author’s tone when he wrote, “Shouldn’t an award-winning barber make more than three bucks?”

Answer 19

Sarcastic

Question 20

what did J.D’s mom say never stops the Joneses?

Answer 20

Nerves

Question 21

what word did J.D. cut into his final model’s hair?

Answer 21

Winner

Question 22

what was the only thing J.D. didn’t like about his first day at Hart and Son?

Answer 22

That it felt like work

Question 23

what did J.D. say Jessyka looked like with her hair twisted?

Answer 23

A grown-up warrior

Question 24

what did J.D.’s grandma think he and his friends where using the bedsheets for?

Answer 24

As capes

Question 25

what show was J.D’s grandpa watching when he asked about working at the barber shop?

Answer 25

The Young and the Restless