Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader? “Helen on Eighty-sixth Street” Review

1. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?“Helen on Eighty-sixth Street” Review

2. 1,000,000 500,000 300,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 Are You Smarter Than a 5thGrader?“Helen on Eighty-sixth Street” Review 175,000 100,000 4th Grade Topic 3 4th Grade Topic 4 50,000 3rd Grade Topic 5 3rd Grade Topic 6 25,000 10,000 2nd Grade Topic 7 2nd Grade Topic 8 5,000 2,000 1st Grade Topic 9 1st Grade Topic 10 1,000

3. 5th Grade Topic 1 Question • How is a restaurant takeout cup made into a mythological allusion in this story? • A. The cup is blue, so is Vita’s mood. • B. The cup becomes a prop for the class play. • C. Ancient Greeks invented the paper cup. • D. The cup has a picture of an ancient Greek temple on it.

4. 5th Grade Topic 1 Answer • D. The cup has a picture of an ancient Greek temple on it Return

5. 5th Grade Topic 2 Question • Which line is a part of Vita’s narration? • A. “It never hurts to have a little help.” • B. “I made all these things happen with my offering.” • C. “Ah, the face that launched a thousand ships.” • D. “It is I, the hated Helen, scourge of Troy.”

6. 5th Grade Topic 2 Answer • B. “I made all these things happen with my offering.” Return

7. 4th Grade Topic 3 Question What can you infer from Vita’s description of her final line? • Mr. Dodd is angry with her for disobeying his directions. • She has forgotten the exact words but is able to fake it. • She freezes and can not say the line. • She is deeply moved by her own interpretation of the line.

8. 4th Grade Topic 3 Answer • She is deeply moved by her own interpretation of the line. Return

9. 4th Grade Topic 4 Question • To best describe Vita’s traits, you might say that she • A. is athletic and musical • B. makes the best of every situation • C. is imaginative and emotional • D. is confident about her appearance

10. 4th Grade Topic 4 Answer • C. is imaginative and emotional Return

11. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Question • By the end of the story, Vita has not • A. gotten two of her wishes • B. shown she is a gifted actress • C. learned that her mother and Old Farfel have parted company. • D. seen her father return after his long voyage

12. 3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer • D. seen her father return after his long voyage Return

13. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Question • What literary term is being applied in the following quote? “Life is a cycle.”

14. 3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer • Metaphor

15. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Question • What literary term is being applied in the following? Helen wants Vita’s part in the play, and Vita wants Helen’s part in the play.

16. 2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer • Irony Return

17. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Question • Which literary term is being applied in the following quote? “He smells like a dark cough drop.”

18. 2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer • Simile Return

19. 1st Grade Topic 9 Question • Which literary term is being applied when Vita stops to think back to the time at the coffee shop with her mother.

20. 1st Grade Topic 9 Answer • Flashback Return

21. 1st Grade Topic 10 Question • What do the dog Argus, the cat Marlowe, and the birds John and John Keats all have in common? • A. Vita calls them animals. • B. They all suffer disappointment. • C. They are all annoying. • D. Their names are allusions to literary figures.

22. 1st Grade Topic 10 Answer • D. Their names are allusions to literary figures. Return

23. Million Dollar QuestionGrade Level Topic 11 “We’re all just players strutting and fretting our hour on stage” is an example of what?

24. 1,000,000 Question “Vita’s father is on an odyssey” is an example of a mythological ________.

25. Billion Dollar Question • “Parakeets” and “Pair of Keats” is an example of what literary term? Return

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