Question 1

What grade is Jess entering when the story begins?

Accepted Answer

5th

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4th

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6th

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7th

Question 2

"Mama would be mad as flies in a fruit jar if they woke her up this time of day,"   This sentence is an example of

Accepted Answer

simile

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hyperbole

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metaphor

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personification

Question 3

How many siblings does Jess have?

Accepted Answer

four; four sisters

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five; three sisters and two brothers

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three; three sisters

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four: three sisters and a brother

Question 4

What is the meaning of the word conspicuous?

Accepted Answer

easily noticed; obvious

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causing suspicion

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not easily noticed

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planning an attack

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of personification?

Accepted Answer

the sun flung itself in golden streams

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hot as popping grease

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mad as flies in a fruit jar

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faster than grasshoppers can slip through your fingers

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT something Jess likes?

Accepted Answer

football

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running

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drawing

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Ms. Edmunds

Question 7

What is Jesse's reaction when he first meets Leslie.

Accepted Answer

He did not know whether she was a boy or girl.

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He thought May Belle would have a new play mate.

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He thought she was beautiful.

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He asks her to race him around the cow field.

Question 8

What is the meaning of the word pandemonium?

Accepted Answer

wild uproar

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musical instrument

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magical kingdom

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organized meeting

Question 9

Why does Leslie ruin the races at school?

Accepted Answer

She kept winning against all the boys.

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She invited girls to start racing too.

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She made the younger kids play King of the Mountain.

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She refused to run against Jess.

Question 10

Who is May Belle? What is her special relationship to Jess?

Accepted Answer

Jess's younger sister. She worships him.

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Jess's music teacher. He has a crush on her.

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Jess's older sister. She teases him.

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Jess's new neighbor who moved in the old Perkins place.

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