The Quiz
Use the links within
the quiz, the hot links, and your book to answer the following questions. Remember to use complete sentences. You will also be graded on spelling and
punctuation.
- Who is Philip Malloy’s English
teacher? How does she feel about
Philip?
- What is the first line of The
Star-Spangled Banner?
(http://hjem.get2net.dk/niels_quist/usa.htm)
- Who wrote the National Anthem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner)?
What event inspired him?
- What does Miss Narwin
write to the school principal about?
- What are some other books that Jack
London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London) has written? Clue: Look on the bottom
of the website.
- Do you think that Philip told his parents
the truth about how Miss Narwin was treating
him? What did he say? What would you have done?
- What is the name Avi
(http://www.avi-writer.com/) was given when he was born? Do you have a nickname or other name you
go by?
- At the end of the story, where does Philip
end up? Do you think that he is
happy there?
- What kinds of things do you like to
read? Pick anything from books,
magazines, comics, etc. Explain
what you like about the things you read.