Mem Fox

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Mem Fox
JEOPARDY!

• Adapted from Roger D. Moore, Ph.D., MBA

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Characters - 100
Which word describes the character Wilfrid Gordon
McDonald Partridge? Mean, curious, or tall?
curious
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Characters - 200
What character was described as tough, massive,
scruffy, greedy, fearless, and scary?
Boris Von de Borch from Tough Boris
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Characters - 300
What are the names of the two main characters in
Possum Magic?
Grandma Poss and Hush
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Characters - 400
Who appeared with a sign that said STOP! in
The Magic Hat?
a wizard
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Characters - 500
What are three Mem Fox books that have a mother
and her child or children as the main characters?
Sleepy Bears Time for Bed Koala Lou Harriet,
Youll Drive Me Wild
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Setting - 100
True or false Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
lived next to an old peoples home.
true
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Setting - 200
Where did the story Possum Magic take place?
(Hint It is the same place that Mem Fox lives)
Australia
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Setting - 300
Where did the story Tough Boris take place? In a
car, on a plane, or on a ship?

on a ship
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Setting - 400
What two Mem Fox books did we read that took
place at bedtime?
Time for Bed and Sleepy Bears
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Setting - 500
What season was it in Sleepy Bears? Summer, fall,
winter, or spring?

winter
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Plot - 100
What did Tough Boris do when his parrot died?
He cried and cried.
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Plot - 200
Did Koala Lou win the Bush Olympics?
No, she came in second place.
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Plot - 300
What happened in the end of Harriet, Youll Drive
Me Wild! ?
Harriet and her mother laughed as they picked up
the feathers from the pillow together.
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Plot - 400
In Possum Magic, why didnt Hush want to be
invisible anymore?
She wanted to know what she looked like.
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Plot - 500
What did Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge give
Miss Nancy that was something warm? An egg, a
puppet, or a trumpet?

an egg
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Theme - 100
True or false In Tough Boris, Mem Fox teaches us
that even tough, fearless pirates cry when
something sad happens.
true
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Theme - 200
Is it important to hold on to your memories?
yes
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Theme - 300
Name three Australian animals that were in Possum
Magic.
emu possum wombat kookaburra dingo koala
kangaroo snake
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Theme - 400
In Harriet, Youll Drive Me Wild! how did
Harriets mother feel about her pesky daughter?
She loved her.
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Theme - 500

• What is the main idea of Whoever You Are?
• People may have differences, but were all the
  same on the inside.
• B. When you get older you may be different.
• C. People around the world do not have different
  schools, lands, or words.

A. People may have differences, but were all the
same on the inside.
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Authors Style - 100
True or false Mem Fox illustrates all of her
books.
false
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Authors Style - 200
Does Mem Fox write fiction or nonfiction?
fiction
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Authors Style - 300
True or false Mem Fox uses rhymes and repeats
words in her books.
true
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Authors Style 400
Why did it take Mem Fox three years to write
Tough Boris even though it is a short book?
She wanted to choose her words carefully and pick
the best describing words for her story.
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Authors Style - 500
How does Mem Fox choose topics for her stories?
She gets ideas from her own life.
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Wild Card - 100
True or false Writers never teach us anything.
false
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Wild Card - 200
True or false There are many reasons to write.
One reason is to hold on to memories.
true
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Wild Card - 300
What stories did we compare using the Venn
Diagram?
Sleepy Bears and Time for Bed or Harriet, Youll
Drive Me Wild! and Sleepy Bears
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Wild Card - 400
For which story did we do Readers Theater?
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
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Wild Card - 500
After we read Tough Boris, we wrote a story using
describing words about who?
Dr. Smith
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