BAAM! The GAME Show

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BAAM! The GAME Show
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GAME RULES1. Make teams. Decide which team
goes first.2. Appoint a scorekeeper. 3.
Teams answer correctly and earn money. If a team
is correct, they can continue until max. 3
times or until they get BAAM!4. If a team
hits BAAM! they go bankrupt!5. The team with
the most money at the end is the winner. 6.
Penalties cost a team 10 , 25 and 50
dollars!
BAAM! The GAME Show
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Pick a Number! Don't get BAAMed!
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Which of the following BEST describe the theme of
the story?

1. Always help others
2. Be careful what you wish for
3. Nature should be left alone
4. Good deeds go unnoticed

1,000
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Three wishes then he flung three dead leaves
in the air dont blame me if you spend the
last wish in undoing the work of the other two
What is the purpose of the dash? a. indicate a
passage of time b. indicate an unfinished
thought c. indicate an omission d. indicate a
break
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The bird struggled all the more frantically as
he approached looking at him with hate in his
yellow eyes, and when he took hold of it to free
it, hissed at him, pecked him and thrashed
dangerously with its wings which were powerful
enough to break his arm. Which is the BEST
inference from this statement? a. The bird was
moving around wildly b. The bird was powerful
c. The bird is stuck d. The bird thought Mr.
Peters was going to harm him
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Zilch!
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This is my sister, she answered. I cant bear
being separated from her. Now he understood
that Leita was really a swan from the forest and
this made him very sad because when a human being
marries a bird it always leads to sorrow.
Which of the following is an inference as to why
Leita is sad? a. Leita hated being a swan b.
Leita misses her family c. Leita had been
separated from her family d. Leita doesnt like
the new life shes been forced into
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Nothing!
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Which of the following is a limitation of the
King of the Forests character

1. Resentful
2. Grateful
3. Angry
4. Magical

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As Mr. Peters entered a straight, empty stretch
of road he seemed to hear a faint crying,
and a struggling and a thrashing, as if
somebody was in trouble far away in the trees
The word thrashing means a. moving around
wildly b. killing c. running d. crying
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Identify the commas mistake in the following
sentence The only thing that troubled him was
that he was a little lonely, he had no
companion for his old age. a. fragment b.
list c. run on sentence d. comma splice
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Identify the meaning of the underlined word She
gazed in astonishment for a moment. a.
excitement b. amazement c. scared d.
happiness
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I see you are presumptuous enough to know some of
the laws of magic. You think that because you
have rescued by pure good fortune the King of
the Forest from a difficulty, you should have
some kind of fabulous reward.
What does the word presumptuous mean? a.
intelligent b. arrogant c. bold d. respectful
600
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What is the purpose of the comma on the following
sentence? All night the song went on sweet,
harsh, sharp, and clear. a. fragment b.
list c. run on sentence d. comma splice
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Zip!
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Which BEST describes the central idea of the
passage?

1. A man earns and uses wishes. As a result he
   learns to be happy with what he already has.
2. A man is regretful for the wishes he made.
3. Helping someone out will earn you a reward.
4. Be happy with what you have.

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Zero!
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What is the purpose of the comma in the following
sentence? One night when he had been late doing
the accounts, he came up to bed and found
her weeping in her sleep a. appositive b.
comma splice c. introductory element d. run on
sentence
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By the end of the story, what can we infer about
Mr. Peters character?

1. Hes very angry
2. He is contempt with his life
3. He wishes he had more wishes
4. He hated The King of the Forest for tricking him

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What are the purposes of the dashes in the
following sentence? No no, she cried, I
couldnt ask that of her!
a. indicate a passage of time b. indicate an
unfinished thought c. indicate an omission d.
indicate a break
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Youre broke!