LA 2018 Distict

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Kate DiCamillo won a Newbery Medal for her story of Flora Belle Buckman, whose best friend is which of the following animals? a tiger, a rat, a squirrel, a gorilla

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a rat

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In which Newbery-winning novel does an orphan travel to Michigan in search of his long-lost father? Options: When You Reach Me, A Year Down Yonder, Bud, Not Buddy, Out of the Dust

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Bud, Not Buddy

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Pictured at right is the subject of a Caldecott-winning Dan Santat book about an "unimaginary friend." What is its name?

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Beekle

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Which author-illustrator was nominated for a Caldecott Medal for Extra Yarn the same year he won the award for This Is Not My Hat?

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Jon Klassen

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Which poet wrote a long work featuring the Indian maiden Nokomis, and a shorter poem based on an American patriot’s midnight ride?

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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In 1823, Clement Clarke Moore wrote a holiday poem about a visit from which of the following saints? Saint Nicholas, Saint Valentine, Saint Patrick, Saint Peter

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Saint Nicholas

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Which choice below names the kindly teacher who takes in the title character in Roald Dahl’s novel Matilda?

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Miss Honey

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Which one of the following novels did Madeleine L’Engle write? Zeely, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Gathering Blue, Eight Cousins

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A Swiftly Tilting Planet

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In Little Women, what is the nickname of the next-door neighbor who initially loves Jo, but eventually marries Amy?

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Laurie

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Match each literary device with its example: X. Metaphor, Y. Alliteration, Z. Personification. 1. Our dishwasher hums a tune as it runs. 2. Sasha's sister slept soundly. 3. The snow is a clean, white blanket.

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x-3, y-2, z-1