Save Me a Seat, Ch. 12-14

How does Ravi get out of his chair to answer the question?

• like a rocket

• like a jack-in-the-box

• like a cheetah

• like a boiling tea kettle

Kicking a person when they're down is...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• an idiom

In Space Case, Dr. Marquez stirs his coffee when he's nervous. This is an example of a "tell". Some people have a "tell" so you know when they're lying. What is Dillon's tell?

• He compliments you.

• He pushes up his glasses.

• He wipes his forehead

• He winks at you.

Ravi gave the definition of assimilation, but...

• Mrs. Beam said he was wrong.

• Mrs. Beam told him to speak slower because she couldn't understand.

• Ravi could see the answer in his head.

• All of the above

What is Mrs. Beam's "tell"?

• Her eyebrows twitch like electrified caterpillars.

• Her upper lip beads with sweat.

• She slaps her palm with a ruler.

• Her eyeball twitches.

How is the name Mrs. Frost appropriate?

• She wears a dress with cup-pastries on it.

• Her room is cold as ice.

• She has white hair .

• She drives a white car.

Why does Joe like Mrs. Frost's room? (select all correct)

• It has lots of distractors.

• It is quiet.

• It has M&Ms.

• Ravi is there.

Mrs. Frost's hair was like the swirling mops in a carwash.

• That's an idiom.

• That's a simile.

• That's a metaphor.

• That's hyperbole.

How many layers does a peanut M&M have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Why does Joe need distractors?

• To learn how to focus amidst the noise.

• To tune out Ravi.

• To give him ideas for his writing.

• To keep him from daydreaming.