Airborn Assessment

What genre is Airborn by Kenneth Oppel?

• Horror

• Comedy

• Fantasy

• Art

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Our main characters in Airborn are...

• Jack, Annie, Peanut

• Matt, Kate, and Grandpa Molloy

• Jim and Pam

• Henry and Thomas

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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How is Matt Cruse learning about Benjamin Molloy?

• A journal

• The internet

• A dictionary

• Storytelling

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What is the definition of panic?

• A exciting feeling one experiences when surprised

• A feeling of strong fear that leaves someone unable to think clearly

• A feeling of sadness that leaves someone discouraged

• A feeling of shock that leaves someone scared

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Which character does the author develop through journal entries?

• Matt Cruse

• Benjamin Molley (grandpa)

• Kate

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What is one of the problems/conflicts in the story?

• Kate and Matt get stuck on an island looking for grandpa.

• Kate gives Matt a journal to read from her grandpa and he doesn't believe what he is reading.

• Kate doesn't believe her grandpa's journal entries.

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CCSS.RL.5.9

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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What does the author most likely mean in the first paragraph when he writes that Matt had moths dancing in his stomach?

• Matt was excited about reading Molloy’s journal.

• Matt was afraid that he might lose Molloy’s journal.

• Matt was embarrassed to be caught reading Molloy’s journal.

• Matt was worried that he wouldn’t find anything useful in Molloy’s journal.

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What is Kate trying to do to help her grandpa?

• Prove that he was right and the journal entries are real.

• Prove that her grandpa has gone crazy.

• Prove that her grandpa is delirious.

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What is a simile?

• compares two things by saying one is like another

• compares two things by using like or as

• compares many things

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"The mother flew close alongside its child as if giving advice" What type of figurative language is this?(Hint: More than one correct answer)

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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