1. John really wanted to know how much money he would get from grandpa for his birthday. But grandpa didn't want to tell him. Instead he said,  "You get so much!"

    "But how much is so much?" John asked.
    "If I gave you so much, plus so much, plus the half of so much, plus 1/4 of so much, plus 1 dollar, you would have 100 dollars." 
How much will John get? (Alert: math)
2. Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence. Example: Craft that might tip in the ocean. Answer: Canoe (Anagram of ocean)
• a) Bit of brush.
• b) Opposite of unite.
3. Bob owns a pet store. He has thirty-five birds for sale. If twenty of those birds are parrots, what is the probability that any of the remaining birds are dodo birds?
4. Add, subtract, and then rearrange, to find the name of an animal:
   MARMALADE + OIL - MAE = ________
5. Bonus Science Brain Teaser: A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it.  "If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100," the man said. "You can use the match and lemon to do this."   A few minutes later, the waiter walked away with $100 in his pocket. How did the waiter get the water into the glass?
6. All of the answers to the clues below will have (at least) TWO sets of double letters.
• a) It floats. B __ __ __ __ __ __
• b) Body modification.  T __ __ __ __ __
• c) A group of people.  C __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

1. In chapter 10, Barney considers giving The Piggy to the neighbors. Why does he decide to keep it?
2. The character in the game, Luap, corresponds to which character in real life?
3. Now we know that Captain Latham's brother did not kill the shipwrecked sailor. How did he die?
4. How did the shipwrecked sailor get there in the first place?
5. How did the neighbors get Barney's parents out of the house?
6. Where does Barney hide The Piggy?
7. Why does Barney not go into town and report his suspicions about the neighbors?
8. Why does Barney want to watch Manny cooking in the kitchen?
9. What does Barney say is the reason he thinks the neighbors want The Piggy? (Be careful answering this one.)
10. Why does Barney toast The Piggy instead of himself like the neighbors did?

EIGHTH GRADE:
Quiz on CoW chapter 6.

1. What did Buck experience for the first time with John Thornton?
2. (quote a simile) How did Thornton treat his dogs differently than other men?
3. How did Buck demonstrate his affection for John Thornton?
4. Why did Buck never let Thornton out of his sight?
5. In Buck's mind, what did not exist in the "primordial life because it was misunderstood for fear"?
6. (p77) The word shades (not the "green shade" of the forest), as it is used here, most nearly means... a) things that block light.  b) ghosts.  c) illusions.  d) dreams.  e) NOTA
7. What keeps Buck from following "the call of the wild"?
8. What does Thornton do to demonstrate Buck's loyalty?
9. (quote) How does Thornton feel about this kind of loyalty?
10. (quote) What does Thornton say to encourage Buck when he pulls the 1000 lb. sled?
11. Explain what the last sentence of Chapter 6 means.