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I.  Analyze the card catalog below and answer the questions that follow.

q978

B814fBrown, Mark Herbert, 1900-

The Frontier Years: L.A. Huffman, Photographer of the

Plains, by Mark H. Brown and W. R. Felton. New York,

Holt [1955]

272 p. illus., ports., maps (on lining papers) 29 cm.

1. 

What is the call number of this card catalog?

2. 

Who wrote this book?

3. 

How many pages does this book have?

4. 

What year was the book published?

5. 

The card catalog used above is _________________.

II. 

Using General References in the Library. Choose your answer from the choices given.

Encircle your answer.

6.  How many syllables are in “familiarity”?

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7. 

Find a map of Italy. Name the sea south of Italy.

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Find an article on elephants. Name the two kinds of elephants.

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9. 

Find a list of current Supreme Court judges. Name the first woman on the court.

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10. 

Find a list of the ten all time best selling paperback books. Which one is illustrated by Garth

Williams?

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11. 

Find a map of Virginia. How many miles south of Richmond is the North Carolina line?

 ____________________ miles.

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12. What part of speech is “outstanding”? _______________________________

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13. 

Who was the first to use a telescope to study the sky?

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14. Define “fuselage.” _________ ______________________________________

What are the guide words on the page?

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15. 

In football, who is the top NFL rushing leader in 1997?___________________

How far did he rush the ball? _________________ yards

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III. 

Identify the following sentences as similes, metaphors, or personifications

16. 

He is like a monster when he plays sports. _____

17. 

He is a monster when he plays sports. _____18.

 

Paying bills is like having your teeth pulled. _____

19. 

The moon was a silver ship sailing through the sea. _____

20. 

She swims like a fish. _____

21. 

The water opened its arms and invited them in. _____

22. 

My brother is a clown. _____

23. 

The rain kissed my face as it fell. _____

24. The strawberries were yelling, “Eat me first!” _____ 

25. 

He is a rabbit lost in the woods. _____

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KEY

1. 

q978

B814f

2. 

Brown, Mark Herbert

3. 

272

4. 

1955

5. 

Author Card

6.  Dictionary 

7.  Atlas 

8.  Encyclopedia 

9.  Almanac 

10. Almanac 

11. Atlas 

12. 

Dictionary 

13. 

Encyclopedia 

14. Dictionary 

15. Almanac 

16. Simile 

17. Metaphor 

18. 

Simile 19.

 Personification 

20. Simile 

21. Personification 

22. Metaphor 

23. Personification 

24. Personification 

25. Metaphor 

26.