Characters
This narrator of The Outsiders wishes he looked like Paul Newman, likes sunsets and movies, and writes an essay that is the frame for the entire novel.
Who is Ponyboy?
This character was framed then subsequently convicted and executed for the murder of William Frankenstein.
Who is Justine Mortiz?
The two parts of the setting of The Giver.
What is Th Community in the future?
Name all four types of conflict.
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Nature/Technology
Desirable (good) and undesirable (bad character traits)
What are virtues and vices?
Jonas's reckless, clumsy, best friend from The Giver by Lois Lowry. In the book, he is assigned Recreation Director, but in the movie he is assigned Pilot.
Who is Asher?
Name all three tragic young deaths in The Outsiders.
Who are Bob Sheldon, Johnny Cade, and Dallas Winston?
Victor Frankenstein was born in this European country and city.
What is Geneva, Switzerland?
The main, overarching conflict in The Outsiders.
Greasers vs. Socs
Phineas Gage's occupation, the leader on a jobsite
What is a foreman?
Jonas's predecessor as Receiver of Memory, her training abruptly ends when she applies for her own release and dies via euthanasia (lethal injection).
Who is Rosemary?
The climax of The Outsiders occurs at this exact moment
What are the moments before the rumble?
Frederick Douglass was born in this United States city.
What is Tuckahoe, Maryland?
Describe and name the type of the overarching conflict of The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Character vs. Society
Jonas realizes that the community, while safe and prosperous, is stale and bland, void of memories, individuality, and humanity.
A formal summon, usually a document, requiring someone to testify in court
What is a subpoena?
This character from Raisin in the Sun prides herself on being cultured and aspires to be a doctor, but her dreams are deferred when her brother Walter loses all of their life insurance policy money to a scam.
Who is Beneatha Younger?
Under Mao Zedong, the Chinese Cultural Revolution destroyed these things (may have one of two).
What are The Four Olds or The Great Prosperity Market?
Where and when did A Raisin in the Sun take place?
(must have both)
What is Chicago in the 1950-60s?
The documents that the children (Little Red Guards) of the Chinese Cultural Revolution were forced to create to criticize their parents and teachers. This was the inciting incident that filled Ji-Li with doubt about the cultural revolution.
What are Da Zi Bao?
An adjective that describes someone who is extremely or excessively careful, showing great precision and close attention to minute details.
The Elders of the community from The Giver could be described as this.
What is meticulous?
As Ji-Li's antagonist in Red Scarf Girl, he capitalizes on his working-class family status and bullies Ji-li, exposing her family's wealthy background.
Who is Du Hai?
These two groups of rival scientists fiercely debated the cognitive function and structure of the human brain after Phineas Gage came to Boston in 1850 after a tamping iron impaled his head.
What are whole brainers and localizers?
After his accident, Phineas Gage worked as a stagecoach driver in this country.
What is Chile?
Dubbed the notorious "slave-breaker," this cruel, odious, barbaric master was shocked when Frederick Douglass fought back against him.
Who is Edward Covey?
This part of the brain regulates critical survival functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure, while serving as a major relay highway for motor and sensory signals traveling between the body and the rest of the brain.
What is the brain stem?