Indian Horse
Toronto at Dreamer's Rock
Short Story & Literary Devices
Grammar
Random Trivia
100

What is the name of the rehab facility that Saul attends for his alcoholism?

The New Dawn Centre

100

What is Rusty's beer of choice?

Labatt's Blue

100

This literary device can be found in the following example: "He ran faster than a run-away train."

Simile

100

This is the term for the piece of punctuation that must come BEFORE connecting words like 'however' or 'therefore'.

Semicolon

100

During what month of the year did man step foot on the moon for the first time in history?

July

200

What number does Saul wear on the back of his hockey jerseys?

Number 13

200

What sacred herb does Keesic show the other boys how to braid for smudging in a spiritual First Nation ceremony of cleansing?

Sweetgrass

200

"Baby you're a firework" is an example of a ___________ in Katy Perry's song Firework, comparing a person to a firework without using the words 'like' or 'as'.

Metaphor

200

This is the term for a writing error in which a group of words begins with a capital and ends with a period but does not contain enough information to be considered a full sentence.

Sentence fragment

200

Before dyes and other ingredients were eventually added to its recipe to turn it the brown colour we recognize today, what colour was Coca-Cola originally?

Green

300

What member of Saul's family is a Christian?

His mother.

300
What item of Rusty's clothing does Keesic find particularly fascinating, referring to it as a strange looking blue buckskin?

His jean jacket

300

This is the point on a plot graph where the very first instance of conflict occurs.

Initial incident

300

"I can't stand my job, I work way too hard for not enough money." What writing error can be found in this sentence?

Comma splice

300

What book holds the record for being the book stolen most often from public libraries around the world?

The Guiness Book of World Records

400

To what First Nation does Saul belong?

Ojibway

400

During what year in the 1980s is this story set?

1989

400

Rihanna sings "In this California king bed we're 10,000 miles apart". What literary device is she using here, by describing herself being miles apart from someone while still in the same bed?

Hyperbole

400

A predicate is another word for what part of speech?

Verb

400

What cartoon character was originally banned from Sweden because he didn't wear any pants?

Donald Duck

500

While playing hockey at St. Jerome's what does Saul stuff into his skates to help take up space because they are too big for his feet?

Newspaper

500

Dreamer's Rock looks out over what body of water?

Lake Huron

500

"I don't know how my Einstein of a brother manages to do it, but he consistently pulls of 90s in all of his classes." What literary device is used in this example?

Allusion

500

"The students out in the smoking pit keep lighting the grass on fire." What is the complex subject in this sentence?

The students out in the smoking pit

500

Name ALL of the seven dwarfs from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 

Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Dopey and Doc

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