VOCABULARY
CHARACTERS
LITERATURE TERMS
COMPREHENSION I
COMPREHENSION II
100
This word means to be filled with
What is fraught?
100
The woman who had 12 children
Who is Ruth/Rachel?
100
Comparing two unlike items not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
100
Three ways in which Ruth dealt with her pain
What is riding her bike, going to church, and playing the piano?
100
Who did James know as his father?
Who is Hunter Jordan?
200
This word means distrust
What is paranoia?
200
Owned a leather factory where Ruth worked
Who is Aunt Mary?
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
What is personification?
200
James' mother was originally from this country.
What is Poland?
200
This is what James' mother would do when she faced racism.
What is ignore it?
300
This word means kind.
What is benevolent?
300
This man married Ruth and eventually died of lung cancer; James' biological father
Who is Andrew/Dennis?
300
the representation of something
What is symbolism?
300
James' mother says the things she fears most about death is
What is being buried alive?
300
Ruth broke her promise to this person.
Who is Dee Dee?
400
This word means central.
What is epicenter?
400
Yiddish woman who was crippled as a result of polio
Who is Memeh?
400
the lesson that the reader is being taught though the text
What is theme?
400
According to Ruth, what is the color of water?
What/Who is God?
400
James says Oberlin College was gravy. This is an example of
What is a metaphor?
500
This word mean criminal.
What is perpetrator?
500
James visited her in Louisville, KY
Who is Jackie/Jack?
500
A literary device meaning when a scene takes place in the past from the primary setting in a story.
What is a flashback?
500
The topic did Ruth not like to hear about during a religious sermon
What is politics?
500
Both "the bird who flies" and the bicycle are examples of
What is symbolism?
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