Long Way Gone
Semester 1 Throwbacks
Research Paper
Literature Circles
Random Trivia
100

What is the name of the substance that Ishmael and all the other soldiers are addicted to?

Brown-Brown

100

What is Desdemona's Dad's name?

Brabantio

100

What should be included in the header of an MLA formatted research paper?

Last name and page numbers

100

Name each of the 5 literature circle roles (Round 1)

Questioner, Researcher, Passage Master, Summarizer, Connector

100

Correctly name all 3 principals and the athletic director at Zimmerman High School

Mr. Hilyar, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Sagan, Mr. Voce

200

What is the name of the nurse who makes friends with Ishmael at the end of the story?

Esther

200

What is the primary symbolic object from The Great Gatsby?

The Green Light

200

How many sources were required to be used in your MLA research paper?

4

200

How many total minutes of discussion has your group completed during the lit circle unit (both rounds)?

150 minutes

200

What town is Mr. Greener originally from?

Foley

300

What country do the events of A Long Way Gone occur in?

Sierra Leone

300

What is Gatsby's nickname for Nick?

Old Sport
300

What piece of information is included in an in-text citation?

The first word from the works cited entry, usually the author's last name or the first word of the article's title

300

Name each of the five literature circle roles (Round 2)

Character Connector, Style Sleuth, Plot Explorer, Theme Tracker, Setting Surveyor

300

How many months old is Mr. Greener's son Wes? Get it within 1.

15

400

What object that Ishmael carries saves his life several times?

his rap music cassettes

400

What is pictured on the special handkerchief that Othello gives Desdemona?

strawberries

400

List the four pieces of information that go below the header in an MLA formatted paper

Student Name

Instructor Name

Course Name

Due Date


400

Correctly name all 6 of the Zimmerman High School English Teachers

Onstad, Lien, Bickman, Greener, Palashewski, Kalkbrenner

400

What is the student enrollment for Zimmerman High School? Get it within 20.

718

500

What is the name of the rebel group from the story?

Revolutionary United Front

500

Name all of the members of the Walls family (parents and kids)

Rex, Rose Mary, Brian, Lori, Jeanette, Maureen

500

Name the three types of lead-ins for quotations we learned to use.

someone says

embedded

colon

500

On what day did we begin the literature circle unit? Get it within 1 day.

April 22

500

Name all of the 9 schools in the Mississippi 8 conference

Zimmerman, Princeton, Big Lake, North Branch, Chisago Lakes, Cambridge, Becker, Monticello, St. Francis

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