True Grit (easy)
Who wrote True Grit?
Charles Portis
What is the name of the judge in Fort Smith who is famous for hanging criminals?
Judge Parker
Which genre is True Grit: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, or Mystery?
Historical Fiction
Who is the antagonist in True Grit?
Tom Chaney
During what decade does True Grit take place?
1870s
What is Mattie's father's name?
Frank Ross
What is the name of the hotel where Mattie stays in Fort Smith?
The Monarch Boardinghouse
What is the literary term for when a character moves from being more child-like to being more adult-like?
innocence vs. experience
What do we call a character who changes over the course of a story?
Name the actor who plays LaBeouf in the film adaptation of True Grit.
Matt Damon
Who are the two men who die in the dugout?
Quincy and Moon?
LaBeouf gives Rooster a hard time because Rooster used to work with two notorious war criminals. Name one of them.
Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson
Rising action, Climax, and Denouement are all parts of something called...
Narrative Arc
What is the term for when the audience knows something that a character does not?
dramatic irony
Who wrote Mr. Horner's favorite novel? (Hint: we read something by this author in the fall.)
Tolstoy
What is the name of Rooster's partner who was killed?
Potter
What does Rooster say is the best way to identify Lucky Ned Pepper's face?
His lip is messed up.
What do we call the scene where the hero faces a challenge when transitioning from the Ordinary World to the Special World in the Hero's Journey?
What do we call the background information we get about character or setting that typically occurs at the beginning of a novel or story?
expostion
We read an afterword about True Grit by a famous author. Who is she?
Donna Tartt
What is the name of the town in Arkansas where the Ross family lives?
Dardanelle
Rooster tells Mattie he used to run a restaurant. What was it called?
The Green Frog
Tom Chaney's "black mark" is an allusion to which Biblical story?
Cain and Abel
In many ways, Rooster and LaBeouf are opposites of each other. What is the literary term for this?
foils
The actress who plays Mattie just married a famous football player. What team does he play for?
Buffalo Bills