The Outsiders
What do all of the Curtis brothers love to eat for breakfast?
Chocolate cake
What is the name of the place Moses is always talking about?
Sugarcandy Mountain
How did the short stories we read relate to Animal Farm thematically?
A.They were all about animals.
B.They all dealt with government control.
C.They were all allegories.
D. They were completely unrelated.
B. They all dealt with government control.
How many senators are there?
100
How many paragraphs is the norm for an academic essay in middle school?
5
What is Two-Bit’s real first name?
Keith
Napoleon and Squealer unfairly blame every problem, mistake or wrongdoing on Snowball. What is the word for doing that?
Scapegoating
In Harrison Bergeron, what does the government give to individual people to ensure that they’re all of equal intelligence?
Handicaps
Which branch of government interprets laws?
Judicial
What is it called when we move from one idea to another in a paragraph?
Transition
In what city and state does The Outsiders take place?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
What is the word for the person/business that takes away Boxer to be boiled down into glue?
Knacker
In The Lottery, the slips of paper are placed into a box. What color is that box?
Black
What can a president do if he doesn’t want to sign a bill into law?
Veto it
What appears at the very beginning of an essay that is meant to draw in the reader?
Hook
To which fast food restaurant does Dally take Johnny and Pony to eat when he visits them in Windrixville?
Dairy Queen
What is the form of persuasion that deals with credibility?
Ethos
This is what appears on page 3 of The Lottery: She dried her hands on her apron, and Mrs. Delacroix said, “You’re in time, though. They’re still talking away up there.” How would we cite that?
A. "She dried her hands on her apron, and Mrs. Delacroix said, "You're in time, though. They're still talking away up there?" (p.3).
B. "She dried her hands on her apron, and Mrs. Delacroix said, 'You're in time, though. They're still talking away up there?'" (3).
B. "She dried her hands on her apron, and Mrs. Delacroix said, 'You're in time, though. They're still talking away up there?'" (3).
Which Supreme Court case desegregated schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
What appears at the end of an introductory essay paragraph to explain to the reader what will be included in the essay?
Thesis statement
What is the name of the poem that Pony recites?
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Because Animal Farm is an allegory about the Russian Revolution, what does the farmhouse represent?
The Kremlin
In Harrison Bergeron, what is Harrison's fiancée good at?
Ballet dancing
Which Supreme Court case allowed mixed race couples to marry?
Loving v. Virginia
What are the three middle paragraphs of an essay referred to as?
Body paragraphs