Marvel Comics
Understanding Comics
Persepolis
The Magic Fish
My Brain Is Different
100

The name for the elite group of warriors that serve Wakanda and function as royal security.

What is the Dora Milaje

100

The term for the space between comic panels.

What is the gutter.

100

The day Marjane and her maid protested

Black Friday

100

The meaning for panels rendered in purple shades.

What is when a fairy tale is being told.

100

The services of an Employment Support Office.

What are:

1. Workplace Training

2. Group Training

3. Interviews

200

The reason Kamala doesn't call 911 while the Circle Q is being robbed.

What is her cellphone has no battery.

200

The character design choice comics make to assist in reader identification.

What is to draw characters with a simple design so that the reader can easily put themselves into the character's shoes.

200

The reason Marjane wanted to go to America

What is because her friend Kaveh was there

200

The object that tore through Tám's still beating heart.

What is a golden knife.

200

Three characteristics that children with learning disabilities (like Risa-san) might have. Hint: They all start with a "D."

What are:

1. Dyscalculia

2. Dysgraphia

3. Dyslexia



300

The name of the burial site for former black panthers.

What is Necropolis, the city of the dead.

300

The panel-to-panel transition that dominates mangas more than Western comics

What is aspect-to-aspect.

300

Marjane's idol

Who is Marie Curie

300

The person the little mermaid falls in love with

Who is Bertie

300

What triggers Yoshiko-San to realize she has an undiagnosed developmental disorder

What is becoming a special needs educator and seeing symptoms in her students she personally experiences

400

The reason Zoe is concerned about Nakia.

What is because Zoe naively wonders whether Nakia is being forced to wear a hijab.

400

According to McCloud, comics are at their best when these two things are partners in a dance and each one takes turns leading. Name the partners.

What are words and pictures (156).

400

List five methods of torture used on political prisoners

What was to:

1. pull out someone's nails

2. whip them with thick electrical cables

3. put out cigarettes on their backs and thighs

4: urinate on their wounds

5. burn them with an iron

400

The reason Trung Le Nguyen developed an affinity for comic books

What is because the interplay between words and pictures remind him of being bilingual. Le Nguyen explains that much like growing up in a bilingual household, comic books "...bridge the sentiments of two different languages. They never felt like separate, incomparable parts" (232).

400

What the nursery school Director blames for Tarou-kun's disruptive behavior.

He accuses Hanako-san of not giving Tarou-kun enough love.

500

The motivation behind Tetu's actions.

What is his fear of tyranny and a desire to overthrow King T'Challa.

500

Note: The scoring for this prompt will be different. You will get 100 points for each correct answer.

Name eight unique approaches associated with Japan's isolated evolution of manga.

What are:

1. Collage

2. Storytelling

3. Formats

4. The “Masking” Effect

5. Iconic Characters

6. Subjective Motion

7. Word-Picture Linkage

8. Expressionism

500

The reason Marjane's father wasn't fond of Mali's husband

What is because he thought Mali's husband was too materialistic

500

The reason for Tám's step-sister's demise and what the step-mother does with the sister's remains.

A bird claims Tám stays beautiful because "...she bathes in a vat of boiling, salted sesame oil. Her old skin sloughs right off, and she is left with fresh, new skin" (179). The step sister tries this and is boiled alive. Then the bird tricks the step-mother into eating her daughter's remains (180).

500

The four side effects Iku-san initially experiences from Strattera.

For another 100 points: The approximate time it took for the side effects to subside.

What are nausea, headaches, chills, and sleeplessness, & it took about a year for the side effects to settle down.

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