Short Story Characters
This general, a Russian Kossack and resident of "Ship-Trap Island," has grown bored with hunting animals and tells his new friend Rainsford that he has discovered a more challenging type of prey in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game."
Who is General Zaroff?
To give human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
In this John Steinbeck novella, George and Lennie travel from farm to farm seeking work during the Great Depression.
What is Of Mice and Men?
These are the last names of Romeo and Juliet, respectively.
What are Montague and Capulet?
This is the only American Football team to go a whole season undefeated, including the Super Bowl.
Who are the 1972 Miami Dolphins?
George and Ulrich hunt each other in the forest on a stormy winter night. Just as they are about to kill each other, a tree falls on top of them... and that is not the worst of their problems in this short story.
What is "The Interlopers" ?
Poems that don't rhyme are said to be written in this...
What is free verse?
In this famous novel by Harper Lee, a little girl in the deep south named Scout Finch learns empathy through the brave actions of her lawyer father, Atticus.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Shakespeare published 154 14-line poems called these.
What are sonnets?
This is the number of NBA championships that Michael Jordan won with the Chicago Bulls.
What is six?
This Edgar Allan Poe story is told through the voice of a madman who has murdered his landlord and buried him in the floor, but a certain sound leads him to believe his victim is still alive...
What is "The Telltale Heart" ?
In this classic by S.E. Hinton, a greaser stabs a soc, hides in a shack, saves children from a burning church, and then returns home to live with his hardworking brothers Dally and Sodapop.
What is The Outsiders?
A Jamaican sprinter who won gold medals at the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games from 2008 - 2016
Who is Usain Bolt?
In O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," Jim and Della sacrifice these, their only valuable items in the world, in order to afford to buy gifts for each other for Christmas.
What are Jim's watch and Della's hair?
In this Young Adult novel by Sharon Draper, Andy gets into a car accident that kills his longtime friend and Hazelwood High School basketball teammate, Robert Washington. While his other friends have managed to move on, Andy blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain.
What is Tears of a Tiger?
The boxer who inflicted Muhammad Ali's first defeat in professional boxing
Who was Joe Frazier, in 1971?
This novel opens and closes with the letters of Robert Walton.
What is Frankenstein?
He is the NFL's all-time leading rusher.
Who is Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys, with 18,355 yards?