Characters
The town's only schoolteacher
Who is Katherine Barlow?
The largest lake in Texas one hundred and ten years ago
What is Green Lake?
This event took place every Fourth of July in the town
What is a town picnic?
The metaphor used to describe Green Lake
What is "heaven on earth?"
Miss Katherine said this when Trout asked her for a ride in his boat?
"___, ___ ___,"
What is "No, thank you."?
The real name of Trout Walker
Who is Charles Walker?
The type of fruit trees that lined the shore of Green Lake
What are peach trees?
The reason Miss Katherine wanted to leave town
What is to prevent Sam from getting hung?
This simile used to describe Green Lake in the past
What is "It sparkled like a giant emerald in the sun?"
Sam said this when he offered to fix the schoolhouse roof?
“___ ___ ___ ___.”
What is "I can fix that."?
The person who claims eating onions is the secret to long life.
Who is Sam?
The schoolhouse's condition
What is old and raggedly?
This was happening while Sam and Miss Katherine kissed out on the street
What is raining?
This metaphor was used to describe Miss Katherine's spiced peaches.
What is "food for the angels."
The sheriff said this when he tried to kiss Miss Katherine?
“___ ___.”
What is "Kiss me."?
The town’s doctor
Who is Doc Hawthorne?
Miss Katherine and Sam's regular meeting place to talk
What is the schoolhouse?
Miss Katherine did this when she saw the mob burning down the schoolhouse.
What is she ran to tell the sheriff?
The simile "a couple of dead fish" was used to describe the smell of these
What are Trout Walker's feet?
Sam’s claim to the townspeople about onions
“It’s ____ ____ _____.”
What is "It's nature's magic vegetable."
The owner of the town’s general store who saw Katherine and Sam kissing in the novel's version
Who is Hattie Parker?
The location of Sam’s onion field
What is somewhere on the other side of the lake?
The transformation Miss Katherine had undergone after Sam's death
Who is Kissin' Kate Barlow?
"Is something wrong?" he asked her.
"Oh, Sam," she said. "My heart is breaking."
"I can fix that," said Sam.
The italicized quotes are an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
Katherine declared this about God in response to the sheriff’s allegations of Sam kissing her
"We're ___ ____ under the ___ of God,"
What is "We're all equal under the eyes of God."?