Vocabulary (True or False)
Quarters 1 + 2
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Great Gatsby
Things They Carried
100

When you alleviate a situation, you make it worse. 

What is False. You make it better.

100

For Halloween, we read the Masque of the Red Death where this black piece of furniture scared the partygoers at Prospero's party every hour on the hour. 

What is the ebony clock. 

100

The main character of this novel shares his first name with this member of Black Eyed Peas. 

What is Will.

100

The novel The Great Gatsby takes a long look at this American idea

What is the American Dream

100

True or False: The Things they Carried is a non-linear book.

True. It does not follow a predictable timeline.
200

An example of belittle: Taylor Swift releases a diss track about Kim Kardashian. 

What is True

200

What is the name of Kino's and Juana's baby in The Pearl?

What is Coyotito. 

200

The story takes place in this setting.

What is in an elevator

200

Nick Carraway, the narrator of Great Gatsby, rents a home on this less fashionable location on New York's Long Island

What is West Egg (East Egg is the more rich island where Gatsby and the Buchanans live)

200
This emotion led Lt. Jimmy Cross to burn his distracting pictures of Martha after Ted Lavender was shot.

What is guilt

300

As a human, growing older is not inevitable

What is False. You will grow older no matter what. 

300

What is the name of the male main character in The Crucible who is hanged at the end of the play?

What is John Proctor?

300

The main character is on his way with a gun in his waistband to do this.

What is kill the guy he believes shot his brother. 

300

Jay Gatsby spent his time and energy after World War I by doing this to make money to impress this certain lady

What is bootlegging and what is to impress Daisy Buchanan? 

300

"On The Rainy River" was a short story about Tim O'Brien thinking about avoiding the draft by escaping to this country.

What is Canada 

400

After 1:50, the crowds at Peabody High slowly abate until the halls are empty. 

What is True. 

400

After planning for his son's future and running away with the pearl of the world, The Pearl ends in an ironic way when what happens?

What is Coyotito is shot and killed. 

400

This ghost takes the gun out of the main character's waistband and threatens him with it to the point that the main character pees his pants.

Who is Mikey Holloman, the main character's dad. 

400

Wilson, the garage owner, shoots Gatsby because of this misunderstanding

What is he thinks Gatsby ran over and killed Myrtle Wilson

400

After breaking Lee Strunk's nose, Dave Jensen does this to square things between him and Lee. 

What is he breaks his own nose. 

500

The best way to approach life is with equanimity and patience, never letting anything bother you too much. 

What is True, at least as far as accurately using the word goes.

500

In The Crucible, Proctor chooses to die rather than bring shame to this. 

What is his name (or reputation or honor).

500

This is the girl who makes the first ghostly visit with the main character

Who is Dani?

500

"These are real," is what Owl Eyes says at Gatsby's party in reference to what objects?

What are books?

500
This soldier carries his grandfather's old tomahawk and comforts O'Brien after O'Brien kills a man. 

Who is Kiowa.

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