Name the literary device used in the following quote: "trees march up and over the rolling hills" (McCarthy, p. 20).
Personification
100
This person is Ren and Marvin's favorite player on the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. He broke the "color barrier" in pro sports.
Jackie Robinson
100
This character is suffering from polio.
Warren McMahan
100
The inciting incident (cause of conflict) of the novel is when __________.
Marvin is killed
100
This novel is told from ________ person point of view.
1st
200
Name the literary device used in the following quote: "Elbows, arms and his entire right leg pumping, angular yet effortless, like an ibis taking flight" (McCarthy, p. 47).
Simile
200
This person was the leader of the FBI during the 1950s.
J. Edgar Hoover
200
This character has "twinkling cat eyes" (McCarthy, p. 42).
Doto
200
The Klan bombed houses and buildings. Which part of the plot map does this event fall under?
Rising Action
200
Romance
Injustice
Friendship
Family
Which of the above is NOT a theme of the novel?
Romance
300
Name the literary device used in the following quote: "...his gold dog tooth glinting in a grin" (McCarthy, p. 117).
Alliteration
300
This person was a lawyer for the NAACP and later became the U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
300
This is the main character, who is 12. She is also a dynamic character.
Reesa McMahan
300
The Florida KKK targeted 3 groups. What are they?
African Americans, Catholics, and Jews
300
Reesa McMahon is what character archetype?
Protagonist, Narrator
400
Name the literary device used in the following quote: "The Klan's holy trinity of hate" (McCarthy, p. 110).
Metaphor
400
He and his wife were killed by the KKK.
Harry T. Moore
400
This character loved baseball. He often compared it to Heaven.
Marvin Cully
400
What is Reesa's grief song?
Marvin's dead, gone forever.
400
In what ways is Emmett Casselton portrayed as the main antagonist of the novel?
Racist, powerful businessman. Leader of the KKK.
500
Name the literary device used in the following quote: "Instantly the snakes are free, their terrible beauty churning the pale gray dust" (McCarthy, p. 87).
Oxymoron
500
This man from the F.B.I. had a plan to break in and steal evidence from the KKK headquarters.
Who is Jim Jameson?
500
This character would go on "tour" with her mother just to get away from her father. She would write Reesa letters.
Vaylie
500
When Luther prays, "Lay that trumpet in our hands" (McCarthy, p. 211), we can infer that the trumpet is ________.
the membership records and treasure book
500
This incident FINALLY brought national attention to the town's struggle against the klan.