Unit 1
In "The Ransom of Red Chief," Sam and Bill kidnapped what little boy? (his name?)
Johnny
What did Mark Twain write?
A Glimpse of the Pony Express
OR
A Pilot's Needs
What is Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel Clemens
Maltbie D. Babcock wrote what poem that is also a common hymn sung today?
This Is My Father's World
"I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of ________?
Simile
In "A Glimpse of the Pony Express," the riders road from which Missouri to California for what purpose?
Delivering Mail
How were Lady Alice and Lady Anne related?
cousins
In "For the Love of the Hills," what brought the girl and the old woman together?
their longing for home
a cricket
Similar to a child on Christmas morning, the teapot squealed over the heat.
Personification
Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic ocean in what plane?
Spirit of the St. Louis
Who saved Charles Darnay from the execution?
Sydney Carton
In "Fog," the author ______________ portrays the fog coming on "little cat feet."
Carl Sandburg
In "The Creation," the author says that light came to be when God _______________?
smiled
Once upon a time, in a beautiful land called Narnia... is an example of _________________?
Setting
Who wrote the poem "My Kingdom"?
Louisa May Alcott
Stopping the bell from ringing
In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," the author reflects on what flower in the fields?
Daffodils
In "Dawn," the author portrays a(n) ____________ in spotless white bending down and kissing the night.
angel
"On either side the river lie" is an example of _____________?
Assonance
Why was Anne in the boat in the first place (before it started to leak)?
Who was Dr. Manette to Charles Darnay?
Father-in-Law
In "No East or West," John Oxenham reminds readers that all men are _______________.
equal in God's sight
In Dickinson's "Sun and Fog," how did the sun drive away the fog?
with a whip
Consonance