Short Stories
Outsiders
House on Mango Street
Literary Terms
Mystery Questions
100
This happened to the man in "The Lady or the Tiger" if he chose the door with the woman behind it.
What is they would be married instantly.
100
This is the place where Johnny killed Bob the Soc.
What is the park.
100
This is Esperanza's nationality.
What is Mexican-American.
100
A comparison of two dissimilar things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile.
100
This is the color of the Ghost of Christmas Present's robe in "A Christmas Carol".
What is the color green.
200
In "The Most Dangerous Game", this is how Randford got back to the house before General Zaroff.
What is he swam.
200
This is how Ponyboy's parents died.
What is a car accident.
200
Esperanza says that she is "a red balloon." This is what the color red symbolizes.
What is passion (feelings of the heart).
200
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics.
What is personification.
200
The author of "Not All that Glitters is Gold" poem.
What is Robert Frost.
300
In "The Gift of the Magi", Della sells this to get her husband a chain for his pocket watch.
What is her hair.
300
This is the place that Johnny and Ponyboy went to hide out after Johnny killed the Soc.
What is the old church.
300
This is what Esperanza spends she and Nenny's money to buy.
What is a bike.
300
This is a figure of speech in which the word is spelled like the sound that it makes, as in "pop".
What is an onomatopoeia.
300
This is year that "A Christmas Carol" was written in by Charles Dickenson.
What is the year 1843.
400
In "The Necklace", this is the amount of time that Methilde and her husband had to work to pay back the money for the necklace.
What is ten years.
400
This person said, "Things are rough all over."
Who is Cherry Valance.
400
This is how people who are not from Mango Street feel when they come into Ezperanza's neighborhood.
What is scared.
400
The a figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared without the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor.
400
This is the place that Dickenson grew up as a young boy.
What is London, England.
500
This is the man who died at the end of "The Most Dangerous Game".
Who is General Zaroff.
500
This person said, "Stay golden, Ponyboy."
Who is Johnny.
500
Esperanza does not feel this when thinking about the fact that she grew up on Mango Street.
What is proud.
500
Which form of figurative language is the following an example of: I am a dictionary when it comes to spelling tests.
What is a metaphor.
500
This is the pen-name that Charles Dickenson wrote under as a young man.
Who is "Boz."
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