Protagonists
The name for the narrator/main character in To Kill a Mockingbird. (Only first name is necessary)
Scout Finch
The name of the man who is hunting Jean Valjean. Only his last name is needed.
Javert
This is the state in which To Kill A Mockingbird takes place.
Alabama
A word that is made up of two or more words, such as "waterfall"
Compound word
The name of the main character's father in To Kill a Mockingbird. Requires both first and last name.
Atticus Finch
The FIRST OR LAST NAME of the dirty, lice-ridden boy who makes Ms. Caroline cry in To Kill a Mockingbird.
This is the country in which Les Misérables takes place.
France
The building material used to cover up the hole in the tree found by Scout and Jem in Mockingbird.
Cement
A word made by shortening two words and then combining them, such as "wasn't," "didn't," or "wouldn't."
Contraction
The main character of Les Miserables, played by Liam Neeson in the film for class. (You need both his first and last name for the correct answer).
Jean Valjean
The name given to the neighborhood boogeyman in To Kill Mockingbird. He turns out to be (almost) entirely harmless.
Boo Radley
The U.S. state in which Of Mice and Men takes place?
California. (Will also accept DENIAL)
The dead animal that George takes from Lenny at the beginning of Of Mice and Men?
A mouse
A word that sounds exactly the same as another word, but is spelled differently.
Homonym
The name of the African American man who is on trial in Mockingbird
Tom Robinson
The young, short-man boxer who wears a glove full'a Vaseline in Of Mice and Men
Curly
This is the fictional town that Mockingbird takes place in.
Maycomb
The animal that crawls out of Burris' hair in To Kill a Mockingbird
Lice! (Although, if you said "mice," I will grudgingly accept. )
This type of punctuation is used to connect two standalone sentences into one; this can be used to fix run-on sentences.
Semicolon
The crooked-backed African American man in Of Mice and Men.
Crooks, of course
!!!!Daily Double!!!!The name of the ill-fated last Queen of France who famously said "Let them eat cake!" not long before her execution by guillotine. (Answer correctly to earn double points; an incorrect answer will lose you 500).
Marie Antoinette
The town where George and Lenny were chased out of before the beginning of Of Mice and Men
Weed, California
The gift that the bishop claims Jean Valjean "forgot" in Les Misérables.
Silver Candles/ Candle Holders
A type of word that has the same spelling as another word, but different meanings/pronunciations.
Homograph