Gandhi
The reason Gandhi and his supporters went on the salt march.
What is the British tax on salt?
The author suffering from motor neuron disease. (page 238)
Who is Randi Davenport?
The year MLK was assassinated. (page 192)
What is 1968?
The name of the woman's son.
Who is Ugonna?
The objects thrown at Tessie at the end of the story.
What is rocks?
The name of the British official Gandhi wrote his letter to. (page 257)
Who is Lord Irwin?
The definition of contemptuous. (page 241)
What is scornful?
The type of protests MLK led.
What is nonviolent?
The country the woman's husband fled to. (page 227 paragraph 43)
What is the Benin Republic.
The name of Tessie's husband.
Who is Bill?
What Gandhi says he wants the British to do in his letter. (page 259 paragraph 10)
What is leaving India or giving them their freedom?
The definiton of insidious. (page 241)
What is spreading harmfully in a subtle way.
The people Dr. King addresses his letter to. (page 193)
Who are the clergymen?
The general the woman's husband criticized. (page 225 paragraph 33)
Who is General Abacha?
One of the ways Shirley Jackson foreshadows Tessie's death.
The young boys collecting stones.
What Gandhi says will happen if Lord Irwin has him arrested. (page 260 paragraph 10)
What is his supporters continuing the march without him.
The part of the body motor neuron disease affects.
What is nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord?
The use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance. (page 191)
What is parallelism.
What the woman would rather do than talk about Ugonna to the interviewer. (page 228 paragraphs 50-51)
What is die?
The technique an author uses when they hint at future events in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
The term for when an author links opposing ideas in one sentence to make the argument more memorable. (page 255)
What is antithesis.
The term that describes the authors word choice. (page 237)
What is diction?
A concession.
The decision the woman makes at the end of the story.
What is to stay in Nigeria and mourn her son?
Tessie Hutchinson's final words.
What is "It isn't fair"?