Famous People
This person was shot by the Taliban for standing up for the right to an education.
Malala Yousafzai
This son of Zeus was punished in Tartarus (no, not tartar sauce) by being made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree but never being able to eat or drink.
Tantalus
Who was Husk's wife?
Lady Aspen
When writing good descriptive sentences, it is important to use your _______ _______ (two words).
five senses
Who were the two main characters in the last love story we read in class?
Cupid and Psyche
This person discovered the Sandwich Islands.
Captain James Cook
Niobe boasted that she was better than _________.
Leto (the mother of Artemis and Apollo)
The ___________ created the mists for Mistmantle.
Heart
When you're writing a story, it's important for you to take note of the three parts that serve as the building blocks of the story. What are these three parts? Hint:
n________, d_________, and d_________.
narrative
description
dialogue
Who was the man who influenced the last Russian empress and inadvertently helped bring about the downfall of the Russian empire?
Rasputin
The assassination of this person contributed to the beginning of World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Atreus had two famous sons who participated in the Trojan War. Who were they?
Agamemnon
Menelaus
At the end of the book, who became King of Mistmantle?
Crispin
What do you call the literary device used when a god or goddess comes to save the day at the end of the story?
deus ex machina
The actual definition is this:
Deus ex machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.
Who is the person who saved multiple slaves after saving herself?
Harriet Tubman
What illness did Queen Victoria pass on to her children and grandchildren?
Haemophilia B
This descendant of Atreus finally caused the curse on his house to be broken after he admitted to his own guilt.
Orestes
What was the name of the young hedgehog whose appearance surprised and confused Husk at the end of the book?
Hope
The author of ______________ enjoyed worldbuilding so much that he came up with multiple languages for his fantasy world.
The Lord of the Rings
Who was the cursed prophet brought to Greece after the Trojan War?
Cassandra
List down all six wives of Henry VIII (not just the first names!)
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
This person was saved from her place on a strange island by her brother and his amusing and loyal best friend.
Iphigenia
What title was Urchin given at the end of the book?
Companion to the King
1) to show what a character is like
2) to show the relationship between characters
3) to push the story forward
What question would you have included in this game?
Thank you very much for spending the summer here at our Reading and Writing Clubhouse! :)