"Robbie" and "Soft Rains"
"All Summer in a Day" and "Harrison Bergeron"
"Flowers for Algernon"
"Mazes" and "Omelas"
Vocab and Literary Terms
100

What is Robbie's job?

Gloria's nanny 

100

What planet does "All Summer in a Day" take place on?

Venus
100

How old is Charlie Gordon? 

37

100

Who wrote both of these stories?

Ursula K. Le Guin

100

A word to describe something that is unreasonable or ridiculous

Absurd

200

Why is there no one in the house in "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

Nuclear Disaster

200

Who wrote "Harrison Bergeron"?

Kurt Vonnegut

200

What does Charlie Gordon's IQ start at? 

68

200

Who/what is the narrator of "Mazes"?

Lab rat/mouse OR alien

200

When someone is trustworthy or able to be believed they are...

Credible

300

What did Gloria's parents get her to replace Robbie?

A Dog

300

Why is Margot more depressed than the other kids in "All Summer in a Day"? 

She remembers the sun and life on earth

300

Where does Charlie Gordon work?

Donnegan's Plastic Box Company

300

What does the word Utopia mean in Greek?

No place or good place

300

If something is important for survival it is

Vital

400

What is the name of the poem that the house reads in "There Will Come Soft Rains?"

"There Will Come Soft Rains"

400

What is the name of the Handicapper General in "Harrison Bergeron"?

Dianna Moon Glampers

400

What are the names of Charlie's bullies who stick up for him at the end of the story?

Joe Carp and Frank Reilly 

400

Who/what is the "alien" in "Mazes"?

A human (scientist)
400

Banal and Prosaic both mean...

Boring 

500

What did Robbie do to win over Gloria's mom? 

Saved Gloria's life

500

How long does the sun come out for in "All Summer in a Day"?

1-2 hours every 7 years

500

What is name of Charlie's adult tutor?

Miss Kinnian 

500

How old is the child in the basement in Omelas?

10

500

If something happens suddenly, you could say it happens...

Precipitously

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