Lord of the Flies
The Nickel Boys
Short Stories
Authors
Vocabulary
100

Which two characters lead the two competing factions in Lord of the Flies?

Ralph and Jack

100

What is the big twist at the end of the novel?

Turner is Elwood

100

How does “The Fix” end?

Sherman is about to jump off the bridge

100

Who is the author of Spinning?

Tillie Walden

100

What does inscrutable mean?

difficult to understand

200

Who understands what the beast is and what is the beast?

Simon; dead parachuter

200

Why does Elwood get arrested?

Police mistakenly thought he stole a car

200

What childhood game does Anders remember in “Bullet in the Brain”?

baseball

200

Who is the author of Persepolis?

Marjane Satrapi

200

What does rapt mean?

feeling of great delight

300

Name 3 characters who die in Lord of the Flies.

Simon, Piggy, boy with mulberry birthmark

300

Who is the central influence on Elwood’s outlook on how to respond to racism?

MLK

300

Name 4 of the secrets Shukumar and Shoba tell each other in the dark.

Shoba looked in Shukumar’s address book; Shukumar forgot to tip the waiter; Shoba went out w/ Gillian instead of visiting w/ his mother, Shukumar cheated on Oriental Civilization test; Shukumar exchanged sweater vest, kept picture from magazine; Shoba let Shukumar have pate on his chin and didn’t like his poem; Shoba found an apartment,  Shukumar knew the child was a boy

300

Who is the author of American Born Chinese?

Gene Luen Yang

300

What does belligerence mean?

Hostile or warlike

400

What does “Lord of the Flies” mean?

Beelzebub

400

What fairytale is used to provide commentary on running away from Nickel?

The Gingerbread Man

400

Which short story is an example of flash fiction?

"Sticks"

400

Who is the author of Lord of the Flies?

William Golding

400

What does mulish mean?

stubborn like a mule
500

Name 2 symbols in Lord of the Flies.

Piggy's glasses and conch shell

500

What school was Nickel modeled after?

The Dozier School for Boys in Florida

500

What festival are they celebrating in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”?

The Festival of Summer

500

Who is the author of Nickel Boys?

Colson Whitehead

500

What does furtively mean?

secretly 

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