Characters
Suspense
Potpourri
Plot Points
Stay Gold
100
This character murdered her husband with a leg of lamb.
Who is Mary Maloney?
100
A hint for the reader about what's going to happen in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The owner of these cats.
Who is Dr. Piller?
100
This was the cause of death for the main character's mother in "The Paper Menagerie."
What is cancer?
100
The main character of The Outsiders.
Who is Ponyboy?
200
The narrator from this story is clearly insane.
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
200
An author slows or speeds up the action in a story to create suspense.
What is pacing?
200
Thanksgiving is always on this day of the week.
What is Thursday?
200
The reason the main character of "The Tell-Tale Heart" killed the old man.
What is his eye?
200
This kid was the "little brother" of the gang.
Who is Johnny?
300
He promised to have his son home by Xmas Eve.
Who is the dad from "Powder"?
300
What is dramatic irony?
300
A gaggle of geese...a pride of lions...a parliament of owls...this is the term for a group of crows.
What is a murder of crows?
300
This action figure was broken by the origami tiger in "The Paper Menagerie"
Who is Obi-Wan Kenobi?
300
The author of The Outsiders.
Who is S.E. Hinton?
400
This detective, the friend of Mary Maloney's husband, comforted her while investigating Patrick's murder.
Who is Jack Noonan?
400
A police officer gets caught committing a crime by a known criminal.
What is situational irony?
400
The year Sierra Canyon was founded.
What is 1972?
400
What's "like being in a speedboat, only better"?
What is driving over the snow in "Powder".
400
This is the character you'd go to if you were in trouble.
Who is Dally?
500
This is the Chinese word, meaning "love", that acts as a symbol for the main character's mother in "The Paper Menagerie."
What is ai?
500
A boy slowly reaches for the doorknob to open the basement door, where he's heard some suspicious noises.
What is pacing?
500
This president was the first to give an official pardon to a turkey on Thanksgiving.
Who is Harry Truman?
500
The three things Mary Maloney buys from the grocer.
What are peas, potatoes, and cheesecake?
500
This is the name of Cherry's friend that hits it off with Two-Bit.
Who is Marcia?