Melinda
Characters
Elements of Fiction
Plot
Figurative Language
100

Melinda's parents were mostly angry about this specific thing.

What are Melinda's grades?

100

Melinda's only friend when 9th grade begins.

Who is Heather from Ohio?

100

The mood at the beginning of the novel is either happy, negative, exciting, or none of the above. 

Name the correct answer.

What is negative?

100
The traumatizing event that happened to Melinda.

What is Andy Evans raping her at a party?

100

The tree is symbolic of ________________ through the novel.

Who is Melinda?

200

How Melinda spends Halloween night.

*Multiple answers may be accepted as long as they are accurate.
How is staying home and reading.
200

Melinda's lab partner.

Who is David Petrakis?

200

The type of character Melinda is. Choose two.

(Round, Flat, Dynamic, Static).

What is Round and Dynamic?

200

The place Melinda rides her bike to on a spring day.

Where is the place/farm where she was raped?

200

Device used in "Dad snorts like a bull."

What is a simile?

300

The first person Melinda tells about being raped.

Who is Rachel/Rachelle?

300

Melinda's friend in art class.

Who is Ivy?

300

The state and town the novel is set in.

Where is Syracuse, New York?

300

The group that helps Melinda and stops Andy in the closet.

What is the Lacrosse Team?

300

Device used in "Words climb up my throat."

What is personification?

400

The two sports Melinda is good at.

What are basketball and tennis?

400

The person who starts the trend of "smoking" candy cigarettes instead of real ones due to an asthma problem.

Who is Rachel/Rachelle?

400

The antagonist of the novel.

Who is Andy Evans.

400

The interaction that causes Melinda's "feeble" suicide attempt.

What is an argument with her parents?

400

Device used in "Mother is the rock, I am the ocean."

What is a metaphor?

500

The clan that Melinda was originally a part of in Middle School.

What is the Plain Janes?

500

Melinda journals about how weird her English teacher is in the class with this teacher.

Who is Hairwoman?

500

The topic Melinda chose for her presentation in history class.

What are the Suffragettes?

500

The event that signified the climax or turning point of the novel.

What is Andy Evans trying to assault Melinda in the closet?

500

The symbolic item(s) that let readers know Melinda was beginning to heal and grow.

What are seeds?

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