The Fall of the House of Usher
It's Not Subjective
Books You Might Have Read Last Year
Predicated on the Predicate
Hobbit or Doll?
100

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by this author.

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

100

The subject of a sentence will always be this part of speech, a person, place, or thing.

What is a noun?

100

This classic American Novel by Harper Lee tells the story of Atticus Finch defending an innocent man.

What is To Kill a Mockingbird?

100

The predicate will always be this part of speech, otherwise known as an action word.

What is a verb?

100

The Hobbit is a novel written by this famous English author.

Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?

200

Perhaps foreshadowing the destruction of the mansion, this feature ran straight up the middle of the house.

What is a crack?

200

The subject of the following sentence:

John walked his dog.

Who is John?

200

Katniss Everdeen has to fight to survive a violent competition in this dystopian novel.

What is The Hunger Games?

200

The predicate in this sentence:

John walked his dog.

What is walked?

200

Of the drawing room, dining room, kitchen, and bedrooms, it is the room of the doll's house in which you would find the lamp.

What is the dining room?

300

These are the names of the two remaining Usher siblings.

Who are Roderick and Madeline?

300

The subject of the following sentence:

Patty took a ride on her motorbike.

Who is Patty?

300

A group of teenagers quickly turns on one another after being stranded on a deserted island in this novel.

What is Lord of the Flies?

300
The predicate in this sentence:


Pete robbed the saloon at high noon.

What is robbed?

300
The primary antagonist of the chapter "Riddles in the Dark" is this creature, named for the sound he often makes.

Who is Gollum?

400

Usher is often described as this, a person who is irrationally fearful of their health.

What is a hypochondriac?

400

The subject of the following sentence:

After a long walk in the park, Cal went home to sleep.

Who is Cal?

400

This is not only the temperature at which paper burns, it's also the title of this novel about a world in which all books are banned.

What is Fahrenheit 451?

400

The predicate in this sentence:

Upon the uppermost point of the mountain, Tony waved a victory flag.

What is waved?

400

This Burnell child is the only one willing to show the Kelveys the doll's house.

Who is Kezia?

500

The house sits on a tarn, a small form of this geographical feature.

What is a lake?

500

The subject of the following sentence:

Although he was motivated, a state of being that was relatively uncommon, Mike could not help but procrastinate. 

Who is Mike?

500

Jack London wrote this novel about a dog named Buck in the snowy Yukon.

What is Call of the Wild?

500

The predicate in this sentence:

Although he was motivated, a state of being that was relatively uncommon, Mike could not help but procrastinate.

What is help?

500

Although it is never answered in the chapter by either character, this is the answer to the final riddle "What have I got in my pocket?"

What is the ring?

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