The Invaders
The name and rank of the soldier in charge of the invasion
Who is Colonel Lanser
Number of townspeople shot in the first minutes of the invasion.
What is six?
When some townspeople first see the invaders, this is how they are arriving to the town.
What is a transport ship?
"...it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win _____."
What is wars?
The Shakespeare play from which Steinbeck took this title.
What is Macbeth?
Name and rank of the soldier who visited Molly Morden.
Who is Lieutenant Tonder
Name of the businessman who betrays the town
What is Mr. Corell?
Role this poem plays in the book:
Your eyes in their deep heavens
Possess me and will not depart
A sea of blue thoughts rushing
And pouring over my heart.
What is to help Tonder win over Molly (even though he lies and pretends he wrote it himself)?
"“The flies have conquered the _________”
What is "flypaper"?
One of the countries Lanser occupied in an earlier war.
What is either Belgium or France?
The name and rank of the officer killed by Alex Morden
Who was Captain Bentick?
The country to which townspeople are escaping by boat.
What is England?
What happens to invading soldiers who lose their nerve and have to be sent home.
What is they are executed?
"'It's Annie,' he said. 'She is getting ______, sir.'"
What is "angry"?
One thing the parachute packages contained.
What is either dynamite or candy?
Name and rank of the rule-bound soldier who annoys all of his fellow invaders.
Who is Captain Loft?
The small gift that Annie brings to Molly.
What is a piece of meat?
The name of the invaders' rule book.
What is the X-12?
"'Do the people want order, Molly?"
'I don't know,' she said. "They want to be _______.'"
What is "free"?
What the invaders take from the town.
What is coal?
Name and rank of the chief engineer.
Who is Major Hunter?
Molly Morden's weapon of choice.
What is scissors?
The book Orden and Winters quote in the final chapter.
What is Plato's Apology?
(acceptable: Plato, Apology, or Socrates)
"Tonder said, 'I dreamed ___________ was crazy.'"
Who is "The Leader"?
The year the novel was published.
What is 1942?