"A Horseman in the Sky"
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"A Story Without an End"
"Plainswoman"
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This is the protagonist, or main character, in this story?
Who is Carter Druse?
100
The Civil War occurred during this century (--th century).
What is the 19th century?
100
This man gave the speech at Gettysburg in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
John Brown refuses to take off the lap robe because he is not wearing this clothing item.
What are pants?
100
Nora is traveling to this place at the beginning of the story to begin a new life.
What is the frontier?
200
These people are hiding in the valley.
Who are the union troops?
200
Westward Expansion began to take place after the ending of this major event in American history.
What is the Civil War?
200
This speech was given to honor the soldiers, both living and dead, who had fought bravely at Gettysburg.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
200
The main character is describe with this word, which is also a vocabulary word.
What is gentile?
200
Nora hides this from her husband throughout the story.
What is her pregnancy?
300
The protagonist's father fights for this side's army.
What is the confederate army?
300
This is when an author says one things, but means something else.
What is verbal irony?
300
In this speech, Sojourner Truth shows that women are just as capable as men.
What is "Ain't I a Woman?"
300
John Brown wishes to date, and maybe marry, this character.
Who is Mary?
300
Nora experiences an internal conflict when faced with this decision.
What is cutting of Pleny's finger?
400
This story takes place during which war?
What is the Civil War?
400
This is the name of people who were against slavery and wanted it to end.
What is an abolitionist?
400
Stephen Crane, in "Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind", addresses a baby, a young lady, and who?
What is a mother?
400
Twain says that the "jury" insisted on this type of ending for the story.
What is a happy ending?
400
At the end of this story, Nora feels this way about her new life.
What is content or happy?
500
This story represents this type of writing (it's an "ism")
What is realism?
500
This is the name of the piece of land Americans received for free if they moved to the frontier in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
What is a homestead?
500
Frederick Douglass & Sojourner Truth both wanted the right to vote to be granted to both African-Americans and women. This right is also called...
What is suffage?
500
John Brown found himself in this predicament all because he wanted to impress this person.
Who is Mary's mother?
500
Pleny is suffering from this ailment, which results in a very serious remedy.
What is gangrene?
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