Who is the protagonist of the story? Bonus: 100 points.
Explain what is a protagonist.
100
She was unhappy when she heard this news...
What is Madame Louisel's reaction to the invitation to the party?
100
Edgar Allen Poe
What is the author of the Tell Tale Heart?
100
Abuela
What is the English word for grandmother? or Who was the person that came to visit?
100
A donkey
What is the kind of animal that was not appreciated?
Bonus: *Follow up question?*
200
Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
What is the old woman who takes Roger in, feeds him, and gives him money at the end of the story.
Bonus 200 points. Why did Roger want to steal money?
200
France, around 1880
What is the SETTING of the story
200
The eye
What is the object that was bothering the unknown narrator?
200
La Isla
What is Puerto Rico?
200
The Middle East
What is the setting of the story?
Bonus: Follow up question. 200 points
300
Langston Hughes
Who is the author of Thank You, Ma'am?
300
Greed
What is the THEME of the story?
300
Gothic Literature
What is the GENRE this story falls under?
Bonus: Why was Edgar Allen Poe important to this period of American Literature?
300
Constancia
What is Connie's real name?
Bonus: 500 points. Inference question (Fig 19B). Why would a person prefer to go by a name like Connie instead of Constancia?
300
Folktale
What is GENRE of the story?
400
Langston Hughes
What is the name of the author of Tlhank You, Ma'am?
400
A rifle
What is the item Mr. Louise wals saving money for?
400
Under the floorboards
What is where the narrator hid the body.
400
New York City
What is the SETTING of the story?
400
30 dinars
What is the amount of money he sold the donkey for?
500
The Harlem Renaissance
What is the time period Langston Hughes wrote in known as?
Bonus question (Worth another 500 points each)
1. What is The Harlem Renaissance also referred to?
2. What other kinds of art came through this period?
3. Why is their influence still important today?
500
It was a fake!
What is the necklace?
500
The heart
This is what he kept hearing and it kept getting louder and louder.
Bonus: 500 points. Inference question. Why do you think the dead man's heartbeat kept getting louder and louder?
500
Like a "zero" a nothing
What is the manner Connie made Abuela feel?
Bonus: Inference question (Fig. 19B)
1. 500 points. What lesson do you think Connie learned?
2. 1000 points. Was Connie justified for treating her grandmother the way she did?
500
80 dinars
What is the amount of money he bought the donkey back for?
Bonus: Inference question (Fig. 19B)