Authors
The author who wrote about flatulence.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The title of this book has a red A on the cover.
What is The Scarlet Letter?
The main theme in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
What is the problem of slavery?
"If I must be sold, or all the people on the place, and everything go to rack, why, let me be sold."
Who is Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The man who hid in his house and Scout and Jem made fun of him.
Who is "Boo" Arthur Radley?
Abraham Lincoln called her the "little lady who started the Civil War" because she was such a strong opponent of slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This story is about a slave and his quest for freedom and his dependence on God.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Name a common theme in American Literature.
What is the American Dream, individualism, pursuit of love, meaning of freedom, overcoming struggle?
"First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
Who is Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird?
This man was unjustly accused of rape by Mayella Ewell.
Who is Tom?
This author said “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them” and proceeded to write a book about it.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
This dystopian novel predicted a life without books.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
A conflict portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird.
What is being falsely accused, the coming of age of Scout, or the kids interacting with Boo Radley?
"Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing I was born for."
Who is Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea?
One of the owners of Uncle Tom.
Who is Mr. Shelby, Augustine St. Clare, or Simon Ligree?
This author loved fishing and wrote a book about it.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
This story is about an old man and his battle with a big fish.
What is The Old Man and the Sea?
What is man vs. nature?
“He is no fool who gives away what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.”
Who is Jim Elliot Through Gates of Splendor.
He was the main character in Fahrenheit 451.
Who is Guy Montag?
We memorized two poems this author wrote.
Who is Robert Frost?
This story is about 5 missionary men who desire to share the gospel to an unreached tribe in Ecuador.
What is Through Gates of Splendor?
The main theme in Admiral McRaven's speech.
What is Anyone can change the world?
"What starts here changes the world.”
Who is Admiral McRaven in his commencement speech?
One of the five missionaries who died trying to reach the Ecuadorian tribe.
Who is Jim, Pete, Ed, Nate, and Roger?