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ALLITERATION
100
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter," what is the letter and what does it stand for?
A, Adultery
100
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Shumer
100
It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school. The hazards of growing up before you’re ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney
100
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune… "
"…must be in want of a wife." (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen)
100
Bill O’Reilly
Killing Kennedy
200
What are the two cities in Charles Dickens’s "A Tale of Two Cities"?
London and Paris
200
Binge
Tyler Oakley
200
In 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, two black maids and a white socialite join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town.
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
200
“Be yourself; everyone else is…"
...already taken." - Oscar Wilde
200
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men -or- East of Eden
300
Who is Charley in John Steinbeck’s "Travels With Charley"?
Steinbeck’s dog, a poodle
300
The Glass Castle
Jeanette Walls
300
In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, a Harvard symbologist matches wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate his every move. Unless he can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, an ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
300
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember, it’s a sin to… "
"...kill a mockingbird." (To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee)
300
Ruth Ware
In a Dark, Dark Wood
400
Who is Algernon in Daniel Keyes’s "Flowers for Algernon"?
a lab rat
400
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life
Tony Dungy
400
Scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
400
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Mudville, …
…mighty Casey has struck out. (Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Thayer)
400
Richard Wright
Black Boy
500
In what army is George Bernard Shaw’s "Major Barbara" a soldier?
The Salvation Army
500
Boys in the Trees
Carly Simon
500
Louisa Clark takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. When Lou learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.
Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes
500
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And…
…miles to go before I sleep. – Robert Frost
500
Herman Melville
Billy Budd