Plot Terms
Who said this?
Plot Events I
Plot Events II
Characterization
100
The story is told in first person. From whose point of view?
Who is Dara.
100
"Its only what you can bring inside of you that matters."
Who is Jantu
100
What is the setting of Clay Marble
What is Cambodia
100
What family member did Dara see first when she was in the refugee camp looking for her family?
Who is Sarun.
100
Who are the three characters introduced in the exposition?
Who are Dara, Sarun, and Mother
200
What is the definition of theme?
What is the meaning, moral, message of the story.
200
"Courage?" I echoed. "You talk to Courage? What courage does it take to shoot a girl walking home in the dark?"
Who is Dara.
200
What two family members has Dara lost?
What is her father and grandmother
200
Why was Dara upset with the cook at the refugee camp?
What is he was cooking rice seed that should have been saved from planting.
200
True or false? Chnay is a dynamic character?
What is true
300
What is the definition of climax?
What is the turning point of the story.
300
"I think I have a friend right here, who's stronger and much prettier than anyone back home."
Who is Sarun.
300
What was Jantu good at telling to make all the other kids laugh?
What are folktales.
300
True or false. Sarun shot Jantu.
What is false
300
What is the definition of a static character?
What is personality does not change over time.
400
What is one example of a rising action form Clay Marble
What is Dara's family meets Jantu's family, Dara lost, Jantu dies
400
The girl reached out and put her hand on Mother's arm. "You don't understand," she said. "It's different here. We have enough to eat. We have more than enough."
Who is Nea
400
What image foreshadowed Dara and Jantu would become "lost?"
What is the little girl crying with her broken doll
400
What did Dara sing to Jantu as she was dying lying in the hammock?
What is a lullaby.
400
True or False? Mother is a dynamic character?
What is false
500
What are the three things introduced in the exposition?
What are the characters, setting, and conflicts
500
"Here I won't feel out of place. I mean, there are a lot of loners like me, boys without any family."
Who is Chnay.
500
What did Dara and Chnay distract with bananas in order to steal the chicken?
What is the monkey.
500
How many children do Sarun and Nea have in the "afterward?"
What is 3
500
What makes a character a Dynamic Character?
What is they have a change in personality over time