The Run & The Bracelet
War of the Worlds
Folklore
Poetry
Morphemes
100

Dennis and Mac first learn about the plague through this form of media

the radio

100

The Martians first land in this New Jersey town

Grovers Mill

100

Many versions of Mary's Grave are connected to this road

Sweet Hollow Road

100

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" was written by this American poet

Robert Frost

100

port

carry

200

This radio host discovers that music can help infected people regain their humanity

Petey "The Muskrat" Coltrain

200

Carl Phillips works as this type of professional

a radio reporter

200

This island is home to a government research facility that could have spawned the Montauk Monster

Plum Island

200

In "Good Hotdogs," the speaker buys lunch with this friend

Kiki

200

The root in the word "inspection" means this

look

300

Ruri's family is assigned to Barrack 16, Apartment 40, which was originally used as this type of building

a horse stable

300

Professor Pierson estimates the odds of intelligent life existing on Mars at this ratio

a thousand to one

300

The number of people killed during the Salem Witch Trials (will accept +/- 2)

20

300

The father in "Those Winter Sundays" has these physical effects from working all week

cracked hands

300

The root "aud," found in the word "inaudible," means this

hear

400

Mac still pays for supplies at the gas station because he remembers Ann Greerson's advice to do this

remember his manners

400

The Martians use this weapon to destroy soldiers and civilians

heat ray or poison gas

400

This was the name of the famous experiment involving the USS Eldredge

the Philadelphia Experiment

400

The smell of the store in "Good Hotdogs" is compared to this

steam

400

The root "rupt," found in the word "eruption," means this

burst or break

500

Before being sent to a permanent camp, Ruri and her family are taken to this former racetrack in California

Tanforan Racetrack

500

The Martians are ultimately defeated by these microscopic organisms

bacteria

500

The only documented witchcraft trials on Long Island took place in these two communities. (half credit if you name one)

East Hampton and Setauket

500

This biblical location appears in "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Eden

500

The word "autographed" contains a prefix meaning this

self