Characters
Who is the main character?
Jack
Who uses wax to help ease their arthritis?
Miss Volker
1. Shot off his dad's Japanese rifle
2. Mowed down the corn
3. Snuck out to play baseball while grounded
Which type of figurative language is represented below?
My room was as small as a monk's cell.
Simile
Who must Jack help write obituaries?
Miss Volker
Who is Norvelt's funeral director?
Bunny's dad / Mr. Huffer
Why did Jack's dad want him to mow down the corn?
To build a runway for his J-3 plane
Which type of figurative language is represented below?
Click-click of metal against metal.
Onomatopoeia
Which character made Jack mow down the corn field?
Jack's dad
Who is War Chief's owner?
Jack's uncle Will
What did Jack do to scare the deer away while hunting with his dad?
Passed gas
Which type of figurative language is represented below?
The smell of a thousand years of rotting death drifted through the thick woven fabric of my clothing.
Hyperbole
Jack dressed as the grim reaper to check on a Norvelt neighbor. Who did he go visit in his costume?
Mrs. Dubicki
How did Miss Volker refer to the dead Hell's Angel in the newspaper?
Unknown Motorcyclist
Why was the manner in how the Hell's Angel died strange?
He was hit by a vehicle while dancing in the road
Which type of figurative language is represented below?
After that we drove in silence as the sky blued and the few big clouds showed their low gray bellies.
Personification
Who is waiting to marry Miss Volker once all of the original Norvelt residents die?
Mr. Spizz
Who gave Miss Volker the job of writing obituaries for the original Norvelt residents?
Eleanor Roosevelt
When the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang came into the funeral parlor, what did they do?
Steal the body of the dead Hell's Angel
Which type of figurative language is represented below?
I just hoped there wasn't some hunter who mistook me for Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer and let me have it.
Allusion