Short Stories
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
To Kill A Mockingbird
Animal Farm
100

What is the name of the story that featured a house being the last one standing after a nuclear explosion?

What is There Will Come Soft Rains?

100

What city was known to be free city for Blacks?

What is Baltimore?

100
What country does this story take place?

What is England?

100

Name the three main protagonists of the story.

What is Jem, Scout, and Dill?

100

What does the concept of Animalism allude to?

What is communism?

200

What did Gloria's parents do, from the story "Robbie", to make her forget about her pet robot?

What is they took her to New York?

200

Name at least one of Frederick Douglass Masters.

What is Mr. Gore, Mr. Auld. Mr. Covey?

200

Who was responsible for the death of Wellington and why?

What is Christopher's father because he wanted revenge on Mrs. Shears for breaking up with him?

200
Name at least two ways the kids try to interact with Boo Radley.

What is they try to give him a letter through a window, they try to sneak around the back of his house to look at him, and they knock on the front door of his house?

200
Name at least 4 allusions in this story.

What is The February/October Revolution, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, The Proletariat, The Bourgeoisie, Communism, Czar Nicholas, The Russian Revolution?

300

What planet did the story "All Summer In A Day" take place on?

What is Venus?

300

What was given to Frederick Douglass as "luck" to protect himself?

What is a tree root?

300
What is the 2nd mystery that Christopher discovers in this story?

What is Christopher discovers that his mother might be alive after finding letters his mom wrote over two years that his father hid from him?

300

What real life case does this story recreates with situation of Tom Robinson?

What is The Scottsboro Boys? 

300
Name 3 ways that the pigs manipulate the other animals.

What is they change the commandments, they insist that Mr. Jones will come back if they dont follow instructions, they sing the Beast of England song, they are made to fear the 9 dogs, and Squealer uses equivocation to confuse the animals?

400

What was the plot of Mazes? 

What is a human and an alien struggle to communicate with each other?

400
How did Frederick Douglass learn to read and write?
What is he exchanged bread for the bread of knowledge with white boys from the streets of Baltimore?
400

What is the plan that Christopher devises to see his mom?

What is he decides to steal money from his dad to buy a train ticket to go to his mom?

400

Why did Mrs. Dubose make Jem and Scout read to her every day after school?

What is she was trying to become free from the addiction of Morphine?

400

How does Napoleon represent Joseph Stalin and Snowball represent Leon Trotsky?

What is Napoleon like Stalin also made others fear him and uses "police" to get people to do what he wants and Snowball like Trotsky was a skilled speaker and organiser who was exiled from Napoleon/Stalin?

500

Name at least 5 short stories from our Unit 1.

What is: Robbie, There Will Come Soft Rains, All Summer In A Day, Flowers For Algernon, and Harrison Bergeron, Mazes, The Great Silence?

500
Name at least one reason why Frederick Douglass did not want to share the details of his escape.

What is he did not want to expose the people that helped him and increase the vigilance of other enslaved people masters to make it difficult for others to escape?

500

Explain the end of the story.

What is Christopher ends up living with his mom and his father ends up getting him a new dog?

500

Explain fully how Jem broke his arm.

What is Mr. Ewell was upset that Atticus made him look like a fool in court and so he took revenge by attempting to kill his children and ended up breaking Jem's arm after the pageant?

500

What led to the battle of the windmill and explain the battle?

What is Napoleon was given counterfeit money from Mr. Frederick and deceived Mr. Pilkington and as a result Mr. Frederick and his men attacked the farm while blowing up the windmill in the process?