In The Lottery, who draws the first round of the lottery for each family?
Father/Man of the house
How old was Elie at the start of the story?
12
Who is Buck's enemy?
Spitz
Who is the author?
Gloria Whelan
How many years have I been a teacher? (including this year!)
4!
In The Tell-Tale Heart, why can't we trust what the narrator is telling us?
There are clues that he is crazy, so he is an unreliable narrator?
Who is Elie's mentor for studying Kabbalah?
Moishe the Beadle
Who teaches Buck the law of the club?
The man in the red sweater.
True or False: Misha and Katya are blood-related.
Where am I originally from?
Utah
In The Necklace, what causes Madame Loisel to be so miserable at the start of the story?
Her desire to be rich.
A corpse
How does the remainder of the sled team die after Buck leaves them with Hal and Mercedes?
They fall through the ice trying to cross during Spring
What was St. Petersburg renamed to during WW1, and why?
Petrograd - St. Petersburg is German, and the Russian people wanted to cut ties with anything German.
How old am I?
26, almost 27!
In The Sniper, what is the ironic twist is revealed at the end?
Near the end of the book, Elie believes he is hallucinating. What does he hallucinate?
His friend, Juliek, playing the violin?
How much weight does Buck pull to win John Thornton a fortune?
1,000 pounds
Why do the peasants at The Oaks burn the dacha to the ground?
Because they hated Vitya, the overseer.
Name a fact you know about me (could be anything!)
Answers vary.
What is the name of the island where Rainsford gets stranded?
Ship Trap Island
Name one of Elie's siblings
Tzipora, Hilda, and Beatrice
Name one difference between the book and the movie
Answers will vary.
Where is the royal family when the Tsar gets news that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated (and that WW1 was about to start)?
On the family's yacht, on vacation on the Baltic Sea.
How many siblings do I have? (bonus points if you can guess remember one of their names or a detail about them!)
3!