My Antonia
Big Fish
Sigh, Gone
Characters
Vocab
100

The state where the story takes place.

What is Nebraska?

100

The symbol that the story consistently returns to.

What is water?

100

The name of the high school that Phuc attends.

What is Carlisle High?

100

The names of the Burdens hired hands.

Who are Jake and Otto?

100

A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

What is Plight?

200
The animal that Jim saves Antonia from.

What is a snake?

200

The name of the town that Edward buys.

What is Spectre?

200

This is William's profession in the movie.

What is a journalist?

200

The name of the character whom Edward convinces to leave Ashton.

Who is Karl the Giant?

200

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

What is incongruous?

300

This is the country where Antonia's family is from.

What is the Czech Republic?

300

The war that Edward fought in.

What is the Korean War?

300

Phuc's girlfriend's name.

What is Molly?

300

This character promised never to hit Phuc again.

Who is his mom?

300

A person's fixed or allotted period of work.

What is a stint?

400

Where Jim goes to college.

What is Harvard?

400

Who/What did Edward save from the house fire?

What is a dog?

400

The item that gets stolen from Phuc's cousin early in an early chapter of the memoir.

What is a bike?

400

The name of the boy in the prologue of Sigh, Gone.

Who is Hoang Nguyen?

400

A minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character.

What is a foible?

500

The name of the play Jim sees with Lena.

What is Camille?

500

This is Edward's primary concern on his death bed.

What is his son?

500

Phuc temporarily changes his name to this.

What is Peter?

500

She takes Phuc to see The Importance of Being Earnest.

Who is Mrs. Krebs?

500

Using or expressed in more words than are needed.

What is Verbose?