What is the name of Salamanca (Sal)'s English teacher?
Mr. Birkway
Who is Ponyboy's favorite older brother?
Sodapop because he is likable
What was the name of Wu Mei's duckling?
Precious Little Treasure (PLT)
Where is Mount Rushmore?
Black Hill, South Dakota
What are paragraphs in a poem called?
Stanza
Which two objects reminded Sal of her mother?
Blackberries and tree
What and whose clothing item protected Ponyboy in the church fire?
Dally's leather jacket
What kind of a contest does Wu Mei win?
A writing contest
What are the steps (in order) in the hierarchy of needs?
Physiological, safety, belongingness and love, esteem, and self-actualization.
What are the 3 third-person narrative points of view?
Third-person limited, third-person objective, and third-person omniscient.
When asked to draw their souls, what shape does Phoebe's take?
Teardrop
What is the poem that shows the loss of innocence in the greasers?
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
What do new clothes symbolize during Chinese New Year?
New beginnings/Fresh Starts
Who were the 3 political theorists we discussed?
What is a paradox?
A statement or situation that is both true and false; it seems contradictory or impossible to understand, but may be true
In Chapter 20, the English class reads a poem by which peot?
E.E. Cummings
What does Johnny leave for Ponyboy?
A copy of Gone With The Wind with a letter.
What is the customary thing that women like Nai Nai did, which was painful, and what is its significance?
Nai Nai and other women would bind their feet, this was to achieve beauty and economic standards.
What are the 5 stages of grief?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
What is pathetic fallacy?
A literary device that gives human emotions to non-human things, such as animals, objects, or natural elements (i.e., The clouds wept).
Fill in the blank: Once, before she left, my mother said that if you _________ something happening, you can make it happen.
Visualize
What were the physical and other indicators that set socs and greasers apart?
Greasers wore leather jackets and jeans. They smoked, and they were often working class. On the other hand, socs wore preppy clothes and were middle or upper-class.
Which main character from a book did Wu Mei relate to and why?
She related to the main character from A Little Princess because the main character was a seven-year-old motherless girl. She was able to change her life through her own efforts.
How many opium wars were there, and who fought in them?
The first opium war was fought between China and Britain. The second opium was was fought between Britain, France (Anglo-French), and China.
What is the difference between symbol, theme, and motif?
Theme = Overall meaning/message
Motif = Recurring element that conveys the theme
Symbol = A tangible object that represents an idea