The Nickel Boys
This is the boy's name for the place they are taken to be physically disciplined.
What is the ice cream factory?
This person is executed in Act I, paving the way for Macbeth to take more power.
Who is the Thane of Cawdor?
This is the narrator of The Things They Carried.
Who is Tim O'Brien?
This is where all the important information about your sources appear.
What is the work cited page?
Your final exam includes these three components.
What are a multiple-choice section about the readings, an ACT reading section, and an essay section?
Elwood wants to visit this place, but he is not allowed in. MLK Jr. talks about it in a speech, too.
What is Fun Town?
The witches show Macbeth visions at the command of this angry person.
Who is Hecate?
"The Things They Carried" refers to the literal objects the soldiers carried with them as well as _____________.
What is their emotional baggage/trauma/experiences?
These two things appear in the top right corner of every page.
What are your last name and the page number?
This term describes a speech given by a character to at least one other character.
What is a monologue?
Griff doesn't throw the boxing match for this reason.
He forgets which round it is.
After Macbeth kills Duncan and becomes the new king, horses start eating each other. This is an example of this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
A true war story ________. (Multiple answers accepted.)
What is: is never moral, does not instruct, does not make the listener feel good, etc.
Your essay should be written entirely in ______ or _______ font, size ___.
What are Arial or Times New Roman font, size 12?
Shakespeare's plays were performed here.
What is the Globe Theatre?
This is the real school on which the Nickel Academy is based.
The visions the witches show Macbeth tell him these three things. (Paraphrasing is fine! You do not need to know the exact lines.)
What are: beware Macduff; no man of woman born can harm Macduff; Macbeth cannot be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill?
This person tells the narrator the story of Mary Ann.
Who is Rat Kiley?
An essay written in MLA should never include either of these formatting features.
What are bold and underline?
This example of foreshadowing appears on The Nickel Boys book cover.
What is Elwood and Turner sharing a shadow?
Elwood is initially optimistic about this feature of the Nickel School program but ultimately realizes that it doesn't work and can be manipulated by teachers and administration.
What is the merit system?
These TWO young people are murdered at the end of the scenes in which they appear.
Who are Macduff's son and Young Siward?
When Mary Ann is found at the end of "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong," she is wearing this.
What is a necklace of human tongues?
In-text citations include the ______________ and ____________.
What are the author's last name and the page number?
These stories we read this semester are based on real events.
What are The Nickel Boys, Macbeth, and The Things They Carried?