The Barbarian Nurseries
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Writing
100
Where the Torres-Thompson family lives
What is Laguna Rancho Estates
100
One the lies from "The Ways We Lie"
What is white lie, facade, ignoring the plain facts, omission, deflecting, dismissal, etc (varies)
100
This year's commencement speaker at UCI
Who is President Obama
100
The mascot of Fullerton College.
What is a hornet (Buzzy)
100
Where the thesis should typically be in an essay.
What is the last sentence of the introduction.
200
Then names of the Torres-Thompson boys
Who is Keenan and Brandon
200
The person that Michael Pollan criticizes at the beginning of "Why Bother."
Who is Al Gore
200
Theme park under a lot of scrutiny right now because of a recent documentary film.
What is Sea World (film is Blackfish)
200
Mr. Perez's office number (EXACTLY)
What is 1127-O
200
What does MLA stand for?
What is Modern Language Association
300
The holiday that takes place in the book
What is the 4th of July.
300
Either of the two musicals Judith Ortiz Coffer references in "The Myth of the Latin Woman"
What is Evita OR Westside Story
300
Environmental crisis that California is going through right now.
What is a drought.
300
What the college is celebrating this year
What is the centennial celebration OR its 100th birthday.
300
Any two of the steps from the writing process.
What is prewriting, drafting, peer review/feedback, revision, editing, publishing (ANY TWO-answers will vary)
400
The man who Araceli ends up with by the end of the novel.
Who is Felipe
400
The name of the tribe in "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
What is the Kiowa
400
Controversial person who leaked confidential CIA documents that uncovered, among many things, surveillance programs in the U.S.
Who is Edward Snowden.
400
The name of the Fullerton College president
Who is Dr. Rajen Vurdien
400
One of the prewriting strategies from A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers
What is clustering, looping, list, questionnaires, blog entry, etc.
500
Where the Torres-Thompson family end up moving to at the end of the novel.
Where is South Pasadena
500
In "How to Tame a Wild Tongue," name any two of the languages that Anzaldua says are "some of the languages we speak?"
What is Standard English, Working Class and slang English, Standard Mexican Spanish, North Mexican Spanish dialect, Tex-Mex, etc (varies)
500
Auto maker that is doing a massive recall
What is Toyota OR GM
500
The place you should go to find out information on transferring. (The exact name..not just "The Trasnfer Center")
What is The Cadena Transfer Center
500
The formula for a thesis statement.
What is main idea + assertion = thesis statement