Who says,“It doesn’t matter what you intended to do. What happens is what you really did”(35) in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian?
What is Mr. P
100
Who is the author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress?
What is Dai Sijie.
100
When Victor says" the elixir of life is a chimera"(49), what does the word chimera mean.
A. a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
B. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve
C.a DNA molecule with sequences derived from two or more different organisms, formed by laboratory manipulation
What is B. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve
100
How much cash does Mama tell Walter to put away for Beneatha's school?
What is $3000
100
In the film Whale Rider, what was the name of Paikea's grandfather?
What is Koro
200
What is the name of the school where the main character goes to school for the majority of the book?
What is Reardan.
200
True or False: In Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, “A sincere heart can even make a stone blossom”(35) is denotation.
What is False. It is a metaphor.
200
When Victor says, "A selfish pursuit had cramped and narrowed me"(71) what literary device is being used?
What is personification
200
What is the name of the neighborhood where the Youngers are moving?
What is Clybourne Park
200
What period of British literature was William Shakespeare placed into?
What is the Renaissance era
300
How many rules are there in "The Unofficial and Unwritten (but you better follow then or you're going to get beaten twice as hard) Spokane Indian of fisticuffs"?
What is 11 rules.
300
In the first scene of the book the narrator is asked to play his violin and provide a title of the song. Lou jumps in and calls the piece what?
What is Mozart is thinking of Chairman Mao.
300
What Greek myth is Frankenstein closely compared to?
What is The myth of Prometheus
300
What is the first name of the person who says, "Yes, life can be a barrel of disappointments, sometimes"(45) in A raisin in the Sun?
What is Ruth
300
the line "leaping up like snowflakes in flight" from "Autumn Cove", by Li Po, is an example of what literary device?
What is simile.
400
On the first page of the book, what does Junior call his cerebral spinal fluid?
What is brain grease
400
True or False: "The knitting needles flew in her long bony fingers"(92) is a simile about Four-eyes' mother.
What is False. "The knitting needles flew" is personification.
400
What are the names of the brother and sister whom the creation observes while residing near their house?
What is Felix and Agatha.
400
At the beginning of the book, who is the dedication addressed to?
What is Mama. The dedication reads: To mama: in gratitude for the dream.
400
What is the "discriminatory practice by which banks, insurance companies, etc., refuse or limit loans, mortgages, insurance, etc., within specific geographic areas, especially inner-city neighborhoods"
What is redlining.
500
On page 69 there is a drawing of Junior's grandmother. One of the captions says, "house dress purchased in 1972 for $___". What value goes in the blank?
What is $10
500
The copyright of the English translation is from what year?
What is 2001
500
To whom is the first letter of the book written to?
What is Mrs. Saville.
500
In a poem by Langston Hughes, there is a metaphor which reads: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up. Like a raisin in the sun?". What is the title of the poem?
What is "Harlem".
500
Who is the main character of the Subject and predicate Schoolhouse Rock?