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Characters
Author Background
Literary Elements
Conflicts
Vocabulary
100
Roommate of the murder victim.
Who is Judy Layton?
100
Author of "Full Circle".
Who is Sue Grafton?
100
The murderer dies at the exact spot that his victim did.
What is irony?
100
Caroline vs. the boys harassing her is an example of this type of conflict.
What is external conflict?
100
To turn one's head to stare at something in a foolish manner.
What is rubbernecking?
200
Police officer that Kinsey gives information to.
Who is Lieutenant Dolan?
200
The author of "Full Circle" majored in English at this Kentucky university. She was also born in the city that the university is in.
What is the University of Louisville?
200
"I pulled over and was out of my car like a shot."
What is simile?
200
Kinsey facing a week of no progress with the murder case is an example of this type of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
200
Wrong, not quite right.
What is amiss?
300
Murder victim.
Who is Caroline Spurrier?
300
She started writing about Kinsey in 1982 in her first book called this.
What is "A is for Alibi"?
300
"The photograph showed shoulder-length blonde hair, bright eyes, and an impish grin."
What is imagery?
300
Kinsey not being able to get answers from Judy about the murder is an example of this kind of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
300
Edge or shoulder of a road.
What is a berm?
400
Private detective that witnesses and solves the murder.
Who is Kinsey Milhonne?
400
Spent many years in this occupation in Hollywood.
What is a screenwriter?
400
"Steam billowed out from under the hood with an alarming hiss."
What is personification?
400
The other example of an internal conflict within Kinsey.
What is Kinsey wanting to find the murderer for Caroline?
400
Inconsistency; difference.
What is discrepancy?
500
Murderer in the pickup truck.
Who is Terry Layton?
500
She was born in this year.
What is 1940?
500
"I spotted the maintenance crew just seconds before he did; guys in bright orange vests working with a crane that was parked squarely in his path."
What is suspense?
500
This example of external conflict happens at the end of the story and results in a character dying.
What is Kinsey chasing Terry on the highway?
500
Standstill; point at which no progress can be made.
What is an impasse?