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The name for the elite group of warriors that serve Wakanda and function as royal security.
What is the Dora Milaje
The term for the space between comic panels.
What is the gutter.
The day Marjane and her maid protested
Black Friday
The meaning for panels rendered in purple shades.
What is when a fairy tale is being told.
The services of an Employment Support Office.
What are:
1. Workplace Training
2. Group Training
3. Interviews
The reason Kamala doesn't call 911 while the Circle Q is being robbed.
What is her cellphone has no battery.
The character design choice comics make to assist in reader identification.
What is to draw characters with a simple design so that the reader can easily put themselves into the character's shoes.
The reason Marjane wanted to go to America
What is because her friend Kaveh was there
The object that tore through Tám's still beating heart.
What is a golden knife.
Three characteristics that children with learning disabilities (like Risa-san) might have. Hint: They all start with a "D."
What are:
1. Dyscalculia
2. Dysgraphia
3. Dyslexia
The name of the burial site for former black panthers.
What is Necropolis, the city of the dead.
The panel-to-panel transition that dominates mangas more than Western comics
What is aspect-to-aspect.
Marjane's idol
Who is Marie Curie
The person the little mermaid falls in love with
Who is Bertie
What triggers Yoshiko-San to realize she has an undiagnosed developmental disorder
What is becoming a special needs educator and seeing symptoms in her students she personally experiences
The reason Zoe is concerned about Nakia.
What is because Zoe naively wonders whether Nakia is being forced to wear a hijab.
According to McCloud, comics are at their best when these two things are partners in a dance and each one takes turns leading. Name the partners.
What are words and pictures (156).
List five methods of torture used on political prisoners
What was to:
1. pull out someone's nails
2. whip them with thick electrical cables
3. put out cigarettes on their backs and thighs
4: urinate on their wounds
5. burn them with an iron
The reason Trung Le Nguyen developed an affinity for comic books
What is because the interplay between words and pictures remind him of being bilingual. Le Nguyen explains that much like growing up in a bilingual household, comic books "...bridge the sentiments of two different languages. They never felt like separate, incomparable parts" (232).
What the nursery school Director blames for Tarou-kun's disruptive behavior.
He accuses Hanako-san of not giving Tarou-kun enough love.
The motivation behind Tetu's actions.
What is his fear of tyranny and a desire to overthrow King T'Challa.
Note: The scoring for this prompt will be different. You will get 100 points for each correct answer.
Name eight unique approaches associated with Japan's isolated evolution of manga.
What are:
1. Collage
2. Storytelling
3. Formats
4. The “Masking” Effect
5. Iconic Characters
6. Subjective Motion
7. Word-Picture Linkage
8. Expressionism
The reason Marjane's father wasn't fond of Mali's husband
What is because he thought Mali's husband was too materialistic
The reason for Tám's step-sister's demise and what the step-mother does with the sister's remains.
A bird claims Tám stays beautiful because "...she bathes in a vat of boiling, salted sesame oil. Her old skin sloughs right off, and she is left with fresh, new skin" (179). The step sister tries this and is boiled alive. Then the bird tricks the step-mother into eating her daughter's remains (180).
The four side effects Iku-san initially experiences from Strattera.
For another 100 points: The approximate time it took for the side effects to subside.
What are nausea, headaches, chills, and sleeplessness, & it took about a year for the side effects to settle down.