"They had been playing with him all afternoon, burying him in the sand and digging him up again, when someone chanced to see them and spread the alarm in the village".
What were the children doing when Esteban washed ashore?
100
The war to end all wars.
What was WW 1?
100
This literary element is the main message of the story...it usually provides an insight about life.
What is theme?
100
Whitworth
What is the name of the college Mr. Brown attended?
100
Sylvia Bryan, Eda Seasongood, Queen Hatshepsut
What are proper nouns?
200
These are stories whose literary style combines incredible events with realistic details.
What is magic realism?
200
The Axis.
Who were the U.S. enemies during WW 11?
200
Shotwell
Who is the co-worker of the first person narrator?
200
"Morons...I've got morons working for me!" is a quote from this movie, which is a favorite of Mr. Brown's.
What is the other name that was being considered for Esteban?
300
The Allies.
What were the coutnries fighting with the U.S. called during WW 11?
300
"If we turn our keys simultaneously the bird flies" means this.
What is launch the missile?
300
"Hello Dolly", "The Sound of Music", "Oklahoma", and "Kiss Me Kate"
What are the musicals that Mr. Brown loves that kind of make him a sissy.
300
wild, graceful, delicious, brown, ten, several, first, last, up-to-date, broken
What are adjectives?
400
This is a literary term for characters who represent basic patterns that you've encountered in literature in stories from your childhood.
What are archetypes?
400
December 7, 1941
When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
400
Height of the nuclear arms race and shortly after the Cuban missile crisis.
What is the time "Game" was published.
400
Andrew and Katie and Boomer
What are the names of Mr. B's children and dog?
400
sit, arise, draw, build, remember, think, believe, consider, know
What are action verbs?
500
"...look there, where the wind is so peaceful now that its gone to sleep beneath the beds, over there, where the sun's so bright that the sunflowers don't know which way to turn, yes, over there, that's..."
What is Esteban's village?
500
June 6, 1944.
When was D-Day, the allied invasion of France?
500
This character owns the jacks, plays with the jacks, and is taking a college course.
Who is Shotwell?
500
Mr. Brown thinks liberals will do this to our country.