Once Upon A Time
Making the Future Better Together
Night Calls
Quilt of a Country
Random
100
Where is the setting of this story?
What is South Africa?
100
Define demean.
What is to behave in a particular manner?
100
Define lauding.
What is praise?
100
Define pluralistic.
What is consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups?
100
The author of "Making the Future Better Together?
Who is Eboo Patel?
200
The narrator's internal struggle
What is fear of the outsiders
200
What is one word to describe Patel and Washington's point of view of bigotry?
What is intolerance?
200
Which point of view is this story being told from?
What is a narrator/third person?
200
The quilt symbolizes...
What is the multicultural blending in the United States?
200
Give an example of an interwoven community..
What is a high school assembly, classroom, football game, etc...
300
Which character is a symbol in this story?
What is the little boy or cat?
300
"When you serve, you are part of the future" What does this quote mean?
What is asking the freshman to participate in meaningful discussions and a commitment to the future?
300
What has changed at Modder River since Marlene was home last? List 2 examples.
What is the upkeep? (scum on pond, road, sign, kiosk...)
300
Daniel Booriston wrote, "Of all the nation's in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image." This means that...
What is the United States was built for everyone?
300
This author grew up privileged in South Africa and wrote her story in response to the fears she felt one night.
Who is Nadine Gordimer?
400
What is different about the boy's approach to life than his parents'?
The boy is innocent and happy while the parents are consumed with security.
400
What was the point being made about MLK's Rip Van Winkle retelling?
What is change and progress?
400
The red-crested heron is a symbol of _________.
What is hope?
400
There was this fear that the left side of the hyphen would overwhelm the right. What was it that people were afraid would disappear? Hint: A sense of....
What is national identity?
400
What is a "vanilla-pudding" word?
What is a word that doesn't hold much meaning anymore?
500
The story's structure shifts from _________ to __________.
What is autobiographical to fairytale?
500
What was the irony of Washington and his beliefs?
What is Washington was a slaveholder?
500
Marlene imitates the heron's call at the end of the story because...
What is she wants to give her father hope of the heron's life?
500
This story was published as a response to which major historical event?
What is the attacks of 9/11?
500
Patel uses examples of MLK and Washington in his story for which purpose?
What is to establish credibility?