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On the island, what did Robinson Crusoe live in?

A tent

100

In the Pine Tree Shillings, what did Capt. Hull give his daughter's husband on their wedding day?

Betsey's weight in shillings

100

What was the name of the musketeer who had an injured shoulder?

Athos

100

Who wrote Silas Marner

George Eliot

100

Who wrote "Town Poor"

S. Orne Jewett

200

According to the story about Balboa, he gave thanks to God for being the first European to see which ocean?

Pacific

200

What was the relationship between Lady Anne and Lady Alice?

Cousins

200

Who did George W. Bush present a medal of honor to in "A Debt that Time Has Not Diminished"

Capt. Ben Saloman

200

Who was Silas once engaged to?

Sarah

200

Who used the surprise ending?

O. Henry

300

In which story do we find the following:

Now speak brave Adm'rl; speak and say --- He said: sail on! sail on!

Columbus

300

Which literary term best describes Therese DeFarge's character from A Tale of Two Cities?

antagonist

300

What is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning?

Irony

300

Who stole Silas's money?

Dunstan Cass

300

Which term means the ridicule of human folly with the purpose of correcting it?

Satire

400

In which story do we find the following:

Columbus found a world and had no chart, save one that faith deciphered the skies

Faith

400

Who wrote the Lady of Shallott

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

400

Which selection contains "It seemed as still as death, and as silent as the grave"

The Legend of Kate Shelley

400

Who was Mr. Dowlas?

the Ferrier

400

Which term means the attitude of the narrator toward his subject or audience?

Tone or Mood

500

In which story do we find the following:

And, before they came back, they had blazed out a track, from St. Louis straight to the Pacific

Lewis and Clark

500

During which historical event does A Tale of Two Cities take place?

French Revolution

500

Which poem contains the lines "Make way for liberty"

The Patriot's Pass-word

500

Who was Mr. Tookey?

deputy clerk

500

Who dies at the end of The Open Boat

the oiler, Billy