Lord of the Flies
Which two characters lead the two competing factions in Lord of the Flies?
Ralph and Jack
What is the big twist at the end of the novel?
Turner is Elwood
How does “The Fix” end?
Sherman is about to jump off the bridge
Who is the author of Spinning?
Tillie Walden
What does inscrutable mean?
difficult to understand
Who understands what the beast is and what is the beast?
Simon; dead parachuter
Why does Elwood get arrested?
Police mistakenly thought he stole a car
What childhood game does Anders remember in “Bullet in the Brain”?
baseball
Who is the author of Persepolis?
Marjane Satrapi
What does rapt mean?
feeling of great delight
Name 3 characters who die in Lord of the Flies.
Simon, Piggy, boy with mulberry birthmark
Who is the central influence on Elwood’s outlook on how to respond to racism?
MLK
Name 4 of the secrets Shukumar and Shoba tell each other in the dark.
Shoba looked in Shukumar’s address book; Shukumar forgot to tip the waiter; Shoba went out w/ Gillian instead of visiting w/ his mother, Shukumar cheated on Oriental Civilization test; Shukumar exchanged sweater vest, kept picture from magazine; Shoba let Shukumar have pate on his chin and didn’t like his poem; Shoba found an apartment, Shukumar knew the child was a boy
Who is the author of American Born Chinese?
Gene Luen Yang
What does belligerence mean?
Hostile or warlike
What does “Lord of the Flies” mean?
Beelzebub
What fairytale is used to provide commentary on running away from Nickel?
The Gingerbread Man
Which short story is an example of flash fiction?
"Sticks"
Who is the author of Lord of the Flies?
William Golding
What does mulish mean?
Name 2 symbols in Lord of the Flies.
Piggy's glasses and conch shell
What school was Nickel modeled after?
The Dozier School for Boys in Florida
What festival are they celebrating in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”?
The Festival of Summer
Who is the author of Nickel Boys?
Colson Whitehead
What does furtively mean?
secretly