Characters
Suspense
Potpourri
Plot Points
Stay Gold
100

This character murdered her husband with a leg of lamb.

Who is Mary Maloney?

100

A hint for the reader about what's going to happen in a story.

What is foreshadowing?

100

The owner of these cats.

Who is Dr. Piller?

100

This was the cause of death for the main character's mother in "The Paper Menagerie."

What is cancer?

100

The main character of The Outsiders.

Who is Ponyboy?

200

The narrator from this story is clearly insane.

What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

200

An author slows or speeds up the action in a story to create suspense.

What is pacing?

200

Thanksgiving is always on this day of the week.

What is Thursday?

200

The reason the main character of "The Tell-Tale Heart" killed the old man.

What is his eye?

200

This kid was the "little brother" of the gang.

Who is Johnny?

300

He promised to have his son home by Xmas Eve.

Who is the dad from "Powder"?

300

What is dramatic irony?

300

A gaggle of geese...a pride of lions...a parliament of owls...this is the term for a group of crows.

What is a murder of crows?

300

This action figure was broken by the origami tiger in "The Paper Menagerie"

Who is Obi-Wan Kenobi?

300

The author of The Outsiders.

Who is S.E. Hinton?

400

This detective, the friend of Mary Maloney's husband, comforted her while investigating Patrick's murder.

Who is Jack Noonan?
400

A police officer gets caught committing a crime by a known criminal.

What is situational irony?

400

The year Sierra Canyon was founded.

What is 1972?

400

What's "like being in a speedboat, only better"?

What is driving over the snow in "Powder".

400

This is the character you'd go to if you were in trouble.

Who is Dally?

500

This is the Chinese word, meaning "love", that acts as a symbol for the main character's mother in "The Paper Menagerie."

What is ai?

500

A boy slowly reaches for the doorknob to open the basement door, where he's heard some suspicious noises.

What is pacing?

500

This president was the first to give an official pardon to a turkey on Thanksgiving.

Who is Harry Truman?

500

The three things Mary Maloney buys from the grocer.

What are peas, potatoes, and cheesecake?

500

This is the name of Cherry's friend that hits it off with Two-Bit.

Who is Marcia?