This woman wrote the novel (first and last name required).
Who is Harper Lee?
100
This American science fiction legend wrote this book (first and last name required).
Who is Ray Bradbury?
100
This man wrote this novel (first and last name required).
Who is John Steinbeck?
100
This famous civil rights activist successfully argued and won the case of Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
Jin was born in this not-Chinese city.
What is San Francisco?
200
The Finch children and friend Dill continually sought out this mysterious neighbor.
Who is Boo Radley?
200
This is the opposite of a utopian novel.
What is a dystopian novel?
200
This black man was treated like an animal by the ranch boss but was one of only two people who showed any real interest in Lennie and George.
Who is Crooks?
200
This southern city in Arkansas is where you can still find Central High School.
What is Little Rock?
200
This person wrote this graphic novel (all three names required).
Who is Gene Luen Yang?
300
A guest at the Finches' midday meal poured this all over his dinner.
What is syrup?
300
This is where Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451.
What is the UCLA library on a rented typewriter?
300
This animal was old, weak, and stinky, and symbolized how unwanted things (people and animals) were not worth anyone's time or concern.
Who is Candy's dog?
300
The word "is" is what part of speech?
What is a verb?
300
This character longs to join the ranks of the gods and masters all the skills and arts of kung fu to do so.
Who is the Monkey King?
400
Sheriff Heck Tate said it was only fair to let the "dead bury the dead" by setting it up to look like this person fell on his knife rather than was stabbed by Boo Radley.
Who is Bob Ewell?
400
"Id est" and "exempli gratia" in Lation.
What do "i.e." and "e.g." stand for?
400
The ranch hands are playing this game while Lennie is in the Great Barn with Curley's wife.
What is horse shoes?
400
What article of clothing inhibits the monkeys from being able to climb trees?
What are shoes?
400
This popular toy was a huge hit with children who wished to transform into other things besides themselves.
What is a Transformer?
500
This is why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
What is that they only sing for our pleasure and never do no harm to nobody?
500
Name a reptile and a bird that are integral to the telling of Fahrenheit 451.
What are the salamander and the phoenix?
500
This big idea is a motivating fantasy for many who live in the United States but is something, sadly, that will never come to pass for George and Lennie.
What is The American Dream?
500
This is what happens when the dominant culture (i.e. whites) try on the clothing, food, and ethnic traditions of a non-dominant culture.
What is cultural appropriation?
500
Identify the subject of this sentence: "The newspaper was torn and coffee-stained from where my father gripped it in anger as he read the headline."