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Setting
Characters
Plot
Figurative Language
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Where is the setting for the majority of the story?
What is Nova Scotia
100
How many Main and supporting characters are introduced?
What is Seven Characters
100
What was the initial incident in the story?
What is When they left the home.
100
He seemed to fill the entire room.” What was this quote from the short story identifying in figurative speech?
What is Metaphor
100
What is the age range of all the characters in the majority of the story?
What is 12 to 48
200
How far was the town located from their farm?
What is 10 kilometers
200
How many boys were in the family?
What is Five including the father.
200
What was one reason for the mother leaving and taking her daughter instead of her sons?
What is ‘because she was a woman’
200
Every time the father addressed the mother before ‘The Leaving,’ what was one word he seemed to always say?
Who is “Woman”
200
Who was the story based on?
Who is Elizabeth
300
Where did the two main characters go on their expedition?
What is Halifax, Nova Scotia
300
What are the girls in the family’s names?
What is Sylvie, and Elizabeth
300
Why was it such a big deal that the father started calling the mother Elizabeth?
What is ‘He now treated her more like a person, and less like an object’ (something similar to that)
300
“Her eyes would come alive with concern and love…” What type of figurative speech is this quote from the short story using?
What is ‘Personification’
300
Where did the mother get the money to go on their trip?
What is ‘The mother used the egg money to fund their trip’
400
When They went to the city, where did they stay?
What is A hotel on the south side of the city
400
How old was the main character?
What is 12 years old
400
How long was their journey?
What is ‘3 days long’
400
“Nagging is like a constant blow with a small blunt instrument.” What type of figurative speech was this sentence using?
What is What is ‘Personification’
400
Why was the daughter sad about missing school?
What is ‘She had the main part in her school play as the chief fairy, and didn't want someone taking her spot’
500
What was the town called where they lived?
What is Annapolis
500
What are the guys in the family’s names?
What is Lester, Jem, Daniel, Ira and Bernard
500
What year and month is this story based in?
What is ‘The story is based in early May, 1969'
500
What was the last quote of the book?
What is What is “She was a real troubling trip, but she was good”
500
What year and month is this story based in?
What is What is ‘The story is based in 1969 in early May’