Setting
This is the name of a hotel that was named after a race horse
What is The Kentucky Star?
These brothers bully kids on the school bus.
Who are Norton and Billy Threemonger?
This is what seems to happen to Rob when he is around Sistine; he tries not to do this, but it just seems to happen.
What is share his memories, feelings, let things out of his "suitcase", talk about himself?
This part of the plot can best be described as when Rob and Sistine let the tiger out of its cage.
What is the climax?
This is the disease that the Threemonger boys tell Rob will make parts of his body rot.
What is leprosy?
The name of a town where Mr. Horton and Rob moved to after the death of Caroline Horton.
What is Lister?
This character tells Rob he should stop shrugging because it makes him look like a skinny bird.
Who is Willie May?
This is why Sistine is in Lister, Florida, with her mom.
What is Sistine's parents are getting divorced.
In this part of the plot, they bury and have a funeral for the tiger. Rob feels sad that the tiger died, but also hopeful for the first time in a long time.
What is the resolution?
This is the place Sistine's parents met. It has a painted ceiling of God and Adam.
What is The Sistine Chapel ?
This is a state where the story takes place.
What is Florida?
This character does not own everything, but he does own the Kentucky Star Motel and the woods behind it.
Who is Mr. Beauchamp?
This is how Rob saved Sistine from the fight at school.
What is interrupt the fight and get the kids to chase after him?
In this part of the plot, Rob is bullied by the Threemongers.
What is the rising action?
Sistine recites this famous William Blake poem at the tiger's funeral.
What is "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright"?
This is a memory Rob has where he and his mom see the original green.
What is looking up in to an oak tree at the sunlight in the leaves?
This character insults the class, says all people in the South are ignorant, and wants to set the tiger free!
Who is Sistine Bailey?
This happens at the beginning of the book and makes us wonder if it is really happening or just Rob's imagination.
What is see a tiger on the way to school?
What is the falling action?
This object symbolized a place where Rob could lock up his feelings and not think about them.
What's is a suitcase?
This type of weather was used to create a sad mood in the novel The Tiger Rising.
What is the rain?
This character teaches Rob how to express his feelings; he keeps her in his "suitcase."
Who is Caroline, Rob's mother?
This is how Rob gets the keys to the tiger's cage.
What is work for Beauchamp, feeding the tiger?
This part of exposition is best described as Rob being unable to express the way he is feeling, partly because he can’t fully accept the loss of his mother and partly because his father is keeping a lid on his own emotions.
What is Rob's overall conflict?
This object was Rob's symbol or sign of good luck.
What is the star in the neon sign at the Kentucky Star Motel?