Where did Jill go to meet Rita at the beginning of the story?
What is the funeral home.
100
What theme would this quote apply to: "The casket was lined with crushed silk, its scarlet sheen hot on the heavily rouged cheeks, the carmine lips, the dyed orange hair plastic-looking as a doll's."
What is beauty.
100
Who is mysterious, intimidating, unsettling
Who is the man in the car.
100
Who does this quote refer to: "She could hear them laughing, voices high and excited like eighth-graders' leather heels clumping behind her in the clumsy gait of adolescence."
Who are the kids who harassed Jill.
200
What other Dybek story did we examine in Ms. Holden's class?
What is "We Didn't"
200
What kind of car does the man drive?
What is a Pontiac.
200
This quote relates most clearly the theme of...
“She wasn’t going to hang around the neighborhood forever, get herself knocked up, tied down with a bunch of kids, married to a truck driver. A few of them understood that. Nobody hassled her."
What is growing up.
200
Who is kind, nervous, contemplative, intelligent, sensitive?
Who is Jill?
200
Who says this quote, "Relax, babe, enjoy the ride. You're with a class driver."
Who is the blond in the car.
300
Which Dybek collection book is this particular story from?
What is "Childhood and Other Stories"
300
Would you say that the characters live in a wealthy neighborhood or not?
No
300
This quote most closely relates to what theme:
"Rita said she wanted to die young and have her naked body frozen in a block of crystal ice and displayed once a year on the anniversary of her death:
What is beauty.
300
Who is rough, bold, unpolished, and free spirited?
Who is Rita?
300
Who said this quote: "This might sound weird, but I went to the wrong wake."
Who is Jill.
400
What is the main theme of the majority of the author's writing?
What is young love.
400
What state does the story take place?
What is Indiana.
400
What theme does this quote apply to: "She remembered when the father of a distant cousin had died, a cousin she’d once spent part of a summer with at a lake, whom she hadn’t seen since."
What is growing up.
400
Who yells at Jill at the funeral?
Who is the dead woman's sister.
400
Who said this, "“Yours are bigger, but she’s got pear-shaped.”"
Who is the man in the car.
500
Where was Stuart Dybek born?
What is Chicago
500
What age group would you consider the main characters?
What are teenagers.
500
What theme would you say this quote is an example of: "“Yours are bigger,” he said to Rita, “but she’s got pear-shaped.””
What is beauty.
500
Why is Jill disappointed in the man from Pancho?
Because he is unattractive.
500
Who is the best friend in this quote, " She suddenly had the dizzying feeling that her best friend was setting her up."