Baffle me British
Plotting Points
his"T"ory
Phony Advertising
Potpourri
200
The bathroom
What is a loo?
200
The protagonist from the novel.
Who is Ada Smith?
200
Used to cover windows at night to keep German planes from hitting specific targets.
What are blackout curtains?
200
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a political cause of point of view.
What is propaganda?
200
The author of the novel
Who is Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
400
An apartment
What is a flat?
400
The antagonist from the novel
Who is Mam?
400
Each person was given a card that allowed them to get a certain amount of food and supplies.
What is rationing?
400
The reason a photograph of an area of London that is destroyed during bombings is 1941 is censored.
What is to keep the citizens from becoming discouraged or scared?
400
The genre of the novel.
What is historical fiction?
600
Fancy
What is posh?
600
The two settings of the story
What are London and Kent? or What are Mam's flat and Susan's house?
600
Places people took shelter from air raids
Anderson Shelters
600
The suppression or prohibition of information that is considered to be obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to society
What is censorship?
600
A young man who offers help to Ada in several ways during the novel.
Who is Stephen White?
800
A line
What is a queue
800
The title of the story is symbolic of several storylines in the novel. It is also which type of literary element?
A paradox
800
This took place on September 1, 1939
What is the evacuation of children from London?
800
The audience of this piece of propaganda
Who are Allied citizens? (British or American)
800
Lady Thornton and Susan are both a part of this wartime organization
What is the WVS?
1000
Stole
What is nicked?
1000
The climax of the novel
When Ada and Jamie leave Mam for a second time to return to Susan.
1000
Called a miracle by Winston Churchill
What is the Battle of Dunkirk?
1000
The propaganda appeal techniques used on this poster (Name two of the three!)
What are use of appeal to a person's patriotism, the ease of participation, and peer pressure (everyone is doing it)?
1000
She and Ada work together to help the survivor of Dunkirk
Who is Daisy?