Letter from Birmingham Jail
The American Embassy
The Hawk Can Soar
Vocab Vocab
100

What is the full name of the person who wrote the "Letter from Birmingham"?

Who is.... Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
100

Which country did the story "The American Embassy" take place? (City and COUNTRY)

Where is......Lagos, Nigeria?

100

Who wrote "The Hawk Can Soar"?


A. Randy Davemport

B. Randi Davenport

C. Rayna Daven

Who is....Randi Davenport?

100

A few minutes later, the man and the hawk are gone and nothing left but the road ahead, occult, unknown and yet so familiar...What is another word for occult?


What is... mysterious/hidden/supernatural/paranormal/magic? 

200

What year did MLK write this letter?

What is....1963?

200

TRUE OR FALSE?

The main character in the story suffered from PTSD after watching her son being murdered.

WHAT IS...TRUE?

200

What disease did the main character have?

What is....transmitted in autosomal dominant pattern?

200

_______means spreading harmfully in a subtle way. What word fits here?

What is.....INSIDIOUS?

300

_______________seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiation is forced to confront the issue. 

A. Violent campaign 

B. Nonviolent campaign

C. Nonviolent direct action

What is....Nonviolent direct action?

300

Fill in the blank:


A solider was _______ a bespectacled man with a long whip that curled in the air before it landed on the man's face..


A. flamboyant

B. flogging

C. Nondescript

What is....FLOGGING?

300

What type of doctor CORRECTLY diagnosed the main character in the story?

A. Pediatrician 

B. Neuromuscular Disease specialist

C. Neurologist

What is a....Neuromuscular Disease specialist?


300

His swagger was as ______ as that of the men who four nights ago broke her back door open and barged in. 

A. Flamboyant

B. Showy

C. Bright 

What is....FLAMBOYANT?

400

What does CLC stand for?

A. Christian Leadership Conference 

B. Conference leads Christians

C. Confederate leads Christians

What is....Christian Leadership conference?

400

What does "naira" mean?

What is ....Nigerian money?

400
TRUE OR FALSE?

The main character inherited this disease from her father and grandfather.

What is.....TRUE?

400

A _______face with a dark complexion unusually smooth for a man.

A. unusual

B. normal

C. nondescript

D. distinguished

What is.... NONDESCRIPT?

500
In 1963, MLK organized a protest; specifically a MARCH. What was this March called?

What is....March on WASINGTON?

500

What is ONE of the main reasons people go to the Embassy?

A. Safety & Security

B. Resources

C. Visas

D. Both A & D

What is.... Safety & Security AND VISAS?

500

What does the author do at the end of the memoir?

A. She has an epiphany about her disease

B. She watches the hawk soar above the long road

C. She drives toward home

D. She watches a hawk hunt for prey in a field.

What is... She drives towards home?

500
Unscramble this word:

NAEDTCUNIOI


DENUNCIATION 

**HINT: this word is from The American Embassy**

What is....DENUNCIATION?