American Literature Final

Estevan

A Guatemalan refugee, he worked as an English teacher in Guatemala before he and his wife fled to the United States. He speaks beautiful English, and his kind ways inspire romantic feelings in Taylor. He lives in Mattie's building with his wife, Esperanza. He enlightens Taylor about the corruption of Central American governments.

Lou Ann Ruiz

A Kentuckian woman who settled in Tucson with her baby, Dwayne Ray. Her husband, Angel, has just walked out on her when the story begins, and Taylor and Turtle move in with her. She worries about the terrible accidents and horror stories she hears about, fearing for the safety of herself and her baby. More sensitive and more provincial than Taylor, she is nonetheless a survivor.

Newt Hardbine

A classmate of Taylor's. He drops out before graduation to help his family on its farm and dies before Taylor leaves Pittman County. He represents what could have been Taylor's fate had she not had a wonderful mother and the determination to leave town.

Mrs. Soames

A gossipy woman who sings in the choir along with Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs. __________ appears in the group of dead souls in Act III. One of the few townspeople we meet outside of the Webb and Gibbs families, _________ offers a sense of the interrelated nature of the lives of the citizens of Grover's Corners.

Constable Warren

A local policeman. _______ keeps a watchful eye over the community. His personal knowledge of and favor with the town's citizens bespeaks the close-knit nature of the town.

Professor Willard

A professor at the State University who gives the audience a report on Grover's Corners._________ appears once and then disappears. His role in the play is to interact with the audience and to inform theatergoers of the specifics of life in Grover's Corners. His reference to Native Americans reflects Wilder's understanding that the European ancestors of the current population in Grover's Corners replaced and extinguished the existing Native American populations.

Long spoons

According to Estevan, with what do people in heaven eat?

1901

Act I of Our Town is set in ______ (year)

alliteration

All of the following are characteristics of a spiritual, except: a.) call-and-response format b.) Biblical references c.) alliteration d.) refrain

"Super Bass"

All of the following are spirituals, except: a.) "Go Down, Moses" b.) "Give Me That Old Time Religion" c.) "Super Bass" d.) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

Delivering twin babies

As the play begins, where has Dr. Gibbs been?

Cameron John

At the end of The Bean Trees, what is the name of Lou Ann's boyfriend?

1-800-THE-LORD

At the end of The Bean Trees, what number did Taylor call and say that they have been a "Fountain of Faith" for her?

Tom

At the end of the novel, Daisy chooses to be with

past

Complete the quote from The Great Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the _____."

Jordan Baker

Daisy's friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, ___ represents one of the "new women" of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered. She is beautiful, but also dishonest: she cheated in order to win her first golf tournament and continually bends the truth.

Tom Buchanan

Daisy's immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick's social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, he is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms about his own extramarital affair with Myrtle, but when he begins to suspect Daisy and Gatsby of having an affair, he becomes outraged and forces a confrontation.

No

Does Esperanza have her stomach pumped out?

George Gibbs

Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs's son. A decent, upstanding young man, _______ is a high school baseball star who plans to attend the State Agricultural School after high school. His courtship of Emily Webb and eventual marriage to her is central to the play's limited narrative action. Wilder uses their relationship to ponder the questions of love and marriage in general.

Culinary arts

During his lifetime, Frederick Douglass was involved in all of the following things, except: a.) emancipation b.) civil rights c.) culinary arts d.) the government

To get an ice cream soda

During the flashback in Act II, where does George take Emily after she accuses him of being stuck up?

19th century

During what century did Paul Laurence Dunbar primarily write?

Sam Craig

Emily Webb's cousin, who has left Grover's Corners to travel west, but returns for her funeral in Act III. Though originally from the town, ______ has the air of an outsider. His unawareness of the events that have occurred in Grover's Corners during his absence parallels the audience's own unawareness.

Mr. Webb

Emily's father and the publisher and editor of the Grover's Corners Sentinel. His report to the audience in Act I is both informative and interactive, as his question-and-answer session draws the audience physically into the action of the play.

Mrs. Webb

Emily's mother and Mr. Webb's wife. At first a no-nonsense woman who does not cry on the morning of her daughter's marriage, _____ later shows her innocent and caring nature, worrying during the wedding that she has not taught her daughter enough about marriage.

Wally Webb

Emily's younger brother. ____ is a minor figure, but he turns up in Act III among the group of dead souls. _____ dies young, the result of a burst appendix on a Boy Scout trip. His untimely death underscores the brief and fleeting nature of life.

Ismene

Estevan and Esperanza's daughter, whom they left in Guatemala. She represents both the horror of political corruption and the desperation that can necessitate the abandonment of children.

Esperanza

Estevan's wife. Her grave demeanor is a reflection of her sorrowful past. Turtle's presence touches her because Turtle reminds her of the daughter she had to leave behind.

19th

Frederick Douglass lived, worked, and wrote during the ____ century.

Slave

Frederick Douglass was born a ________.

Slave narrative

Frederick Douglass' "from My Bondage and My Freedom" can best be described as what kind of nonfiction?

impress Daisy

Gatsby threw parties primarily in order to

Meyer Wolfsheim

Gatsby's friend, a prominent figure in organized crime. Before the events of the novel take place, he helped Gatsby to make his fortune bootlegging illegal liquor. His continued acquaintance with Gatsby suggests that Gatsby is still involved in illegal business.

Dr. Gibbs

George's father and the town doctor. _____ is also a Civil War expert. His delivery of twins just before the play opens establishes the themes of birth, life, and daily activity. He and his family are neighbors to the Webbs.

Mrs. Gibbs

George's mother and Dr. Gibbs's wife. ______ desire to visit Paris—a wish that is never fulfilled—suggests the importance of seizing the opportunities life presents, rather than waiting for things to happen. At the same time, her wish for the luxurious trip ultimately proves unnecessary in her quest to appreciate life.

Rebecca Gibbs

George's younger sister. Her role is minor, but she does have one very significant scene with her brother. Her remarks in Act I—about the location of Grover's Corners in the universe—articulate an important theme in the play: if the town is a microcosm, representative of the broader human community and the shared human experience, then this human experience of Grover's Corners lies at the center of a grand structure and is therefore eternal.

Cousins

How are Daisy and Nick related?

By feeding each other with long spoons

How do people eat in heaven, according to Estevan?

She takes advantage of the mall's free day care.

How does Sandi from Burger Derby afford baby-sitting for her child?

A woman gives Turtle to Taylor.

How does Taylor acquire Turtle?

She buys a Volkswagon bug.

How does Taylor spend the money she earns working at the hospital?

Six months

How long will it take for the new birth certificate to be issused in The Bean Trees?

Three

How many year(s) have gone by between Act I and Act II of Our Town?

Missy; Lou Ann

In The Bean Trees, chapters 1 and 3 focus on _______. Chapters 2 and 4 focus on ______.

point of view

In The Bean Trees, the _____ shifts from 1st person to 3rd person in chapter 2.

People from the South discriminate against African Americans.

In The Bean Trees, which of the following stereotypes is NOT perpetuated in chapters 1-4? a.) Everybody from Kentucky is a hillbilly. b.) People from the South discriminate against African Americans. c.) Hillbilly women all end up pregnant by the time they're 15. d.) Kentuckians ain't got no good dadgum edumacation.

Angel

In chapter 11 of The Bean Trees, from whom did Lou Ann receive a package?

Si Crowell

Joe's younger brother, also a paperboy. His assumption of his brother's former job contributes to the sense of constancy that characterizes Grover's Corners throughout the play.

Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes was a member of the ____________ school.

Granny Logan

Lou Ann's grandmother. She is provincial and harbors many prejudices about Angel's nationality. She hates the arid climate in Tucson and brings Lou Ann water from the Tug Fork River in Kentucky so that she may baptize Dwayne Ray properly

Mrs. Virgie Parsons

Lou Ann's grumpy neighbor, who sometimes baby-sits for the children. She makes insensitive remarks about immigrants.

Angel Ruiz

Lou Ann's husband, he is a Mexican man whom Lou Ann met when he worked in the rodeo in Kentucky. His prosthetic leg—the result of a pickup truck accident—wounds his pride terribly and makes him unhappy.

judgmental and meddlesome

Lou Ann's mother and grandmother can best be described as _______.

Ivy

Lou Ann's mother. She fights perpetually with Granny Logan, her mother-in-law. Like Granny Logan, she is provincial and has no interest in seeing Arizona.

Dwayne Ray

Lou Ann's son. He was born on New Year's Day.

Father William

Meeting a priest at Mattie's in The Bean Trees makes Taylor think of _________

Emily Webb

Mr. and Mrs. Webb's daughter and Wally's older sister. ___________ is George's schoolmate and next-door neighbor, then his fiancée, and later his wife. She is an excellent student and a conscientious daughter. After dying in childbirth, _________ joins the group of dead souls in the local cemetery and attempts to return to the world of the living. Her realization that human life is precious because it is fleeting is perhaps the central message of the play.

George Wilson

Myrtle's husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. He loves and idealizes Myrtle, and is devastated by her affair with Tom. _____ is consumed with grief when Myrtle is killed. He is comparable to Gatsby in that both are dreamers and both are ruined by their unrequited love for women who love Tom.

She got a job

Name one of the three things that Lou Ann started to do as she gained confidence in herself.

Daisy Buchanan

Nick's cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war, ______ was courted by a number of officers, including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, she harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, she decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite, she lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island. She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband's constant infidelity.

Lou Ann

Of the following, who to the reader's knowledge still goes by his or her original name? (A) Estevan (B) Lou Ann (C) Turtle (D) Taylor

Tires

Of what does Taylor Greer have an unnatural fear?

Alice Greer

Of whom does Mattie remind Taylor?

Drain the pool

On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City, what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?

Halloween

On what day does Angel Ruiz leave his wife?

New Hampshire

Our Town is set in the state of ________

he wrote slave narratives

Paul Lawrence Dunbar is characterized by all of the following things, except: a.) the last generation to have contact with former slaves b.) he wrote slave narratives c.) social issues in rebuilding after the Civil War d.) racial injustice

Carefree

Paul Lawrence Dunbar used all of the following styles in his writing, except: a.) eloquent b.) regional dialect c.) carefree d.) formal

19th

Paul Lawrence Dunbar wrote primarily during the ______ century.

Yes

Taylor loved Turtle enormously. Would Taylor allow Esperanza to keep Turtle for a daughter if she asked?

Sad

Taylor says the Sunset makes her feel _______.

Alice Greer

Taylor's mother, who lives in Kentucky. In Chapter One, Taylor says that her mother expects the best from her daughter and thinks that whatever Taylor does is wonderful. An encouraging, kind mother, she is the only part of Taylor's hometown that Taylor misses when she leaves.

"Daily Life"

The Stage Manager says Act I of Our Town "is dubbed" _______________

"Love and Marriage"

The Stage Manager says Act II of Our Town "is dubbed" _________________

"I reckon you can guess what that's about"

The Stage Manager says Act III of Our Town "is dubbed" _________________

Picasso

The author of the "Foreward" to Our Town says that Thornton Wilder did for the stage what two painters and a novelist did for art and the novel, respectively. Name one or more of these people: _____________________

melancholic

The author of the "Foreword" to Our Town says that all of the following are criticisms of the play, that it is all of these things except _________________ . a. dated b. melancholic c. sentimental d. simplistic

1988

The author of the "Foreword" to Our Town says that his opinion of the play was changed by the _____________ Lincoln Center production of the play.

ignored him

The author of the "Foreword" to Our Town says that the tragedy of Simon Stimson, the alcoholic choirmaster in the play, is that the townspeople ____________________ .

Collins

The author of the "Foreword" to Our Town says that what two painters did for painting and one writer did for writing, Thornton Wilder did for the stage. All of the following were mentioned by the author of the "Foreward' in that analogy, except ___________________ . a. Picasso b. Braque c. Joyce d. Collins

Edna Poppy

The blind woman who lives with Mrs. Parsons. She is much warmer than her roommate

Turtle

The child given to Taylor in the middle of the Cherokee nation. She gets her name from her clinginess, which reminds Taylor of the mud turtles in Kentucky. She is so quiet and unengaged that many believe her to be dumb or retarded. This silence, however, is due to her history: although she is only three years old, she has already been physically and sexually abused. Although Taylor has spent her life avoiding pregnancy, she keeps ______ with her.

Simon Stinson

The choirmaster, whose alcoholism and undisclosed "troubles" have been the subject of gossip in Grover's Corners for quite some time. Wilder uses his misfortunes to explore the limitations of small town life. ________ appears in the group of dead souls in Act III, having committed suicide by hanging himself in his attic. He is perhaps most notable for his short speech in Act III, when he says that human existence is nothing but "[i]gnorance and blindness."

Owl Eyes

The eccentric, bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion. Nick finds him looking through Gatsby's library, astonished that the books are real.

Stage Manager

The host of the play and the dramatic equivalent of an omniscient narrator. ______________ exercises control over the action of the play, cueing the other characters, interrupting their scenes with his own interjections, and informing the audience of events and objects that we cannot see. Although referred to only as _________ and not by a name, he occasionally assumes other roles, such as an old woman, a druggist, and a minister. Interacting with both the world of the audience and the world of the play's characters, he occupies a godlike position of authority.

Mr. Jonas Wilford Armistead

The legal authority in Oklahoma City who oversees Turtle's adoption. An old white man, he treats Esperanza and Estevan like ignorant foreigners.

Howie Newsome

The local milkman. His reappearance during every morning scene—once each in Acts I, II, and III—highlights the continuity of life in Grover's Corners and in the general human experience.

Mrs. Hoge and Irene

The mother and daughter, respectively, who run the Broken Arrow Motor Lodge, where they let Turtle and Taylor stay free of charge on their trip west.

Nick Carraway

The novel's narrator, ____ is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, ____ often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. After moving to West Egg, a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich, ______ quickly befriends his next-door neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. As Daisy Buchanan's cousin, he facilitates the rekindling of the romance between her and Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through his eyes; his thoughts and perceptions shape and color the story.

Mattie

The owner of Jesus Is Lord Used Tires and a mother figure for Taylor. She is wise and kind. She allows illegal immigrants to stay in her home, operating a kind of sanctuary. Her garden of beautiful vegetables and car parts is an inspiration for Turtle, whose first word is bean and who loves all kinds of vegetables.

Joe Crowell, Jr.

The paperboy. His routine of delivering papers to the same people each morning emphasizes the sameness of daily life in Grover's Corners. We see this sameness continue when His younger brother, Si, takes over the route for him. Despite this sameness, however, each of the conversations ____ has while on his route is unique, suggesting that while his activities are monotonous, daily life is not.

Father William

The priest who works with Mattie, transporting illegal immigrants to and from her house.

Taylor Greer

The protagonist of the novel, ____ also narrates much of the story. She is a strong, gutsy woman, and her voice is both sassy and kind. Born and raised in rural Kentucky, she leaves to escape a small life in her hometown. Like her mother, she is proud of her Cherokee blood.

Flashback

The reader learns about Daisy's past by way of a ___________ by Jordan Baker

Klipspringer

The shallow freeloader who seems almost to live at Gatsby's mansion, taking advantage of his host's money. As soon as Gatsby dies, _____ disappears—he does not attend the funeral, but he does call Nick about a pair of tennis shoes that he left at Gatsby's mansion.

Cynthia

The social worker who comes over after Turtle's run-in with a miscreant in the park. Her prim attitude annoys Taylor, but her intentions are good.

Jay Gatsby

The title character and protagonist of the novel, _____ is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. He is famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night, but no one knows where he comes from, what he does, or how he made his fortune. As the novel progresses, Nick learns that _____ was born James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota; working for a millionaire made him dedicate his life to the achievement of wealth. When he met Daisy while training to be an officer in Louisville, he fell in love with her. Nick also learns that he made his fortune through criminal activity, as he was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win Daisy. Nick views _____ as a deeply flawed man, dishonest and vulgar, whose extraordinary optimism and power to transform his dreams into reality make him "great" nonetheless.

Joe Stoddard

The town undertaker. _____ prepares Emily's grave and remarks on how sad it is to bury young people. This statement emphasizes a theme that grows ever more apparent throughout the play and receives its most explicit discussion in Act III: the transience of human life.

Lee Sing

The woman who owns the grocery store and Laundromat next door to Jesus Is Lord Used Tires. Her mother brought the original bean seeds from China, the descendents of which now grow in Mattie's yard.

A bird sanctuary

To what does Mattie compare her house?

Oklahoma

To where were Estevan and Esperanza going to be moved to a safe house, according to Mattie?

Myrtle Wilson

Tom's lover, whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. ______ herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation. Unfortunately for her, she chooses Tom, who treats her as a mere object of his desire.

software programmer

Walt Whitman mentions all of the following professions in "I Hear America Singing," except: a.) mechanics b.) software programmer c.) young wife d.) hatter

Lou Ann's Granny Logan and Lou Ann's mother Ivy

What 2 people come to visit from Kentucky in chapter 4?

Mi amor

What Spanish saying did Estevan say to Esperanza as he handed her a flower?

She leaves home with Tom.

What action does Daisy take after the car accident?

Estevan and Esperanza pretend to be her biological parents.

What allows Turtle's successful adoption?

Her Cherokee blood

What are Alice Greer's "head rights"?

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Go Down, Moses

What are the names of the two spirituals we covered?

All of the above

What bird symbolizes Turtle? (A) The bird that makes its home in a cactus (B) The quail (C) The bird that gets trapped in the house (D) All of the above

She is blind.

What conclusion does Taylor come to about Edna Mae Poppy?

Her twelfth birthday

What day from her earthly life does Emily decide to revisit in Our Town?

Series

What device did Walt Whitman use in the writing of "I Hear America Singing"?

Medallion of St. Christopher

What did Esperanza give Turtle in chapter 16?

She tried to kill herself

What did Esperanza try to do to herself during chapter 9?

The Jazz Age

What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?

Pop-top rings from beer bottles

What did Taylor and Estevan make a wish with?

Their pride

What did Taylor not want Espeanza and Estevan to sacrifice for her?

Paper dolls

What did Taylor play with as a child?

Combine

What did Turtle call the starry red and white yellow flowers that grew along the creek?

She has no legal claim on Turtle.

What disturbing news did the social worker give Taylor?

Excess, Wealth, desire for acceptance by Daisy

What do Gatsby's parties represent?

The eyes of God

What do the eyes of "Doctor T.J. Eckleburg" stand for?

My daughter

What does "mi hija" mean?

Hope and wait

What does Esperanza mean?

Take over his uncle's farm

What does George want to do after high school?

Tomato

What does Lou Ann buy from a vendor who operates out of a dilapidated truck?

April

What does Lou Ann think Turtle's real name is?

Devise a plan to get him back.

What does Lou Ann want to do after realizing that Angel has left her?

A coke bottle filled with Tug Fork Water

What does Lou Ann's grandmother bring her from Kentucky?

Mud

What does Mattie get splattered on the fenders of her four-wheeled Blazer when she takes it out for trips that she calls "bird watching"?

Money

What does Mattie give Taylor before she leaves on her trip?

Car tires

What does Mattie have in her garden besides vegetables and flowers?

Getting pregnant

What does Taylor avoid all through her years in Kentucky?

Esperanza asking if she could keep Turtle

What does Taylor identify as a reason she would have to give up Turtle?

That she has retired

What does Taylor's mam tell her at the end of the novel?

She has to learn about auto maintenance.

What does Taylor's mother require of her before she leaves Kentucky?

America singing

What does the narrator of "I Hear America Singing" hear?

The stage is bare except for two tables, some chairs, a bench, and two trellises.

What does the play's set look like at the beginning of the play?

Anatomically accurate dolls

What does the social worker bring with her for Turtle to play with?

They would take a cigar box and pretend to see into the future

What game did Lou Ann play with her brother when she was a child?

A sparrow

What gets loose in Lou Ann's house and Taylor gets out?

She was taken in a raid in their neighborhood

What happened to Estevan and Esperanza's daughter?

The car has to stop suddenly for a family of quail.

What happens that causes Turtle to mutter her first sound?

She is thought to be molested. However, there were no signs of it. Only a bruise was found of her shoulder.

What happens to Turtle in the park while Taylor is away?

She is unable to bear it and returns to the cemetery.

What happens when Emily goes back and relives the past?

James Gatz

What is Jay Gatsby's original name?

In the end, the work that a mother puts into a baby girl simply goes to another family.

What is Lee Sing's opinion about female children?

He rigged the 1919 World Series.

What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?

Minnesota

What is Nick's home state?

All of the above

What is ironic about Lou Ann's husband's name? a.) He's not very holy. b.) He is a horrible guardian. c.) He's not helpful. d.) All of the above

They can legally live on Cherokee land even though they have never met a Cherokee.

What is ironic about Missy and mama's head rights?

She's not really a turtle.

What is ironic about Turtle?

a dead blackbird

What is lying in the middle of the road when Taylor leaves in her trip w/ Estevan, Esperanza, and Turtle?

She doesn't have any legal papers or claim to Taylor.

What is one of the objections that Taylor raises to taking the Indian child? She doesn't have any legal papers or claim to Taylor. She doesn't know how to raise a child. She believes that the child needs medical attention first. She doesn't want to be a mother.

Losing Turtle

What is one of the two things Taylor is afraid of towards the end of The Bean Trees?

Lee Sing's back garden

What is something Taylor can see from the second floor of Mattie's?

He winds his watch.

What is the Stage Manager's final action?

Drama is a type of literature that has stage directions, includes dialogue, and is meant to be acted on stage.

What is the definition of drama?

Nonfiction is a type of literature that is based on true facts and not just the imagination of the author.

What is the definition of nonfiction?

Poetry is a type of literature that has rhythm, often times rhymes, and has a speaker or speakers.

What is the definition of poetry?

Long Island

What is the general setting of The Great Gatsby?

Ismene

What is the name of Estevan and Eperanza's real daughter?

Esperanza

What is the name of Estevan's wife?

"Blessed Be the Tie That Binds"

What is the name of the song the choir sings several times during the play?

Jesus is Lord Used Tires

What is the name of the tire store at which Mattie works?

Grover's Corners

What is the name of the town in Our Town?

Hispanic

What is the nationality of the author of "To Walt Whitman"?

Roosevelt Park

What is the park across from Jesus is Lord Used tires called?

He lost his leg in an accident.

What is the reason that Angel Ruiz appears to be so bitter?

1920s

What is the time setting of The Great Gatsby?

Rhizobia

What is the title of the last chapter of the Bean Trees?

It is raining

What is the weather like at the beginning of Act II in Our Town?

Two Two

What last name did Taylor suggest for Steven and Hope?

Dan Cody

What millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?

All of the above

What signals Lou Ann's growing sense of independence and confidence? (A) She gets a job at the Red Hot Mama's salsa factory (B) She stops comparing herself to a farm animal (C) She refuses to take Angel back (D) All of the above

baseball

What sport does George play in high school in Our Town?

Maryland

What state was Frederick Douglass born in?

free verse

What style of poetry writing did Walt Whitman use?

Hard work and honesty

What values are represented by the Midwest region of the US?

Beer bottles

What was one of the two things at the bootom of the boat in The Bean Trees?

Steven and Hope Two Two

What were the names that Estevan and Esperanza took on, when they posed as Turtle's biological parents?

a clock

When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house, what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?

Louisville

Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?

Oxford

Where did Gatsby study after the war?

Red Hot Mama's salsa factory

Where did Lou Ann get a job?

the desert

Where do Mattie, Esperanza, Estevan, and Taylor go together?

East Egg

Where do the Buchanans live?

The second floor at Mattie's

Where does Esperanza stay while she is recuperating?

West Egg

Where does Gatsby live?

They fought in the same battle in World War I.

Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from?

At Nick's house

Where does Gatsby's reunion with Daisy take place?

The park

Where does Turtle go while Taylor is away with Mattie, Estevean, and Esperanza?

at the hotel in New York

Where does the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby take place?

Between West Egg and New York City

Where is the valley of ashes?

Yale

Where were Nick and Tom educated?

Gatsby

Which character believed most earnestly (sincerely) in the American Dream?

Turtle

Which character did Taylor compare to the people on the Mayflower?

Mrs. Soames

Which character from the choir in Our Town loves to gossip?

Professor Willard

Which character in Our Town gives geological and scientific information about the town?

Mrs. Webb

Which character in Our Town says: "You're pretty enough for all normal purposes."

Turtle: Ismene

Which character is not matched with another name that they use during the novel? Turtle: Ismene Taylor Greer: Marietta Greer Mama Greer: Alice Elleston Esperanza: Hope

Simon Stimson

Which character is the Congregational church organist and choir director in Our Town?

George

Which character needs "hints" about the algebra homework in Our Town?

Professor Willard and Mr. Webb

Which characters does the Stage Manager bring out to tell the audience about the town?

Esperanza

Which of the following characters is not a single mother? Taylor Esperanza Sandi Lou Ann

San Francisco

Which of the following cities is NOT mentioned in the novel? a.) New York b.) Pittsburgh c.) Chicago d.) San Francisco

A picture of the Stage Manager

Which of the following does not get deposited in the time capsule? (A) A copy of Our Town (B) A copy of the Bible (C) A picture of the Stage Manager (D) An issue of The Sentinel

He questions Marietta about why she wants the job at the hospital.

Which of the following is not true about Hughes Walter? He resembles a blond Paul McCartney He is a northerner. He questions Marietta about why she wants the job at the hospital. He is a senior science teacher.

All of these

Which of the following statements are true about F. Scott Fitzgerald? a.) He was born in Minnesota. b.) He went to college in the East. c.) He claimed to fell like an outsider among the very rich. d.) He was named after Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner." e.) All of these

George moves out West alone.

Which of the following statements is NOT true? a.) George wants to take Myrtle out West. b.) George locks Myrtle in their apartment above the garage. c.) George kills Gatsby. d.) George moves out West alone.

It is written in first person point of view.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about The Great Gatsby? a.) It is written in third person point of view. b.) It is written in first peron point of view. c.) It is told in chronological order. d.) It is non-fiction.

I, II, III, and IV

Which of the following statements is true of the Stage Manager of Our Town? I.) He knows the future. II.) He takes on other roles. III.) He addresses the audience. IV.) He gives directions to the characters.

The apartment in New York City

Which of the following symbols does NOT represent the "careless" and lavish lifestyle of the wealthy? a.) Nick's bungalow b.) Gatsby's parties c.) The apartment in New York City d.) The games of golf and polo

She promises to go west until her car stops running.

Which of the promises that Marietta makes does she not keep? She keeps both promises. She promises to go west until her car stops running. She breaks both promises. She promises to choose a new name.

Romantic and selfish

Which pair of words best describes Daisy? a.) wealthy and generous b.) romantic and selfish c.) beautiful and kind d.) sensitive and generous

It represents high society

Which statement is NOT true of the Valley of Ashes? a.) It is the scene of Myrtle's death b.) It is the location of Wilson's business c.) It represents high society d.) It is the location of the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg

Lincoln

Which vechicle does Taylor drive on her trip w/ Estevan, Esperanza, and Turtle?

The Stage Manager

Who acts as the minister at the wedding in Our Town?

George

Who comes and lays prostrate beside Emily's grave at the end of the play?

Turtle

Who comes into the living room twice when Taylor and Estevan are talking?

Ismene

Who could be seen as Turtle's tragic counterpart?

Joe Crowell, Jr.

Who delievers the newspaper in Our Town?

Lou Ann and her mother Alice

Who did Taylor call in chapter 17?

George and Emily

Who gets nervous before the wedding in Our Town?

Rebecca

Who is George's little sister who loves money in Our Town?

Tom and Daisy

Who is being described in this quote: "They were careless people, ... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made ...."

Lou Ann

Who is chapter 4 primarily about?

Daisy

Who is described here: "Her voice is full of money."

Tom

Who is described here: "Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward."

Nick

Who is speaking: "I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores."

An actress played in the audience

Who is the Lady in the Box in Our Town?

Angela de Hoyos

Who is the author of "To Walt Whitman"?

Donald Margulies

Who is the author of the "Foreword" to Our Town?

Mr. Webb

Who is the editor of the Sentinel in Our Town?

St. Christopher

Who is the guardian saint of refugees?

Rebecca

Who is the speaker of the following words from Our Town? "The Crofut Farm; . . . United States of America; Continent of North America; Western Hemisphere; The Earth; The Solar System; The Universe; The Mind of God - that's what it said on the envelope."

Mrs. Gibbs

Who is the speaker of the following words from Our Town? "You know, Myrtle, it's been the dream of my life to see Paris, France. -Oh, I don't know . . . only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to."

The Stage Manager

Who leads Emily back to the cemetery?

Nick to Gatsby

Who said this to whom: "They're a rotten crowd... You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."

Emily

Who says this in Our Town? "I was really ready to make a speech about the Monroe Doctrine, but at the last minute Miss Corcoran made me talk about the Louisiana Purchase instead. I worked an awful time on both of them."

Esperanza

Who was Estevan's Cherokee Bride?

Joe Crowell, Jr.

Who was a brillant student planning to be an engineer, but who died in the war in Our Town?

Edna Poppy

Who was watching Turtle in the park when Taylor was away?

Mrs. Wickentot

Who wore high heels to the grocery store and thought she was the cat's meow in The Bean Trees?

Taylor

Who, at the end of the novel, is Turtle's "main ingredient" in her vegetable-soup song?

Myrtle

Whom does Tom hit?

He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

Why did Gatsby drop out of college?

She would rather anger her mother, who lives far away, than her mother-in-law, who lives nearby.

Why does Lou Ann decide to give Dwayne Ray a Catholic baptism?

He's Mexican.

Why does Lou Ann's mother not approve of Angel?

So that they can smell the rain

Why does Mattie take her friends into the desert one evening in July?

to show them a night-blooming cereus

Why does Mrs. Parsons come to the door of Taylor and Lou Ann in the middle of the night?

To learn about the bond business

Why does Nick move to New York?

to check on Turtle

Why does Taylor go to see Dr. Pelinowsky?

She taunts him about Daisy.

Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?

She's been sexually abused.

Why is Turtle so shy?

Edna Poppy, her baby-sitter, is blind.

Why was Turtle vulnerable to the prowler in the park?

Tappan Wilder; nephew; Chevy Chase

______________ wrote the afterword of Our Town. He is the _____ of Thornton Wilder. He is from _____________, Maryland

umlaut

a mark (¨) used as a diacritic over a vowel, as ä, ö, ü, to indicate a vowel sound different from that of the letter without the diacritic, especially as so used in German

external rhyme

a way of showing the musical theme of the poem (sound) (usually last word in line)

refrain

a word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at regular intervals in a poem or song

Proprietary

adj. privately owned and operated

congenial

adj.; agreeable

myriad

adj.; countless

benevolent

adj.; kindly; charitable

stark

adj.; rigid

salient

adj.; standing out from the rest

redolent

adj.; suggestive

Peremptory

adjective; being intolerably positive or assured; imperious

Vulnerable

adjective; capable of being wounded emotionally or physically; sensitive

Supercilious

adjective; disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn

Deft

adjective; skillful in a sure, quick and easy way; dexterous

Peremptorily

adv. the quality of being intolerably positive or assured

Haughtily

adv. the quality of having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain; contempt or scorn for others

19th century

during what century did Frederick Douglass write?

20th century

during what century did Langston Hughes write?

19th century

during what century did Walt Whitman write?

slave narrative

from "My Bondage and My Freedom" can best described as what type of literature?

slant rhyme

links two similar (but not exact) vowel sounds as in prove and love

Rhizobia

microscopic bugs that live underground in little knots on plant roots. They suck nitrogen gas out of the soil and turn it into fertilizer for the plant.

tempest

noun.; violent storm

depravity

noun; corruption; wickedness

guile

noun; craftiness

Hauteur

noun; disdainful pride; haughtiness; snobbery

consternation

noun; great fear or shock that makes one feel helpless or bewildered

stringency

noun; strictness; severity

Ectoplasm

noun; the outer layer of a cell, as distinguished from endoplasm

elegant and formal

the language used in "Douglass" is _____ ____ _____

An adress to go to in Oklahoma City

the secretary of the social worker gives Taylor 2 things before she leaves the office. Name one of those things.

from "Song of Myself"; "I Hear America Singing"

what 2 works by Walt Whitman did we study?

diversity, Universality, cycle of life

what 3 things did we talk about while studying Walt Whitman?

Call and response, reference to Scripture, refrain

what are the 3 characteristics of spirituals?

Go get the neighbors' TV

what does Lou Ann have to do to watch Mattie on television?

Laughter

what is Turtle's first sound?

Bean

what is Turtle's first word?

Gloomy

what mood is created through the description of the Valley of Ashes?

I, Too

what poem by Langston Hughes did we study?

Harlem Renaissance School

what school was Langston Hughes a part of?

language of the sea

what type of language is used in "Douglass"

among enslaved and oppressed African Americans

where did spirituals originate from?

to the MidWest

where does Nick go at the end of the novel after the funeral?

Klipspringer

who calls Gatsby's house about his shoes?

Henry C. Gatz (his father)

who comes to Gatsby's house to go to the funeral?

Meyer Wolfsheim

who does Nick go to see in the final chapter?

Paul Laurence Dunbar

who is the author of "Douglass"?

Langston Hughes

who is the author of "I, Too, sing America"?

Walt Whitman

who is the author of "Song of Myself" and "I Hear America Singing?

Angela de Hoyos

who is the author of "To Walt Whitman"?

Paul Laurence Dunbar

who is the author of "We Wear the Mask"?

Owl Eyes

who shows up at the graveyard?

Dan Cody

who was an alcoholic whose problem inspired Gatsby not to drink much?

he was born on a Maryland plantation

why did we study Frederick Douglass?

internal rhyme

words inside the same line that rhyme

Alice in Wonderland

"You Are Old, Father William" is a line from __________

green

(Based on first two paragraphs of p. 180 of The Great Gatsby) The color most consistenly used in the passage is _______

provide a sense of closure to the novel.

(Based on first two paragraphs of p. 180 of The Great Gatsby) The primary purpose of the passage is to ___________

can come up short in the realization of his dreams just like any other human.

(Based on first two paragraphs of p. 180 of the Great Gatsby) In the passage, the great Gatsby is summarized as a character who ___________

Some dreams are not attainable.

(Based on first two paragraphs of p. 180 of the Great Gatsby) The narrator of the passage implies that:

end

(Based on first two paragraphs of p. 180 of the Great Gatsby) The passage comes from the _____ of the novel.

Sight

(Based on first two paragraphs of p. 180 of the Great Gatsby) The sense that is appealed to most in the passage is ______.

to suggest that Esperanza is fragile

(Based on the 1st paragraph on p. 125 of The Bean Trees) It can be inferred that the primary purpose of the passage is a.) to bring out that Estevan and Esperanza are different sizes. b.) to suggest that Esperanza is fragile. c.) to show that Estevan and Esperanza are husband and wife. d.) to show that Estevan and Esperanza wear different clothes.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

(Based on the poem on p. 659) The author of the poem is _______

the sea

(Based on the poem on p. 659) The extended metaphor in the poem is _______

Frederick Douglass

(Based on the poem on p. 659) The poem is a tribute to _______

ababab

(Based on the poem on p. 659) The rhyme scheme of the second stanza of the poem is ________

you

(Based on the poem on p. 659) The subject of the poem is addressed as all of the following, except: a.) thou b.) thy c.) Douglass d.) you

Formal

(Based on the poem on p. 659) The tone of the poem is _______