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Question for 5 Points
Why has Amy been
forced to take up
“psychological
warfare?”
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Her gifts of extensive
vocabulary and voice
impersonation
sometimes prove
inadequate.
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Question for 10 Points
What causes Amy to
“step back in horror?”
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Answer for 10 Points
The look of the hooded
faces.
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Question for 15 Points
What two literary
devices does Amy use
to make her trick more
believable?
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Similes and metaphors
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Question for 20 Points
What causes the
suspense in the story
Gore by Sarah Ellis?
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The reader is not aware
that Amy is creating
what is being
described.
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Amy demonstrates a
change of heart about
her brother during the
story. How does this
new view differ from
her original
description?
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Amy previously
wondered how her and
Lucas were even
related when they were
so different. She then
refers to him as her
“dear twin” and her
“boon companion”.
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Question for 5 Points
What were Pete and
Quilla arguing about
when Trisha wandered
off?
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Pete’s inability to make
friends at school.
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Question for 10 Points
Trisha “felt almost all
right for the first time
since that nasty minnow
had started swimming
around in her midsection.”
What is the image of the
minnow describing?
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Her discomfort/fear of
being lost in the woods.
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Question for 15 Points
Why did Trisha cry
after the Red Sox won
the game that she
believed would decide
her own fate?
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She was crying out of
relief.
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Question for 20 Points
How does the “tough
tootsie” cause
problems for Trisha?
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Tough Tootsie is
discouraging.
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Question for 25 Points
Trisha finds numerous
ways to comfort herself
while she is lost in the
woods, provide at least
two ways that Trisha
does this.
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Remembering friends
and family.
Singing songs that
made her happy.
Using her imagination
to explain unknown
sounds.
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Question for 5 Points
Why is it important for
Trisha to stay
motivated in the
woods?
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It gives her the
determination to stay
alive.
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Question for 10 Points
Why is the “special
thing” scary to Trisha
before there has been
any indication if it
actually exists?
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It is a fear of the
unknown. Trisha is told
it is there, but it cannot
see it.
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Question for 15 Points
Name the two people
who play very
important roles in
saving Trisha before
she is reunited with her
family.
Show Answer
Tom Gordon and Travis
Herrick.
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Question for 20 Points
Who are the three gods
Trisha encounters in
the woods?
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The Subaudible, The
God of Tom Gordon and
The God of the Lost.
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Question for 25 Points
How is suspense
developed when the
batteries in Trisha’s
walkman died?
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The batteries dying
could indicate that
Trisha is dying.
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Question for 5 Points
Who was blamed for
Trisha’s disappearance
by an anonymous
caller?
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Francis Raymond
Mazzerole
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Question for 10 Points
What quality does
Trisha possess that
helps her make rational
decisions?
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Intelligence
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Question for 15 Points
Other than Amy and
Lucas, who are the
other characters
mentioned in Gore?
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The Hooded Faces and
Amy and Lucas’s
parents
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Question for 20 Points
What type of conflict is
created with Trisha
being lost in the
woods?
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Man vs. Nature
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Question for 25 Points
Trisha is concerned
that her legs will give
out on her to which she
says “if they do I’ll
crawl,” this is an
indication of what?
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Her determination to
live
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Question for 5 Points
What literary device is
used by Stephen King
with Trisha’s walkman?
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Symbolism
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Question for 10 Points
In the story Gore, Amy
asks herself “the
chocolate cheesecake
or the Uzi?” what is she
trying to decide on?
Show Answer
Her plan of attack on
Lucas.
Chocolate cheesecake
= false bribery
Uzi = Telling on Lucas
for something he has
done before
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Question for 15 Points
Trisha often sings the
jingle of a windshield
repair shop to herself.
This is an example of
which literary device?
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Motif
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Question for 20 Points
Why did Stephen King
include a snake in his
novel The Girl Who
Loved Tom Gordon?
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Snakes are something
many people are afraid
of.
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Question for 25 Points
There are numerous
allusions in The Girl
Who Loved Tom
Gordon, name at least
four of them.
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M.A.S.H, Tarzan, Uncle
Scrooge, Little Black
Sambo, Little House on
the Prairie, The Hobbit
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What do you have for
homework?
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Study for your exam
tomorrow!
Review Gore and use
the timeline to
remember parts of
The Girl Who Loved
Tom Gordon
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