This quiz assesses understanding of the initial chapters of 'The Westing Game', focusing on mood, narrative perspective, figurative language, genre, character differences, and idiomatic expressions. It's designed to enhance literary analysis skills and deepen comprehension of this mystery novel.
Major disaster
A birthday party
Crime or murder
A loud noise
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Joyful
Suspenseful
Merry
Sorrowful
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He runs track.
He wants to be a writer.
He doesn't go outside his apartment.
He kicks people in the shin when they touch his hair.
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Daring
Anxious
Bossy
Logical
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Decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell
To try to solve a problem; to deal with a problem
Not having enough of something for comfort or happiness
Someone who rents or leases a house, apartment, etc., from a landlord
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Someone who rents or leases a house, apartment, etc., from a landlord
Decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell
To try to solve a problem; to deal with a problem
Not having enough of something for comfort or happiness
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Sunset Towers in New York
A train station in Toronto
A magical castle called Hogwarts
An apartment building on the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin
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Flashback
Foreshadowing
Onomatopoeia
Simile
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Angela
Grace
Sydelle
Crow
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A comparison between unlike things that uses like, as, or than; ex. He ran like a fox.
Words that imitate sounds; ex. thump
The repetition of a word or phrase to stress something of importance; ex. Stop, stop, stop!
A comparison between unlike things that does NOT use like or as; ex. He is a lion on the football field!
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Screaming his head off
Ran out crazy-like
Bottom of the cliff
Never stopped screaming
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Not having enough of something for comfort or happiness
To try to solve a problem; to deal with a problem
Someone who rents or leases a house, apartment, etc., from a landlord
Decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell
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Decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell
To try to solve a problem; to deal with a problem
Not having enough of something for comfort or happiness
Someone who rents or leases a house, apartment, etc., from a landlord
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Flora Baumbach
Grace Wexler
Angela Wexler
Sydelle Pulaski
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A comparison between unlike things that uses like, as, or than; ex. He ran like a fox.
Words that imitate sounds; ex. thump
The repetition of a word or phrase to stress something of importance; ex. Stop, stop, stop!
A comparison between unlike things that does NOT use like or as; ex. He is a lion on the football field!
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Sydelle Pulaski came home with six cans of enamel, paint thinner, and brushes plus four wooden crutches.
Angela tries on her wedding dress.
Theo told Chris a story.
Mr. Hoo tells Doug to do his homework.
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Simile
Repetition
Hyperbole
Personification
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A comparison between unlike things that uses like, as, or than; ex. He ran like a fox.
When an author gives human characteristics to something that is not human; ex. the wind whispered
A phrase that means something other than what the words in it mean; ex. raining cats and dogs
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound throughout a line or passage; ex. Peter Piper picked a pepper.
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A comparison between unlike things that uses like, as, or than; ex. He ran like a fox.
Words that imitate sounds; ex. thump
The repetition of a word or phrase to stress something of importance; ex. Stop, stop, stop!
A comparison between unlike things that does NOT use like or as; ex. He is a lion on the football field!
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A phrase that means something other than what the words in it mean; ex. raining cats and dogs
When an author gives human characteristics to something that is not human; ex. the wind whispered
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound throughout a line or passage; ex. Peter Piper picked a pepper.
A comparison between unlike things that uses like, as, or than; ex. He ran like a fox.
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Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
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The repetition of a word or phrase to stress something of importance; ex. Stop, stop, stop!
A comparison between unlike things that uses like, as, or than; ex. He ran like a fox.
Words that imitate sounds; ex. thump
A comparison between unlike things that does NOT use like or as; ex. He is a lion on the football field!
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1st person through Turtle
3rd person omniscient narrator
3rd person limited to Turtle
3rd person switching from the perspective of one character to another
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A comparison between unlike things that uses like, as, or than; ex. He ran like a fox.
When an author gives human characteristics to something that is not human; ex. the wind whispered
A phrase that means something other than what the words in it mean; ex. raining cats and dogs
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound throughout a line or passage; ex. Peter Piper picked a pepper.
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