Name _____________________________________
English / Block H
Section
Character
Matching
Date______________________
Ms. Healey
Nothing but the Truth – Exam Format
Notes
Topics
Jake Barlow
- Radio talkshow host
Anita Wigham
- Miss Narwin’s sister; lives in Florida; MN sends her letters
Phillip Malloy
- Main char; hums national anthem; gets suspended; exaggerates; likes track; moves to Washington
Academy; in HS
- P’s father; sides with P; does not like his boss; hypocrite bc he encourages P to stand up for himself but
doesn’t stand up to his own boss and pushes P to be studious and patriotic when he is not; drop-out
Ben Malloy
Miss Narwin
Dr. Palleni
- Teacher of English; sends P to principal’s office; demanding; loves lit and wants to teach;
passionate about her job; Peg
- Suspends P; VP
Mr. Lunser
- P’s old homeroom teacher; sarcastic with Philip; threatens to make Phil sing Nat Anth as a
punishment
Sarah Gloss
- tells P that Allison likes him 
Miss Rooney
- new teacher at Washington Academy; invites P to sing the Nat Anth
Ted Griffen
- P’s neighbor; running for School Board; uses P’s story to his advantage
Jack London
- author of The Call of the Wild
Dr. Seymour
- superintendent of schools; blindsided by the P scandal; main goal is to pass the budget
Dr. Doane
- principal of high school; thinks MN is best teacher in the school; also her former student
Jennifer Stewart
- reporter for The Manchester Record; makes people tell the story the way she wants them to
Coach Jamison
- coaches track; told P to approach MN and make amends and do more work
Questions I Still Have
Section
True /
False
Topics
Statements
related to main
events in the
story…
Notes
1. P got a D in English
2. Not allowed to do track
3. P hums in homeroom and gets sent to the office, which results in suspension.
4. Ted G makes speeches about patriotism
5. Jen S interviews people and makes a controversial story about P’s issue
6. Jake B starts telegrams which criticize MN and make her feel bad 
7. P wants to leave school bc kids don’t like him anymore 
8. Miss N wants to quit and go to her sister
9. P goes to new school
(Suggestion:
create list of
main events)
Multiple
Choice
Related to
Poe
Questions
related to Poe’s
life, “Annabel
Lee,” “The
Raven,” “The
Tell-Tale Heart”
and “The Pit and
the Pendulum”
(Suggestion:
Write main facts
about Poe and a
brief description
of the stories)
10. Miss N resigns
Poe’ s Life:
- parents were actors; both died
- lost loved ones to Tuberculosis: mom, foster mom, wife
- 13 yr old wife/cousin – Virginia
- dies in Baltimore of rabies!
- stories relate to his real life
“Annabel Lee”
- about his love
- AL was killed by angels bc they were jealous of their love and happiness
- visits her grave; connected even in death
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
- mad man who is disturbed by old man’s eye and decides to kill him
- does not admit to madness
- confesses crime to cops after hearing heartbeat
- heart beat = his own heart racing OR his guilty conscience
“The Pit and the Pendulum”
- innocent man taken to a dungeon where he is almost killed by a scythe, a pit, iron plates
- accused of going against the Catholic church
- saved by the French (and some rats, too)
Questions I Still Have
Section
Short
Answer 1
Topics
Relates to
distortion of the
truth throughout
the novel…
(Suggestion:
Create a timeline
of how the truth
becomes
distorted)
Short
Answer 2
Analyzing a
political cartoon
and relating the
message to the
novel…
(Suggestion:
make a list of
ways to analyze a
political cartoon)
Notes
- P is in homeroom humming along (innocently) --- BONUS! Annoys MN
- MN scolds him;
- P hums in MN’s rooms again; sent to office; says he was humming/singing
- he complains about her to his parents that she is “out to get him”
- P hums a third time; gets sent to the office = 2 days suspension
- Tells JS that he was just being patriotic by singing; she exaggerates it more
- Becomes national news
- Ted G emphasizes the Patriotic issue, making it even more intense!
- Jake B encourages people to write telegrams…MEAN!
- Others encourage P to stand up for his rights
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Read words first
Look at background images
Examine facial expressions
Look for theme or concept in the title
Who do the characters symbolize or represent?
Is it serious or humorous?
Examine outfits and accessories
Connect to characters in the novel
FIGURE OUT THE MESSAGE OF THE CARTOON FIRST
Questions I Still Have