LITERATURE REVIEW DOUBLE JEOPARDY
AUTHORS
SYMBOLISM
POTPOURI
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FINAL JEOPARDY
This author
created Daisy
from his own
wife.
CATEGORY 1
200 POINTS
Who is F.Scott
Fitzgerald?
CATEGORY 1
200 POINTS
He wrote The
Kite Runner
CATEGORY 1
400 POINTS
Who is
Khaled
Hosseini?
CATEGORY 1
400 POINTS
This author, unlike the
protagonist’s older brother , refused
to sell out to Hollywood and turn
his novel into a movie.
CATEGORY 1
600 POINTS
Who is J.D. Salinger?
CATEGORY 1
600 POINTS
In addition to The Pearl,
this author also wrote
another story read this
year.
CATEGORY 1
800 POINTS
Who is John
Steinbeck and Of
Mice and Men
CATEGORY 1
800 POINTS
This author’s handicapped
son’s name is Sheehan.
CATEGORY 1
1000 POINTS
Who is Terry
Trueman?
CATEGORY 1
1000 POINTS
Liesel stealing the book from
the fire symbolizes
CATEGORY 2
200 POINTS
What is her
protest against
Hitler’s regime?
CATEGORY 2
200 POINTS
This type of animal
symbolizes Lennie’s
American dream.
CATEGORY 2
400 POINTS
What is a rabbit?
CATEGORY 2
400 POINTS
This piece of clothing symbolizes
Holden’s need to be different and his
discomfort in the world.
CATEGORY 2
600 POINTS
What is the red
hunting hat?
CATEGORY 2
600 POINTS
This children’s game,
although not popular in the
US, symbolizes freedom.
CATEGORY 2
800 POINTS
What is flying a
kite?
CATEGORY 2
800 POINTS
In one novel the
color white
symbolizes death,
in the other,
innocence.
DAILY
DOUBLE
CATEGORY 2
500 POINTS
What are The
Book Thief and
The Great Gatsby?
CATEGORY 2
500 POINTS
One conflict in The Kite
Runner stems from the
fact that Hassan belongs
to this religious sect.
CATEGORY 3
200 POINTS
What is
Hazara?
CATEGORY 3
200 POINTS
Another symbol of Holden’s
inability to keep Phoebe and
other children innocent, he
accidentally breaks this
record
CATEGORY 3
400 POINTS
What is “Little
Shirley Beans”
CATEGORY 3
400 POINTS
Because all of the characters in
Of Mice and Men were
stereotypes of Americans during
this time, it could be said that
this novel was a
_______________ of the real
world. (not symbol)
CATEGORY 3
600 POINTS
What is a
microcosm?
CATEGORY 3
600 POINTS
FINAL JEOPARDY
FINAL JEOPARDY
These six words illustrate the
themes of friendship and loyalty
in The Kite Runner.
CATEGORY 4
What are, “For you, a thousand
times over.”
CATEGORY 4
400 POINTS
CATEGORY 4
500 POINTS