WorksheetsSerial
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Sarah Koenig first hooks or grabs the attention of the listener in the first few
seconds by… *
Statement of facts and explaining personal connection
Statement of facts and reciting a quote about justice
Personal connection and telling an imaginary scenario
Personal connections and reciting a quote about justice
Sarah Koenig most vividly illustrates her point that it is very hard to account for your time in a detailed way by…
Trying it herself
Having Adnan explain what he did for an hour after school in 1999
Having teenagers try it and then play a recording of their responses
Having teenagers try it then reporting their answers
Rabia Chaudry contacted Sarah Koenig to help out with the case because
She knew Sarah Koenig could turn it into a popular podcast
She knew Sarah Koenig had done an article on Adnan’s lawyer in the past
She knew Sarah Koenig had “white privilege” and could get the files she needed
She knew Sarah Koenig had handled a similar story in the past
I read a few newspaper clips about the case, looked up a few trial records. And on paper, the case was like a
Shakespearean mashup-- young lovers from different worlds thwarting their families, secret assignations, jealousy, suspicion, and honor besmirched, the villain not a Moor exactly, but a Muslim all the same, and a final act of murderous revenge. And the main stage? A regular old high school across the street from a 7-Eleven.
From the passage above, what literary device as a part of the author’s craft does Sarah Koenig use?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Allusion
Foreshadowing
From the passage above, what is she trying to get at by saying, “not a Moor exactly, but a Muslim all the same…?
That Moors from Shakespeare’s time are ancient Muslim ancestors
That Moors from Shakespeare’s time and Muslims are known assassins
That Moors from Shakespeare’s time and Muslims show signs of honor
That Moors from Shakespeare’s time are often villainized as Muslims are today
Which context clue best explains what is meant by “not a Moor exactly, but a Muslim all the same…?”
young lovers from different worlds thwarting their families
jealousy, suspicion, and honor besmirched
the villain not a Moor exactly, but a Muslim all the same
a final act of murderous revenge
Prosecutor Kevin Urick told the jury in his opening statement, “He became enraged. He felt betrayed that his honor had been besmirched, and he became very angry, and he set out to kill Hae Min Lee.”
Sarah Koenig later (in episode 10) claims that the prosecutor uses the word choice “besmirched” to…
Bring to mind connotations of a word from the old country where honor killings happened.
Bring to mind connotations of a trophy being tarnished since Hae was considered a trophy to him.
Bring to mind connotations of being dirty since the prosecutor wanted Adnan to seem dirty
Bring to mind connotations of reputation being ruined since Hae caused Adnan to ruin his reputation
What key primary source is valid in determining what Hae and Adnan’s relationship was like?
Adnan’s first-hand account
Hae’s scholar-athlete video
Adnan’s journal
Hae’s diary
Adnan and Hae’s relationship begins and ends with a
School dance
School athletic event
Entrance and exit from the magnet program
Entrance and exit from high school
What Adnan and Hae have in common that Adnan’s cites as having the most appeal about being in a relationship with each other is
They both were in the magnet program
They both had strict immigrant parents
They both play sports
They both have mutual friends
If you wanted to prove that Adnan was unhealthily obsessed over Hae, which testimony would be the strongest evidence to use in your case?
A quote from Aisha saying, “she would like to show me notes they shared…it was a relationship that was constantly secret”
A quote from Hae saying, “How dare he get mad at me for planning to hang with Isha!”
A quote from Aisha saying, “just the constant paging her if she was out, um, and he’s like, “Well I just wanted to know where you were.” And it’s like, “I told you where I was gonna be.”
A quote from Hae saying, “Adnan dropped by Isha’s late. With carrot cake!”.
The cops find Hae’s body because
Jay told them where to search for it because he helped bury the body
Mr. S told them where to search for it because he found it by chance
The police dogs found her body because they picked up her scent
Adnan told them where to search because he helped bury the body
The mood that is created in the Leakin Park visit can best be described as...
Ominous and somber
Idyllic and happy
Serious and overwhelming
Welcoming and peaceful
Which words does Koenig use to set this mood? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
It’s huge, over 1000 acres
Reputation …for the beauty of its woods...trails…nature center
Sadly…its dead bodies
A macabre website dedicated to Baltimore murders lists…
On a freezing day we went…back into the woods
Sarah Koenig
What’s that?
Justin George
Look at it. I mean, the sign says a lot.
Sarah Koenig
It say’s “This area patrolled. Dumpers will be prosecuted.” You could barely read it. It’s hard to read a sign that’s covered in graffiti and pierced with seven bullet holes. In fact, the cops found twenty cartridge casings in right about this spot when they collected evidence in 1999.
Sarah Koenig most likely includes this conversation and description to…
Point out a situationally ironic sign because this park is known as a body dumping ground and give details that will illustrate the dangers of being in this park.
Point out a dramatically ironic sign because this park is known as a body dumping ground and to give details that will illustrate the dangers of being in this park.
Point out a situationally ironic sign because this park is known as a body dumping ground and to give details that will illustrate why Adnan wouldn’t have known where this park was located.
Point out a dramatically ironic sign because this park is known as a body dumping ground and to give details that will illustrate why Adnan wouldn’t have known where this park was located.
The reason Koenig doesn't want to give Mr. S’s name is because…
He is still a suspect
He is a streaker
He is in witness protection
He is a murderer
The detectives are able to get a subpoena for Adnan’s cell phone records because
They have sufficient evidence now that they have received a call from a Jay who tells them Adnan killed Hae
They have sufficient evidence now that they have received a call from Jenn who tells them Jay told her Adnan killed Hae
They have sufficient evidence now that they have received a call from an anonymous male who tells them Adnan used to take Hae to Leakin Park
They have sufficient evidence now that they have received a call from an anonymous male who tells them Adnan used to take Hae to Leakin Park and that a friend of Adnan would probably know something. The friend mentions something about dumping a car at a lake which is what the anonymous called also said.
When Jenn is first brought in for questioning she tells the detectives that she doesn’t know anything. But later that night she changes her mind. What
makes her change her mind?
She feels guilty
She wants justice
She thinks she might get charged
She thinks Jay might get charged
In Jenn’s statement, what motive did she supply the detectives?
Adnan said that Hae cheated on him
Adnan said that Hae broke his heart
Adnan said that it was an accident
Adnan said that he wanted to kill someone with is bare hands
Jenn incriminates herself by confessing that…
She knew about the murder from Jay and helped Jay escape from Adnan
She knew about the murder from Jay and helped Jay form a story
She knew about the murder from Jay and helped Jay get rid of some evidence
She knew about the murder from Jay, but refused to help him cover it up
What challenge does Adnan pose of Koenig as his way of proving that it would be impossible for the murder to occur between 2:15 and 2:36?
A challenge to map out the route on Google maps and see the estimated time of arrival
A challenge to ask current students at Woodlawn high school how long it would take to leave the school parking lot
A challenge to ask past students how long it used to take to leave the school parking lot
A challenge to map out the route in real time by visiting the school and timing the drive to Best Buy
Adnan is disappointed because
The results didn’t prove what he had hoped they would
Sarah refused to do the challenge
The challenge made Sarah believe he was guilty
Sarah ended up calling him a liar.
At trial, Adnan’s lawyer brings up this phone booth when she’s trying to attack Jay’s credibility. She says to the
judge, “we believe that the physical description of the actuality of Best Buy, including the location of the phone
booth at Best Buy, the entrance, the existence or non-existence of security cameras,” etc., she goes on.
A better way to “attack Jay’s credibility” would have been to
Show logical evidence that there wasn’t a payphone at Best Buy by posting a picture of the parking lot
Use ethical appeals to show that Jay has lied many times in the past about the call location
Show logical evidence that Jay didn’t know where Best Buy was located so he couldn’t have picked Adnan up
Use emotional appeals to show that Jay has lied many times in the past about the call location
Even though the cell phone records don’t plot out to match the timeline of Jay’s story, which is the main part of the call records that looks very incriminating for Adnan?
Adnan’s cellphone pings at Best Buy
Adnan’s cellphone pings at Hae’s house
Adnan’s cellphone pings at Leakin Park
Adnan’s cellphone pings at Woodlawn High School
If you wanted to prove that Adnan is guilty, which forms of evidence would you use? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
His palm print is on the map in Hae’s car and a page that has Leakin Park on it is ripped out
He may have asked Hae for a ride because he first told the police that he did then he said he didn’t
He would walk around Leakin Park a lot
He called Hae obsessively before and after she disappeared
There is a call on his phone that only he would make (not Jay)
The first thing that Cathy finds really strange is that
Jenn brings both Jay and Adnan to her house, and she has never met Adnan
Jay brings Adnan to her house uninvited and Jay has never been to her house without Jenn
Adnan drops by her house uninvited
Jenn brings Adnan to her house uninvited
The second thing that Cathy find really strange is that
Jay is stoned
Adnan is stoned
Jay gets a call and acts paranoid
Adnan gets a call and acts paranoid
Adnan tells Koenig about a case similar that involved a male named Justin Wolfe. In which ways are Adnan and Justin’s cases similar. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
Like Adnan, people thought of Justin as a good kid even though he was hanging around some tougher types
Like Adnan, Justin was a drug dealer
Like Adnan’s lawyer, Justin’s lawyer was later found to be a bad lawyer
Like Adnan’s witness, Justin’s case had a witness that was never heard from
Like Adnan’s case, all accomplices served at least some jail time
Sarah Koenig’s main objective for bringing Deirdre Enright onto the podcast is to…
Add credibility to the “Adnan is innocent” theory by bringing in an expert lawyer who had found flaws in Justin Wolfe’s case.
Add credibility to the “Adnan is guilty” theory by bringing in an expert lawyer who can add to the insights about the things that incriminate Adnan
Take away credibility of the original cellphone expert’s testimony by bringing in a different cellphone expert to review the records
Take away credibility of Jay’s testimony by bringing in an expert who knows how to tell if people are lying
By bringing in Deirdre Enright, her help has the potential to...
Add Pathos to the case through her expertise
Add Pathos to the case through her optimistic and caring nature
Add Logos to the case through scientific testing of DNA
Add Logos to the case through her observation that psychopaths are rare
The state’s case against Adnan Syed hinged on Jay’s credibility. Which tactic below was the best example of an Ethos appeal to the jury in regards to believing Jay’s story.
Stella Armstrong - He seemed like he was streetwise, can I-- I hope that’s the best way to put it. He seemed like he got around in the neighborhoods, or he was able to take care of himself. He reminded me of-- he would be that friend if you got in trouble you would call. You know what I mean? Say if I was back in high school and somebody was bothering me, he reminded me of somebody I would call to help me. Like if somebody was fighting me, or-- Sarah Koenig -So it was believable to you that he would be that guy for Adnan, like he
would be the guy Adnan would turn to.
The Jay that Stella saw at trial, he was wearing a tie, sometimes a jacket. He’s
handsome, he’s tall and thin
That essentially was her defense. She uses the words “truth” and “lie” as often as possible in her cross-examination. There were many exchanges like this one. Gutierrez asks him, “and now your second interview on tape, that you were not telling the truth, were you not?” Jay says: I was not telling them everything, no.
It’s Baltimore. Half the jury is black, seven out of twelve actually. Jay probably comes off as a nice young man and this white lady is yelling at him.
The state’s case against Adnan Syed hinged on Jay’s credibility. Which tactic below was the best example of a Logos appeal to the jury in regards to believing Jay’s story.
Stella Armstrong He seemed like he was streetwise, can I-- I hope that’s the best way to put it. He seemed like he got around in the neighborhoods, or he was able to take care of himself. He reminded me of-- he would be that friend if you got in trouble you would call. You know what I mean? Say if I was back in high school and somebody was bothering me,
he reminded me of somebody I would call to help me. Like if somebody was fighting me, or- Sarah Koenig So it was believable to you that he would be that guy for Adnan like he
would be the guy Adnan would turn to.
Stella Armstrong Like I said, it’s been a while but I remember the one young man who was supposedly his friend, who had enabled him to move the body. That struck me that “why would you admit to doing something that drastic if you hadn’t done it?” You know what I mean? For what reason? What was he going to gain from that? He still had to go to jail.
Sarah Koenig Gutierrez asks Jay about Best Buy. About how Jenn Pusateri told him there were security cameras in the parking lot and at the entrance. She puts it to Jay almost casually. Cristina Gutierrez You have us believe that you had nothing to do with the death of Hae Lee, right?
It’s Baltimore. Half the jury is black, seven out of twelve actually. Jay probably comes off as a nice young man and this white lady is yelling at him.
The state’s case against Adnan Syed also hinged on Jay’s likeability. Which tactic below was the best example of a Pathos appeal to the jury in regards to believing Jay’s story.
Stella Armstrong He seemed like he was streetwise, can I-- I hope that’s the best way to put it. He seemed like he got around in the neighborhoods, or he was able to take care of himself. He reminded me of-- he would be that friend if you got in trouble you would call. You know what I mean? Say if I was back in high school and somebody was bothering me,
he reminded me of somebody I would call to help me. Like if somebody was fighting me, or-- Sarah Koenig So it was believable to you that he would be that guy for Adnan, like he
would be the guy Adnan would turn to.
The Jay that Stella saw at trial, he was wearing a tie, sometimes a jacket. He’s handsome, he’s tall and thin.
That essentially was her defense. She uses the words “truth” and “lie” as often as possible in her cross-examination. There were many exchanges like this one. Gutierrez asks him, “and now your second interview on tape, that you were not telling the truth, were you not?” Jay says: Jay I was not telling them everything, no.
It’s Baltimore. Half the jury is black, seven out of twelve actually. Jay probably comes off as a nice young man and this white lady is yelling at him.
Why is Laura Estrada Sandoval so adamant about remembering that there wasn’t a payphone at Best Buy?
She used to work there
She used to hang out in the parking lot there
She used to work for the payphone company that collected coins there
She used to steal from there
Why is Summer so adamant that it would be impossible for Hae to be at Best Buy at 2:36?
She used to work there and knew how long it took to get to work
She spoke with Hae at least 10 minutes that day after school about a wrestling match that day
She used to drive to Best Buy every day after work to hang out in the parking lot
She spoke with Hae every day after school for at least 10 minutes
In episode 9, Koenig reveals her theory about the “ What am I gonna do? What am I gonna say? They’re gonna come talk to me. What am I supposed to say?” call was about. Who and what does she hypothesize this call is
about?
It’s a call from Jay and is about what they are going to do with the body
It’s a call from Aisha and is about the police calling to check with him about Hae’s
missing status
It’s a call from Nisha and is about meeting at the video store later
It’s a call from Jenn and is about needing to speak to Jay
When Adnan was in high school, he can be described as the following. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Secretive
Eager to please parents
Charismatic
The criminal element
Mean to teachers
Koenig most likely includes several potential juror voices at the beginning of episode 10 for the purposes of
Adding to the creepy mood of the podcast and giving evidence that the jury members were screened for prejudices
Adding to the light-hearted mood of the podcast and giving evidence that the jury members were screened for prejudices
Adding to the scary mood of the podcast and giving evidence that the jury members were not screened for prejudices
Adding to the entertaining mood of the podcast and giving evidence that the jury members were not screened for prejudices
Adnan’s mother Shamim believes that that jury found Adnan guilty because….
He is a Muslim
He didn’t take the stand to testify
He hung out with the wrong people
He smoked pot
But at a hearing on Adnan’s bail status on March 31, 1999, she felt it. The courthouse that day was packed with people from Adnan’s mosque, The Islamic Society of Baltimore. They’d raised tens of thousands of dollars for his defense, they offered to put up their own houses and other properties to secure his bail.
How did the state use the information above to form their argument as to why Adnan should not be granted a chance to be released on bail?
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation were rude so that meant Adnan was rude and untrustworthy as well
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation didn’t follow the rules of court so that meant Adnan was untrustworthy as well
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation were loyal, but that Adnan didn’t deserve them
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation were so supportive that they would even go as far as organizing his escape to Pakistan
How did the defense use the information above to form their argument as to why Adnan should be granted a chance to be released on bail?
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation represent a strong support system that will help Adnan run away to Pakistan
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation represent a strong support system that will supervise Adnan and accompany him back to court.
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation represent a strong support system that will put up their own money so that Adnan can live a free like in Pakistan
They said that his friends, family, mosque congregation represent a strong support system that will put up their own money for his release so that they can punish him
themselves.
The main overarching essential question of episode 11 titled “Rumors” is…
Can you really tell who a person is by what others say about them?
Can you believe everything you hear?
Can you tell if a person is capable of evil based on their everyday actions?
Can you tell if a person is innocent based on what they tell you?
Ali, an old friend of Adnan’s, wants his name changed and his voice scrambled because…
He is scared to being contacted by the police
He is scared of Adnan finding out about the interview
He is scared of the Mosque community finding out and judging him
He is scared of losing his job at the Mosque
For children of the Baltimore Mosque, Adnan’s story has turned into a…
Legend about a brave young man who tells the truth even in the face of danger
Legend about a mysterious young man who can’t be trusted
Legend about a secretive young man who didn’t heed the cautions of his faith and family
Legend about a handsome young man who got in trouble with his good looks
In episode 11, Adnan gets upset at Sarah for…
Bringing up facts about his ex-girlfriends
Talking about all the rumors people have told on him
Bringing up the fact that he used to steal from the Mosque
Talking about all of the ways he has disappointed his parents
When comparing and contrasting Don’s reaction to Adnan’s reaction when they both get the call from the police about Hae being missing, what are the
similarities or differences?
Don didn’t think anything of it because he figured she had gone to California. Adnan, however, freaked out and kept paging her to find out where she was
Don immediately traced his whereabouts that day because he knew he would be a suspect. Adnan did the same
Don tried calling and paging Hae multiple times after she disappeared, but Adnan
never attempted to reach her after her disappearance
Don immediately traced his whereabouts that day because he knew he would be a suspect. Adnan didn’t even consider that he would be a suspect.
Kevin Urick, the prosecutor, was angry at Don because Don…
Didn’t make Adnan sound creepy during his testimony
Lied about Adnan being a nice guy during his testimony
Didn’t make Adnan sound like a nice guy during his testimony
Lied about meeting Adnan and in a joint effort to fix Hae’s car
Sarah Koenig most likely uses Josh’s story directly after Don’s story to…
To give an opposing viewpoint that makes Adnan look incapable of murder since Don’s story makes him look guilty.
To give a supporting viewpoint that makes Adnan look capable of murder since Don’s story makes him look guilty as well.
To give an opposing viewpoint that makes Adnan look capable of murder since Don’s story makes him look like a nice guy
To give a supporting viewpoint that makes Adnan look incapable of murder since Don’s story makes him look like a nice guy
Adnan told me all he wanted was to take the narrative back from the prosecution, just as an exercise. So people could see his case without makeup on, look at it in the eye up close and make their own judgments. He told me, he doesn't think I should weigh in.
The passage above contains which author’s craft?
Simile
Personification
Pun
Allusion
The genre of Serial can best be described as…
Fiction because none of it really happened
Nonfiction because it’s all facts and informational text
Literary nonfiction because it’s a blend of facts and author’s craft that usually appears in fiction.
Literary nonfiction because it’s a blend of facts and fictional events
