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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Cameron tells Neely that "Rumors spread like mosquitoes in this town." This quote is an example of what literary device?
(a)
Scotty Reardon died of a
heat stroke
heart attack
hard hit that caused a severe concussion
Grisham writes that they "waited an eternity" to hear a siren." This is an example of what literary device?
allusion
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
“Buck’s voice acted as a magnet” is an example of what literary device?
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
Grisham chose the name Spartans as his team name. This name is an example of a/an (a) that references the Greek military of Sparta.
The exposition of the story is Rake Field in the town of (a) .
Every Spartan remembers two numbers: their jersey number and
the number of games they won
the number of times Rake yelled at them
the number of laps they ran in the Spartan marathon
the number of games they lost
Who said, "Rake was right. Skin color didn't matter. He treated us all like dogs, equally."
Silo
Mal Brown
Neely
Collis Suggs
Who said, "I hated you and that made me hate football."
Neely Crenshaw
Scotty Reardon
Cameron
Nat
Who said, "Former friends...people I've let down. They'll point and say... coulda been great but got messed up on drugs. Ruined his life."
Silo
Rabbit
Jesse Trapp
Nat
Who said, "When I was hangin on for my life, under the boat, I didn't think about my momma or my dad or my girlfriend. I thought of Rake...Never quit, never quit. You win because you're tougher mentally."
Rabbit
Mal
Nat
Neely
Who said, "When you're famous at 18, you spend the rest of your life fadin away."
Neely
Rake
Nat
Screamer
The book has examples of several different types of conflict. In the third chapter, Neely tells Cameron that after his accident, he became a regular person. He said that "being a forgotten hero is not that easy." This kind of conflict is an example of man vs. (a)
The symbol of bleachers recurs throughout the text. This recurring symbol is an example of what literary device?
(a)
True or False
Neely forgives Rake in the end of the novel and vows he will return again more often.
True
False
Why did Neely decide to play at Tech?
It is where Coach Rake wanted him to play
It was closer to home and to Cameron
Tech gave him money
Grisham writes in his first chapter that "the bleachers were silent now." This is an example of what literary device?
symbolism
irony
personification
metaphor
In the end of the novel, Neely speaks at Rake's funeral and tells the audience that he's loved five people in his life: "[his] parents, a certain girl..., [his] ex-wife, and Eddie Rake." This example is (a) irony.
Early in the novel, Grisham hints to the 87 championship game and "the mysteries around it...Down 31-0 at the half... the Spartans returned to the field at A & M to 35,000 fans [but] Rake was absent." What point of plot development does Grisham establish here?
exposition
hook
climax
resolution
Grisham puts flashbacks (the past) next to the present events of Neely's life. Putting these two past and present together side by side to compare/contrast Neely then to Neely now is an example of what literary device?
(a)
