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Question 1

During which period did The Great Migration primarily take place?

Answer 1

1916-1970

Question 2

What was the primary reason for The Great Migration?

Answer 2

To seek better economic opportunities and escape racial segregation

Question 3

What group of people primarily moved during The Great Migration?

Answer 3

African Americans from the rural South

Question 4

What was the most common way blacks were able to migrate?

Answer 4

Train

Question 5

What caste system was put in place that motivated people to migrate?

Answer 5

Jim Crow Laws

Question 6

True or False: Jim Crow was an actual person.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

About how many African Americans were part of The Great Migration?

Answer 7

6 million

Question 8

What was a “pull factor” that attracted African Americans to the North?

Answer 8

Promise of civil rights and factory jobs

Question 9

__________ can be defined as a movement from one place to another.

Answer 9

Migration

Question 10

______ can be defined as sharecropping.

Answer 10

When black farm workers worked on the land owned by white landowners and harvested crops in exchange for housing or other benefits

Question 11

What are the names of the migrants covered in the novel, ‘The Warmth of Other Suns’ by Isabel Wilkerson?

Answer 11

• Ida Mae Gladney
• George Swanson Starling
• Robert Joseph Pershing Foster

Question 12

Who is Ida Mae’s mother?

Answer 12

Miss Theenie

Question 13

Who is Ida Mae’s husband that she married at 16?

Answer 13

George Gladney

Question 14

Where does Ida Mae migrate from AND to?

Answer 14

From Mississippi to Illinois

Question 15

What was Ida Mae’s husband’s job after they got married?

Answer 15

He was a sharecropper

Question 16

What was the name of Ida Mae’s cousin who was beaten?

Answer 16

Joe Lee

Question 17

What type of neighborhood does Ida Mae live in once she has migrated up north?

Answer 17

A rough neighborhood with gangsters and drug dealers

Question 18

Robert Joseph Pershing Foster’s father works as a:

Answer 18

Principal

Question 19

Foster’s older brother, _______ practices medicine in his hometown.

Answer 19

Madison

Question 20

True or False: Foster is from West Monroe, Louisiana.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or False: Foster migrates to pursue a career in medicine.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Where does Foster migrate to?

Answer 22

Los Angeles, California

Question 23

George Starling was from which southern state prior to migrating?

Answer 23

Florida

Question 24

What was George’s job in his home state?

Answer 24

Citrus/orange picker

Question 25

After his parents’ divorce, George was sent to live with:

Answer 25

His aunt

Question 26

Why was George on the run from Florida?

Answer 26

He was in trouble with the citrus grove owners

Question 27

Why did George do something to hurt his father? What was it that he did?

Answer 27

His father lied to him about not having money to send him to school; George secretly married the woman he is dating at the time, Inez

Question 28

Who had the most successful, flashy life after migrating?

Answer 28

Robert Joseph Pershing Foster

Question 29

A character walks out into a hurricane and says, 'What lovely weather we're having!' This is an example of:

Answer 29

Verbal irony

Question 30

A peace treaty is signed, and the next day war breaks out. This is an example of:

Answer 30

Situational irony

Question 31

In a play, a character makes elaborate plans to double-cross another character, but the audience knows that the second character is already aware of the plot and is setting a trap. This is an example of:

Answer 31

Dramatic irony

Question 32

The audience knows that a killer is hiding in the closet, but the character in the scene opens the closet door without any suspicion. This is an example of:

Answer 32

Dramatic irony

Question 33

A fire station burns down. This is an example of:

Answer 33

Situational irony

Question 34

What type of irony is considered sarcasm?

Answer 34

Verbal irony

Question 35

In a story, a character works hard to achieve a lifelong dream, only to have it snatched away by a completely random and unforeseen event that they could not have prevented. This is an example of:

Answer 35

Situational irony

Question 36

What type of irony is when the audience knows more details about the plot of a story than the characters do?

Answer 36

Dramatic irony

Question 37

What type of irony is when the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens?

Answer 37

Situational irony

Question 38

Plot can be defined as:

Answer 38

The sequence of events in a story (beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

Question 39

________ is the definition of Mood.

Answer 39

The feeling or atmosphere created by the story

Question 40

True or False: Setting is defined as the time and place in which the story occurs.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

True or False: Theme is defined as the main problem or struggle in the story; internal or external.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

_________ is defined as the way the author reveals a character’s personality (direct or indirect).

Answer 42

Characterization

Question 43

Conflict is defined as:

Answer 43

The main problem or struggle in the story; internal or external

Question 44

True or False: Tone is defined as the author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

______ is the perspective from which the story is told.

Answer 45

Point of View

Question 46

The subject or subjects in which the story is about, revealing thoughts, feelings, motivations, and actions of these subjects throughout the story is defined as:

Answer 46

Character(s)

Question 47

The underlying message or main idea of the story is defined as:

Answer 47

Theme

Question 48

Which of the following is the definition of 'first person' POV?

Answer 48

The narrator is a character within the story and it is told through their perspective using words like 'I' and 'me' to share their experience and feelings

Question 49

Which of the following is the definition of 'third person omniscient' POV?

Answer 49

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters which provides the reader or viewer with a broad perspective of the story

Question 50

Which of the following is the definition of 'third person limited' POV?

Answer 50

The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one or two characters and not all characters in a story; it covers just a portion of the story as a whole