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Are you ready for the English 9 Midterm?

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Test your knowledge of the subjects we are studying.

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Created by thegeekguy on 11/30/1999

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Who wrote The Alchemist?

John Farber Paulo Coelho George O'Keefe John Delino

Who wrote the Zebra Storyteller?

Marie Antoinette Edgar Lee Masters Peter Holst Spencer Holst

Who wrote They Can Only Hang You Once?

George Washington Dashiell Hammett George Westinghouse Richard Conell

What does an intuitive detective do?

They use the process of thought and analytical reasoning. They beat people up until someone spills the beans. They can read peoples' minds. They pray to God to find the knowledge they seek.

What does a psychological detective do?

They are crazy, and use methods that are beyond us mere mortals. They collect and analyze physical evidence. They study how people act to find the guilty person. Not here.

What does a hardboiled detective do?

They visit the scene of the crime over and over again until they believe they have seen all there is to see there. They boil suspects in hot water until the tell all they know. They use force to find answers. They throw eggs at people until someone tells them what happened.

Which of these is a common characteristic of a detective's sidekick?

Evil. The kill often. Geniuses. They do all the mental work. Funny. They provide comedy to a boring story. Admirer. They believe that the detective is much better then they are.

What does Sherlock Holmes think of the police?

They are the best thing ever to happen to London. They are okay at their jobs, but the could use a little help. They are all idiots. Who put them in charge anyway??? The are awesome.

Which of these is a common characteristic of the Detective?

They know that they are good at what they do, so they charge a lot. They tend to rely on the police for all their evidence. They are very eccentric in the way they act. They never follow the law believing that if they are the best there is, the law will never catch them.

Who wrote Bargain?

A.B. Guthrie Jr. H. G. Wells J. K. Rowling All of the above, plus Benjamin Frankiln.

What is Personification?

When Jesus became man. When animals become human. When an object is treated like a person. When Oprah Winfrey becomes a mere mortal again.

What is Pathetic Fallacy?

When a nerd trips. When an emotion is attributed to an inanimate object. When an object is attributed to an emotion. Not here.

Who said "Then ve go home, Al. Is good to know to read."?

John Mr. Balmer George Mr. Baumer Ummm... That guy... With the hair.

Who is the narrator in Shane?

Joe Starret Jeffrey Shane Bob

Finally, who is the antagonist in Men to match the Hills?

Bob Foreman The wind The guns. Cap Moffit