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1. "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'"
Who is this narrator, who tells the story of his association with his wealthy neighbor, Jay Gatsby?
2. "In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. Troops went by the house and down the road and the dust they raised powdered the leaves of the trees."
Who begins his tragic tale of love in the Italian campaign of the Great War in this way?
3. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me..."
Who is this, whose story begins with being expelled from Pencey Prep?
4. "I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids -- and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."
What is the name of this narrator, who recounts his difficult life dealing with stereotypes of racial prejudice?
5. "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury."
Who is Jem's little sister, who is narrating the story of their family's 'trial' with her father's trial?
6. "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman--- he looks tough and I don't--- but I guess my own looks aren't so bad."
What is the name of this narrator, a greaser struggling with his own identity?
7. "You better not never tell nobody but God. It'd kill your mammy.
Dear God,
I am fourteen years old. I am I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me."
What is the name of this girl, who tells her story through a series of letters?
8. "Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks sposed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you- it ain't always that way."
Who is this 'idiot' narrator, who tells of how he became a football star, Ping-Pong champion, soldier, chess champion, astronaut, stunt man, and even a professional wrestler?
9. "It's hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he's okay. It's hard to be the one who stays."
Who is this who must always wait for Henry, and never knows how old he will be when he shows up?
10. "When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim's warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping."
Who is Prim's sister, who takes her place as Tribute for District 12?
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