Welcome! The Topic For Today is Forgotten Fire …

1. Welcome! The Topic For Today is Forgotten Fire…

2. Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian

3. Characters 1: 200 • Question: • I am the pregnant teenager that was kicked out by the German consulate. • Answer • Who is Seta? Back

4. Characters 1: 400 • Question: • I am the coppersmith that found Vahan a home in an orphanage. • Answer • Who is Ara Sarkisian? Back

5. Characters 1: 600 • Question: • I am the servant of General Khalil who tells Vahan how to survive. • Answer • Who is Mrs. Mahari? Back

6. Characters 1: 800 • Question: I am the person that ordered a feast for Gagik and Vahan when they reached Constantinople, and he sent them to St. Gregory’s Orphanage. • Answer • Who is Mr. Charents? Back

7. Topic 2: 1000 • Question: • Besides Verkine, the name used at the all girls mission, when Vahan had to conceal his identity as a deaf mute, his friends, Sait and Yakup give him this name. • Answer • Who is Galib? Back

8. Rising Action 2: 200 • Question: • Vahan destroys this vegetable, although it’s really a fruit, from General Khalil’s garden. • Answer • What are tomatoes? Back

9. Topic 2: 400 • Question: • Mrs. Tashian dies of this illness which was the final tragedy to make Vahan leave Dr. Tashian’s home. • Answer • What is stroke? Back

10. Rising Action 2: 600 • Question: • This tragic event marks the last morning of Vahan’s childhood. • Answer • What are Tavel and Diran’s death? Back

11. Rising Action 2: 800 • Question: • What event does Vahan experience that makes him sure he can survive anywhere? • Answer • What is driving the wagon around the curve? Back

12. Rising Action 2: 1000 • Question: • This event causes Vahan to see Selim Bey as an evil man (not the honorable main he previously thought). • Answer • What is Sernoush’s death? Back

13. Setting 3: 200 • Question: • This is the place that Vahan idealizes most. • Answer • Where is Bitlis? Back

14. Setting 3: 400 • Question: • This is the place that allows Armenians refuge (safety). • Answer • Where is Constantinople? Back

15. Setting 3: 600 • Question: • The place where Armenouhi drinks the poison to escape being tortured and rapped. • Answer • Where is Goryan’s Inn? Back

16. Topic 3: 800 • Question: • Escaped from school through this place? • Answer • Where is toilet? Back

17. Setting 3: 1000 • Question: • The orphanage that Vahan and Gagik are sent to by Mr. Charents. • Answer • Where is St. Gregory’s Orphanage? Back

18. Literary Elements 4: 200 • Question: • Selim Bey is compared to being... • Answer • What is the butcher of Armenians? Back

19. Literary Terms 4: 400 • Question: • The use of dialogue is important; which character says, “Steel is made strong by Fire.” • Answer • Who is Sarkis Kenderian (Vahan’s father)? Back

20. Literary Terms 4: 600 • Question: • Who creates a metaphor for storing the home and family inside his heart? • Answer • Who is Ara Sakisian? Back

21. Literary Terms 4: 800 • Question: • Dialogue drives a novel forward; who comforts Vahan saying, “It is very hard for Armenians to find food these days. But I’ll make a promise: As long as I eat well, you will eat well.” • Answer • Who is Selim Bey? Back

22. Literary Terms 4: 1000 • Question: • What do the symbols steel and fire represent in the reoccurring theme/message of the story? • Answer • What are fire is hardship and steel is character. Back

23. Random 5: 200 • Question: • After being separated from Sisak, Vahan goes to this person’s home? • Answer • Who is Pattoo Altoonian or Mrs. Altoonian? Back

24. Random 5: 400 • Question: • I am the character who helped get Vahan on the ship to Constantinople. • Answer • Who is Spiros Kilouris? Back

25. Random 5: 600 • Question: • This is the only character who Vahan actually SPOKE to as a deaf mute. • Answer • Who is Shirin? Back

26. Topic 5: 800 • Question: • This character was accused of being a rebel and was returned to his family with burns on his hands. • Answer • Who is Uncle Mumpreh Back

27. Random 5: 1000 • Question: • Vahan lies and tells the German soldiers that he did this before. • Answer • What is drive wagons. Back

28. Bonus Question: 5000 pts. • Question: • What is the climax of the story? Explain why. • Answer • …When Vahan was driving the wagon around the curve because it is intense and it is a turning point for Vahan. He no longer wants to just live; he wants to live freely. Back

29. Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

30. Question • This is the little girl who dies when she is raped and abused by the Turkish soldiers? • Answer • Who is Seranoush?

31. Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

32. Question • The little boy who Ara Sarkisian becomes the guardian of because he is a crippled Armenian boy with no family. • Who is Serop?