SHORT STORIES REVIEW

Question 1

What is one possible theme of "The Lottery"?

Accepted Answer

Blindly following a tradition can be dangerous

Question 2

Squidward in Spongebob is a ___ character who shows one personality trait

Accepted Answer

Flat

Question 3

A character who shows many personality traits is described as

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Round

Question 4

What does the black box represent?

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Tradition

Question 5

Which character is a smart, world-renowned big-game hunter and the story’s protagonist.?

Accepted Answer

Rainsford

Question 6

What event causes Rainsford to fall overboard into the water?

Accepted Answer

he reached for his pipe

Question 7

A character who changes because of the circumstances he/she goes through

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Dynamic

Question 8

What is an example of foreshadowing in the story?

Accepted Answer

Children gathering stones at the beginning of the story

Question 9

"Everyday Use" is narrated by

Accepted Answer

Mama

Question 10

Who says: "Every hunter that ever lived would envy us today. This makes Africa look like Illinois"

Accepted Answer

Eckels

Question 11

What is the name of the island that everyone on the yacht feared as being evil?

Accepted Answer

Ship-trap Island

Question 12

Maggie is described as being

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quiet and shy

Question 13

The last words in "The Lesson" are

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"ain't nobody gonna beat me at nuthin"

Question 14

Sylvia

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has the last words of the story

Question 15

Which of the following does not appear in the story?

Accepted Answer

a strong male figure

Question 16

Shrek changes due to the circumstances he goes through. He is a ___ character

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Dynamic

Question 17

In "Everyday Use" the character burned in a past fire was

Accepted Answer

Maggie

Question 18

Possible themes of "Sound of Thunder" include:

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All of these!

Question 19

The main character in the story; this person is usually the good guy

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Protagonist

Question 20

Richard Connell is the author of which short story?

Accepted Answer

"The Most Dangerous Game"

Question 21

Dee is described as being

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loud and pushy

Question 22

Toni Cade Bambara is the author of which short story?

Accepted Answer

"The Lesson"

Question 23

This character changes her named to Wangero

Accepted Answer

Dee

Question 24

The character who opposes the main character; this person is usually considered the bad guy

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Antagonist

Question 25

Who is the narrator of "The Lesson"?

Accepted Answer

Sylvia

Question 26

What is the name of Zaroff’s mute assistant?

Accepted Answer

Ivan

Question 27

Anita Roy is the author of which story?

Accepted Answer

"Cooking Time"

Question 28

What is IRONIC about the ending of "THE MDG"?

Accepted Answer

Zaroff dies like the men he once killed

Question 29

When we write about short stories, we do this to their titles:

Accepted Answer

put them in quotation marks

Question 30

Ray Bradbury is the author of which short story?

Accepted Answer

"Sound of Thunder"

Question 31

The climax of the story occurs after the rising action events.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What label matches number 1?

Accepted Answer

Exposition

Question 33

Who is the chef in "Cooking Time?"

Accepted Answer

Mandira

Question 34

Shirley Jackson is the author of which short story?

Accepted Answer

"The Lottery"

Question 35

What label matches number 5?

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Resolution

Question 36

What is the irony in the short story, "The Lottery?"

Accepted Answer

Winning the lottery turned out to be a bad thing

Question 37

How did people on earth contribute to the invention of Newtri?

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They refused to heed warnings about life without bees

Question 38

Dee returns home and asks for

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the old quilts

Question 39

Why does Zaroff decide to start hunting men?

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Killing animals became to easy

Question 40

A character who the reader knows very little about and only displays one character trait

Accepted Answer

Flat

Question 41

Alice Walker is the author of which short story?

Accepted Answer

"Everyday Use"

Question 42

What is the setting of the Lottery ?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 43

"Cooking Time" is

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 44

How does Travis punish Eckels?

Accepted Answer

Forces him to remove the bullets from the T-Rex's mouth

Question 45

What label matches number 2?

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Rising Action

Question 46

What label matches number 3?

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Climax

Question 47

Exposition includes all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Plot

Question 48

A character who does not change no matter what the circumstances

Accepted Answer

Static

Question 49

This word describes all the events, together, that make up a story.

Accepted Answer

Plot

Question 50

The proper spelling of my English teacher's name is:

Accepted Answer

Ms. DeBenedetti

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