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Short Story Unit
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Quiz over short story elements
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The part of the story after the climax where characters are coming to the solution is
Rising Action
Resolution
Conflict
Falling Action
2
Who is the craziest character so far?
The Landlady
A. Wolf (3 little pigs)
The Narrator from Tell Tale Heart
3
There can be more than one theme in a story
False
True
4
Mood can be developed through all of the following except
Organization
Dialouge
Weather
Time period
5
A certain feeling the reader gets while reading a story is referred to as the:
Mood
Main Idea
Theme
Climax
6
The original "Three Little Pigs" is written from
3rd person point of view
1st person point of view
2nd person point of view
7
Must often be inferred
Main Idea
Character Traits
Theme
All of the above
8
The organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story
Plot
Exposition
Story
Structure
9
When a character has a memory of something that happens in the past, it is called
a flashback
falling action
the resolution
foreshadowing
10
What is the setting of Dahl's "The Landlady?"
A train station
A Bed & Breakfast
Germany
Billy's house
11
The main idea is only told explicitly in what type of text?
Newspaper Articles
Love stories
All stories
Fiction
12
Main idea and theme both require
the reader to make inferences
the central idea
the lesson
13
The moral, or underlying message, of the story is the:
Climax
Theme
Main Idea
Resolution
14
These make up the character's personality.
Character Traits
Events
Their parents
Their friends
15
Your favorite short story this unit was
The Landlady
Tell Tale Heart
16
Which of the following is NOT part of a story's setting?
Characters
Place
Time of day
Time period
17
Which of the following could be considered a theme of "The Landlady"
If it's too good to be true, it's probably not true
Both could be themes of "The Landlady"
Don't trust strangers
18
There is almost always a conflict in a story.
False
True
19
Authors use foreshadowing to
give hints to what will happen in the story
all of these
build suspense
help you make predictions
20
Point of view is
The narrator
The lens/voice through which the story is told
How the reader views the story
21
A problem the character must solve is the:
Conflict
Exposition
Resolution
Rising Action
22
Which list shows the plot line in the correct order?
Exposition, Climax, Rising Action, Resolution
Exposition,Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action,Climax, Resolution
Rising Action, Exposition, Falling Action, Climax,Resolution
23
The part of the story that builds suspense
Rising Action
Exposition
Resolution
Falling Action
24
The setting of a story includes the:
Characters, Place, Time
The City
Time Period
Place and Time
25
What is the conflict in "Tell Tale Heart"
Man vs Nature
The narrator wants to kill the old man because of his eye
The narrator can't decide whether to kill the old man
The narrator is a crazy pants
26
Read the stanza. Which of the following is the best inference as to who Cecilia is?
his best friend
his child
someone he met on tour
a band member
27
There can be more than one main idea in a story
False
True
28
Mystery, Horror and Romance are all examples of
Theme
Genre
Conflict
Main Idea
29
Stories using words like "I," "me," and "we," are written from which point of view?
The Narrator
3rd Person
1st Person
2nd Person
30
Poe's Tell-Tale Heart & Dahl's The Land Lady have very similar...
Themes
Settings
Moods
Authors
31
Which of these could be a theme?
Mystery
Misfits band together to save the universe from evil aliens.
You can't run away from your problems forever.
All of the above
32
Which word best describes the mood evoked from the picture?
Excited
Worried
Peaceful
Frantic
33
The series of events that happen in the story are the:
Plot
Falling Action
Climax
Rising Action
34
When you take a well known tale and tell it from another point of view, or change something
Fairy Tale
Fake Fairy Tale
Fractured Fairy Tale
35
Which of the following is NOT a type of conflict
Man vs Man
Man vs Self
Man vs Nature
Nature vs Self