Short Story Unit Exam Practice

Question 1

what do you call a struggle between two opposing forces?

Accepted Answer

Conflict

Question 2

The time and place of a story is called the...

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Setting

Question 3

What historical event is taking place during Mrs. Drover's first flashback?

Accepted Answer

World War I

Question 4

This quote is from which of our short stories, ""You will not have forgotten that today is our anniversary." _?

Accepted Answer

The Demon Lover

Question 5

This is the point of view that is used when the narrator is also the main character telling the story.

Accepted Answer

First Person

Question 6

Setting, especially weather, can create an atmosphere or ____ in the story. It's how the story makes the reader feel.

Accepted Answer

Mood

Question 7

The Unit Exam you are going to take will include the following...Select all that apply.

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Identifying different types of Literary Devices and Narrative Elements, Quote matching from all the Stories we've read, Various Elements of a Short Story, Details from all the Short Stories we've read

Question 8

A tool that is used to provide additional background information about a character or situation through a memory.

Accepted Answer

Flashback

Question 9

What is the climax of "The Monkey's Paw?"

Accepted Answer

The knocking and the third wish.

Question 10

What Narrative Element do we see when Herbert says, "I don't see the money, and I bet I never shall"?

Accepted Answer

Foreshadowing

Question 11

Why is Anchee Min's mother so upset when she learns about what happened at the party meeting?

Accepted Answer

She is a teacher.

Question 12

Who was not a main character in "Red Azalea"?

Accepted Answer

Chairman Mao

Question 13

The fable of the peasant and the snake was told in which story?

Accepted Answer

Red Azalea

Question 14

The main type of conflict in "Through the Tunnel" was what?

Accepted Answer

Person vs. Themselves

Question 15

Characters that do not show any growth or change in the story, for better or for worse, are example of?

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Static Characters

Question 16

In "Masque of the Red Death" the narrator show us what in this quote: "The external world could take care of itself."

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Tone

Question 17

Describing the movement of the fish "like a water dance," and "like swimming in flaked silver," are examples of what?

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 18

What is the theme of "Through the Tunnel" ?

Accepted Answer

Overcoming a difficult task through one's own will is part of growing up.

Question 19

A conflict that takes place in the mind of a character is?

Accepted Answer

Internal

Question 20

Person vs. Nature is an example of an Internal Conflict.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

"It was late August; it had been a steamy, showery day." This is a quote describing the setting of which story?

Accepted Answer

The Demon Lover

Question 22

The main character in "The Masque of the Red Death" is...

Accepted Answer

Prince Prospero

Short Story Unit Exam Practice

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Short Story Unit Exam Practice

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