The Escape

What is the exposition of The Escape?

• A prisoner in Alcatraz escapes in the water surrounding the Prison
• A prisoner gets solitary confinement for trying to escape-then he tries again to escape

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What does solitary mean in the story?

• Not having friends
• not being social
• Solitary Confinement in Prison
• no social network

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Was there a falling action in story?

• yes
• no

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What was the conflict in the story?

• Boris commits a horrible crime
• Boris tries to escape from prison

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What is the climax in the story?

• Boris goes down the tunnel to find it is not actually an escape
• He finds a way to escape the prison

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What event happened in the rising action that encouraged Boris to escape?

• The guard encourage him to escape
• He found a letter near a hole in the wall that told about a tunnel to escape
• He and another prisoner planned the escape
• He saw the rats and wanted to play with them

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What was the resolution of the story?

• Boris met another prisoner in the tunnel
• Boris was able to escape in the tunnel
• It can be assumed that Boris will die in the tunnel
• Boris went back to his cell after he found out there was no escape

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What was Boris's biggest fear?

• snakes
• bats
• rats
• bugs

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Why do you think Boris got a life sentence?

• He probably robbed or kidnapped someone
• He probably did not pay his taxes
• He probably committed murder
• Drugs

What would you have done if you were Boris?

• Try to escape
• Accept my punishment, and hope for parole after some years

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