Sorry, Wrong Number

Who wrote the story "Sorry, Wrong Number"?

• Rod Serling

• Ray Bradbury

• O' Henry

• Lucille Fletcher

"Sorry, Wrong Number" contains the element of suspense. Select the best definition for the word suspense.

• severe drama between people, usually girls

• growing tension and excitement

• any type of conflict in a story

• the most exciting part of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the setting of "Sorry, Wrong Number"?

• Boston (at the location of Mr. Stevenson's emergency business trip)

• 53 N. Sutton Place (the Stevenson's home in New York, near the Queensborough Bridge)

• Chicago (while the Stevenson's are visiting family)

• New York (in the alley near Second Ave.)

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Select the best definition for protagonist?

• The person who opposes the main character.
• The main character of a story
• The hero of a story.
• The villain of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The protagonist, Mrs. Stevenson, is characterized as being an invalid. What is an invalid?

• a weak person due to an illness or accident
• a heroic person
• a person who offers a lot of wrong answers
• an item used to send mail

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the radio play, what is Mrs. Stevenson's husband's name?

• Sergeant Duffy Stevenson

• Mr. George Stevenson

• Mr. Elbert Stevenson

• Mr. Martin Stevenson

What is plot? 

• the exposition
• the time and place of a story
• a problem
• a series of events

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which of the following is NOT a part of a plot?

• exposition
• setting
• dialogue
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

In the plot of "Sorry, Wrong Number," Mrs. Stevenson, while attempting to contact her husband, mistakenly overhears the dialogue of two people discussing . . .

• A burglary plot
• A murder plot
• A loud radio
• A bank robbery plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

Characters having a conversation with one another is called . . .

• dialogue
• drama
• conflict
• plot

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B