August Heat

Who is the protagonist?

• James Withencraft Clarence

• James Peanut Clarence

• James Clarence

• James Clarence Withencraft

How does James make a living? What does he work as?

• He is a sketch artist.

• He is a painter.

• He sketches criminals for court cases.

In James' sketch, what did the person look like?

• Slim and enormously tall

• Enormously fat

• Short and stout

• Tall and handsome

Who is Chas. Atkinson?

• James' only friend; the only person in which he confides

• James' husband and best friend

• James' long lost uncle

• The man James met who was in James' sketch

What was Atkinson working on when James found him?

• He was working on a painting.

• He was eating his lunch.

• He was working on a marble gravestone.

• He was working on a sculpture for his wife.

What was written on Atkinson's gravestone?

• An inscription with James' name, birth date, and August 20, 19__

• An inscription with Atkinson's name, birth date, and August 20, 19__

• An inscription with Spongebob's name, birth date, and August 20, 19__

• An inscription with a random name, birth date, and August 20, 19__

Which of the following is true about James' and Atkinson's relationship?

• They knew each other before they met in the story.

• They met through an art festival.

• They had seen each other in court once before.

• They just met by coincidence; James just happened to meet Atkinson by chance.

What was the date of death on the gravestone?

• August 19, 18__, the same day James and Atkinson met.

• August 22, 19__, the same day James and Atkinson met.

• August 20, 19__, the same day James and Atkinson met.

• August 20, 20__, the same day James and Atkinson met.

Why did Atkinson ask James to stay with him until 12:00 a.m.?

• So James would stay alive on his "death day"

• It was too hot for James to walk home.

• They were in a dangerous neighborhood and it was late.

• James was mad about the heat and Atkinson had him stay so he could calm down.

What was Atkinson explicitly doing as the story ended?

• He was finishing James' gravestone.

• He was going to sleep with his wife.

• He was fixing a snack for himself and James.

• He was sharpening his tools.