Shaving (Leslie Norris)

Barry is on his way home from...

• School

• A dance competition

• Coffee with his friends

• A football game

Who does Barry speak to at the beginning of the story?

• Jackie and Sue

• Jackie and Amy

• John and Sue

• John and Amy

"He was tall, strongly made, his hands and feet were adult and heavy, the rooms in which all his life he'd moved had grown too small for him."

This is an example of...

• Direct characterization

• Indirect characterization

How old is Barry?

• Almost 13

• Almost 15

• Almost 17

• Almost 19

Jackie asks Barry how his father is and Barry says his father is not going to get better. What can be inferred from this conversation?

• Barry's father is unable to play sports like he used to

• Barry's father is dying

• Barry's father is divorcing Barry's mother

• Barry's father does not like Jackie

Barry's home has changed because...

• Barry has grown much taller and stronger

• Mrs. Stanford no longer lives there

• The dining room has become Mr. Stanford's bedroom

• The house has the smell of death

Why does Barry shave his father's face?

• He is practicing to be a barber

• His father asked him to

• His father's regular shaver has not come in days

• He is being paid to do it

The smell of the shaving soap reminds Barry of

• Watching his dad shave when Barry was a little boy

• The approaching death of his father

• The dying flowers in the house

• Missing time with his friends

Tags

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The cup Barry's uses for the shaving cream has

• a broken handle on its right side

• a picture of King George VI

• a picture of the flag and of Elizabeth II

• dried soap from his father's former use of the cup

Tags

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How does Barry's father feel about the shaving?

• It is comforting

• It is painful

• It is exciting

• It is boring