Elements of Plot Quiz - The Escape by J.B. Stamper

What was the setting?

• Prison

• Solitary

• The tunnel

• The sewer

What was the introductory event (the event in the exposition)?

• Boris was in prison but didn't want to be

• Boris begged the guard not to take him to solitary.

• Boris committed a crime 7yrs ago.

• Boris was being taken to solitary.

Do flashbacks happen in chronological order?

• Yes.

• No.

What does "chronos" mean (as in chronological order)?

• It means order.

• It means chrome.

• It means time.

• It means before.

Put these items in chronological order:

Boris removes the rock

Boris realizes there is no escape.

Boris has a nightmare.

Boris realizes he can't go back.

Boris is being taken to solitary.

• 1. Boris is being taken to solitary.

  2. Boris removes the rock.

  3. Boris has a nightmare.

  4. Boris realizes there is no escape.

  5. Boris realizes he can't go back.

• 1. Boris is being taken to solitary.

  2. Boris realizes he can't go back.

  3. Boris has a nightmare.

  4. Boris realizes there is no escape.

  5. Boris removes the rock.

• 1. Boris is being taken to solitary.

  2. Boris has a nightmare.

  3. Boris removes the rock.

  4. Boris realizes he can't go back.

  5. Boris realizes there is no escape.

• 1. Boris has a nightmare.

  2. Boris removes the rock.

  3. Boris is being taken to solitary.

  4. Boris realizes he can't go back.

  5. Boris realizes there is no escape.

What is the conflict that we find in the exposition?

• Boris is in prison but doesn't want to be.

• Boris gets stuck in the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on a sewer grate.

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

Label the Plot Pyramid.

• 1. Exposition

  2. Falling-Action

  3. Climax

  4. Rising-Action

  5. Resolution

• 1. Rising-Action

  2. Climax

  3. Resolution

  4. Falling-Action

  5. Exposition

• 1. Exposition

  2. Resolution

  3. Climax

  4. Falling-Action

  5. Rising-Action

• 1. Exposition

  2. Rising-Action

  3. Climax

  4. Falling-Action

  5. Resolution

What was the climax?

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

• Boris will be eaten alive by the rats.

• Boris reaches the end of the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on the sewage grate (metal bars)

What was the falling-action?

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

• Boris will be eaten alive by the rats.

• Boris reaches the end of the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on the sewage grate (metal bars)

What was the resolution?

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

• Boris will be eaten alive by the rats.

• Boris reaches the end of the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on the sewage grate (metal bars)