Short Stories

What did Max wake up to in the story Where the Wild Things Are?

• monsters

• his mom calling his name

• dinner

• a headache

What was the name of the cat in the story The Black Cat?

• Tom

• Jerry

• Mickey

• Pluto

What is the high point of the plot diagram?

• exposition

• rising action

• conflict

• climax

How many types of irony are there?

• one

• four

• two

• three

How did the caretaker in "The Tell-Tale Heart" kill the old man?

• he strangled him

• he cut him up in pieces

• he shot him

• he suffocated him

An struggle between opposing forces is considered

• irony

• symbolism

• tone

• conflict

In the story "Thank You Ma'am," Roger wanted money to buy a pair of black suede shoes.

• True

• False

The old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart" was killed because his caretaker was freaked out by his pale, brown eye.

• True

• False

In Eraser Tattoo, Shay was moving because

• she wanted to pursue her dream career

• she got evicted

• she broke up with Dante

• her dad got a new job

What was the irony in "The Necklace?"

• Mathilde borrowed the necklace

• the ladies remained friends

• Mathilde got a loan

• the necklace was fake.