The Red Room by H.G. Wells

The title is an example of what type of figurative language?

• allegory

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

Who is the author of our story?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Emily Dickenson

• Jonathon Larson

• H.G. Wells

What does the repetition of the phrase “It’s your own choosing” by the man with the withered arm at the beginning of the story reveal about him?

• He does not want any responsibility for the narrator’s fate.

• He thinks the narrator should reconsider his course of action.

• He is forgetful about what he says so he repeats himself

Read the following sentence from the section "A Waiting Stillness Was Over Everything."

In one place there was a distinct echo to my footsteps, the noises I made seemed so little that they enhanced rather than broke the silence of the place.

What is the BEST definition of the word “enhanced” as it is used above?

• finished

• drowned out

• intensified

• None of these

From what point of view is the story told?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person omniscent

• Third person limited

In the beginning, what does the narrator say it will take to make him believe the castle is haunted?

• He will need to see photos

• It will take a tangible ghost

• He will need to confirm other people's stories

• Nothing will convince him

What is odd about the way the candles go out?

• They spark wildly

• They won't relight

• There's no smoke or ambers

• They burned completely to the holder

How does the narrator characterize the care takers of the house?

• unfavorably

• favorably

• he doesn't

• he uncertain about them

What does the narrator find out about what's haunting the house?

• It was the Duke

• It was the Dutchess

• It wasn't haunted

• It was fear

In the Edpuzzle, what did we learn that was unusual about the author's other writings?

• He wrote comedy but they weren't very funny

• He wrote about things that eventually came true.

• No one liked his stories.

• All of his stories were true.