Short Film Analysis

THE OUTSIDE OF THE SHOP DEPICTS A SCARY IMAGE (THE WINDOWS LOOK LIKE EYES AND SHARP TEETH). WHAT CAN THE AUDIENCE INFER IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS IMAGERY?

• A. THE SCARY IMAGERY IS SUPPOSED TO SCARE CHILDREN AWAY AND SERVE AS A WARNING TO CURIOUS PEOPLE WHO PASS BY.

• B. THE SCARY IMAGERY DEVELOPS THE EERIE SETTING OF THE FILM AND FORESHADOWS THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

• C. THE SCARY IMAGERY IS USED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE DOLLS IN THE WINDOW AND ENTICE THOSE WHO PASS BY TO BE INTRIGUED BY THE INTERESTING ARCHITECTURE.

• D. THE SCARY IMAGERY OF THE SHOP DOES NOT HAVE A DISTINCT PURPOSE WITHIN THE FILM.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST IDENTIFIES THE MOOD OF THE FILM?

• A. COLD AND SNOWY

• B. EXCITING AND THRILLING

• C. DISTURBING AND EERIE

• D. SUSPENSEFUL AND SERENE

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

WHAT MOTIVATES ALMA TO WANT TO GO INTO THE SHOP?

• A. SHE SEES A DOLL THAT LOOKS LIKE HER AND IS INTRIGUED BY HER CURIOSITY ABOUT THE DOLL.

• B. SHE IS EXCITED TO SEE A TOY SHOP LOCATED IN THE DESERTED TOWN.

• C. SHE IS BORED AND HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHER CHILDREN IN THE TOWN.

• D. SHE IS LURED IN BY THE INTRICATE EXTERIOR OF THE SHOP.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

ANALYZE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WALL WHERE CHILDREN WRITE THEIR NAMES AND THE DOLL SHOP. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST IDENTIFIES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO ELEMENTS?

• A. VICTIMS OF THE DOLL SHOP ARE CHOSEN BASED ON WHO WRITES THEIR NAME ON THE WALL ACROSS THE STREET.

• B. THE WALL ALLOWS THE DOLLS TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL SOON BE JOINING THEIR SHOP.

• C. THE WALL SERVES AS A REMINDER TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE TOWN ABOUT THE SCARY FEATURES OF THE SHOP.

• D. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE SHOP.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"ALMA" IN SPANISH MEANS SOUL. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST EXPLAINS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS MEANING AND THE EVENTS THAT UNFOLD IN THE FILM?

• A. THE TITLE AND MEANING OF THE FILM NAME DEVELOP THE SCARY MOOD.

• B. THE TITLE AND MEANING OF THE FILM NAME REVEAL THAT ALMA COULD NOT HAVE ESCAPED HER FATE.

• C. THE TITLE AND MEANING OF THE FILM NAME EMPHASIZE THE IDEA THAT THE SHOP REPRESENTS LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST.

• D. THE TITLE AND MEANING OF THE FILM NAME EMPHASIZE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PROTAGONIST OF THE FILM, ALMA, AND THE CONFLICT THAT SHE EXPERIENCES, HER SOUL BEING TRAPPED IN A DOLL.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

WHICH PIECE OF EVIDENCE BEST SUPPORTS THE CLAIM THAT VICTIMS OF THE DOLL SHOP ARE CHOSEN BASED ON WHO WRITES THEIR NAME ON THE WALL ACROSS THE STREET?

• A. ALMA'S DOLL DOES NOT APPEAR UNTIL SHE WRITES HER NAME ON THE BRICK WALL ACROSS THE STREET.

• B. THERE ARE SEVERAL DOLLS OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES, JUST LIKE THE NAMES ON THE WALL.

• C. THE DOLLS IN THE SHOP ALL HAVE DIFFERENT AGES AND LOOKS, JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THEIR NAMES ON THE WALL ACROSS THE STREET.

• D. THERE IS NO REASONABLE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

ONCE ALMA ENTERS THE SHOP, A DOLL RIDING A BICYCLE PASSES HER AND STARTS TO HEAD TOWARDS THE CLOSING DOOR BEHIND HER. WHICH TWO INFERENCES BEST EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE DOLL'S ACTIONS?

• A. THE DOLL IS TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR TO HELP TRAP ALMA INSIDE OF THE STORE.

• B. THE DOLL IS TRYING TO ESCAPE IN THE HOPES THAT HE WILL BE SET FREE.

• C. THE DOLL IS TRYING TO DISTRACT ALMA SO THAT SHE DOESN'T NOTICE THAT ALL THE OTHERS DOLLS IN SHOP ARE ALIVE.

• D. THE DOLL FELL OF THE SHELF AND IS TRYING TO GET BACK TO ITS ASSIGNED SPOT QUICKLY.

• E. THE DOLL'S ACTIONS SERVE AS A WARNING TO ALMA THAT SHE SHOULD ESCAPE WHILE SHE STILL CAN.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

THROUGHOUT THE FILM ALMA'S DOLL MOVES TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES WITHIN THE SHOP. WHAT CAN YOU INFER IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS WITHIN THE FILM?

• A. THE DOLL'S CONSTANT MOVEMENT IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE CHANGING FEELINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WITHIN ALMA AS SHE IS ENCOUNTERING THE DOLL THAT LOOKS LIKE HER AS WELL AS THE SHOP.

• B. ALMA'S DOLL IS MOVING SEVERAL PLACES THROUGHOUT THE SHOP BECAUSE IT IS TRYING TO ESCAPE, JUST AS THE DOLL ON THE BIKE WAS TRYING TO DO EARLIER IN THE FILM.

• C. ALMA'S DOLL IS MOVING SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE HOPES THAT IT CAN GET CLOSE TO HER AND TRAP HER INSIDE OF THE DOLL FOREVER.

• D. THE DOLL AND SHOP ARE PLAYING ON ALMA'S CURIOUS NATURE. BY MOVING THE DOLL THAT RESEMBLES HER FURTHER INTO THE SHOP EACH TIME SHE SEES IT, THEY HOPE THAT IT WILL HELP LURE HER INTO THE SHOP.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1