The Magic Barrel Short Story

Which of the following is NOT true about the magic shop?

• The father was never really sure if it was there - it was like a "mirage."

• The shop had many rooms and passages, so many that the father got confused inside of it.

• The store disappeared after Gip and his father exited, and the father could never find it again.

• Any child could enter the store.

Which of the following is the protagonist in the story?

• The little boy, Gip

• The father

• The shop owner

• The shop itself

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What is the main conflict in the story?

• The shop owner vs. Gip

• The father vs. the shop owner

• The father vs. himself

• The father vs. the red demon

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Which of the following sentences BEST explains the character of the shop owner?

• "... a curious, sallow, dark man, with one ear larger than the other and a chin like the toe-cap of a boot." (page 2)

• "...Our larger tricks, and our daily provisions and all the other things we want, we get out of that hat..." (page 3)

• "He said very little, but his eyes were eloquent; the clutch of his arms was eloquent. he was the playground of unspeakable emotions. These, you know, were real Magics." (page 4)

• "The particular horrid thing he did was with his nose. He did it just as though he was idle and wanted to amuse himself." (page 6)

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Which of the following BEST explains the development of the character of the father? The change in his point of view?

• "I displayed no unbecoming surprise, and since then I have taken occasion to drop in upon him once or twice, unannounced, when the soldiers were about, but so far I have never discovered them performing in anything like a magical manner." (last page)

• "The action was unexpected. I had seen the trick done at entertainments endless times before - it's part of the common stock of conjurers - but I had not expected it here." (page 2)

• "I was beginning to think the magic just a little too genuine." (page 5)

• "Presently I saw with a qualm of distrust and something very like jealousy that Gip had hold of this person's finger as usually he has hold of mine." (page 5)

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What is the climax of the story?

• When Gip disappears

• When the red demon appears

• When Gip's toy soldiers come to life at home

• When the shop disappears

Whose point of view changes the most in the story?

• Gip

• The father

• The owner

• The red demon

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Why is Gip the "right sort of boy"?

• He obeys his father

• He has a sense of wonder and gratitude.

• He likes magic.

• He will believe whatever his father tells him.

The red demon on page 5 is a symbol. What does it symbolize?

• The shop owner's sinister nature.

• Gip's greediness

• The father's jealousy

• The father's inability to believe

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Which of the following BEST describes the major theme of this story?

• Good fathers are always a little jealous.

• It is easier for a child to believe than an adult.

• Magic is real.

• Everyone has a "red demon" in them.

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