A Bad Case of Stripes

What is the inciting incident which "sparks" the rest of the story. If this event had not occurred, the story would not have happened. Choose the BEST answer.

• Camilla screams to her mother. 

• Camilla tries on 42 different outfits, but none ssom quite right.

• Camilla has to go to school because it is the first day of the new school year.

• Camilla gets thirsty trying on the 42 outfits and mistakenly drinks a magic potion.

The exposition is the first stage in the plot. The exposition introduces the main character, the setting, and the problem. Which choice best summarizes the exposition?

• Camilla is the main character and she wants to avoid going to school. Because of this, she drinks a magic potion and becomes covered in stripes.

• Camilla wakes up one day and she is covered with stripes.

• Camilla, a young girl, is the star of a school musical. She has many costumes to wear during the show.

• Camilla is excited for the first day of school. She worries about what other people think of her. Because of this, she doesn't know what to wear on the first day of school.

The conflict in this story represents "Character vs. Self." Choose the BEST answer  to explain Camilla's INTERNAL conflict.

• Camilla has a problem because she is covered in stripes.

• Camilla has a problem because her parents force her to go to school and the teachers yell at her.

• Camilla has a problem because she doesn't know how long the magic potion will last or how much more she should drink.

• Camilla's problem is that she cares too much about others' opinions of her. She doesn't want to be herself and have others not like her.

Identify the first rising action event.

• Camilla screams after seeing she is covered in stripes.

• Camilla hides in the closet and doesn't come out.

• The doctor visits and determines Camilla can go to school the next day. 

• Camilla  visits the doctor and he gives her a magic potion to reverse the first magic potion.

Identify the second rising action event.

• Camilla goes to school and runs away to hide because the other students laugh at her.

• Camilla goes to school and everyone makes fun of her. Camilla changes from one pattern to another as the other students call out to her.

• Camilla changes from being covered in stripes to being covered in fur. The second magic potion didn't work either.

• Camilla goes to school and visits the nurse after the teacher screams in horror.

Identify the third rising action event.

• Camilla's parents speak to the principal about Camilla going to school virtually.

• Camilla is not allowed to go to school because she is a distraction to the other students.

• Camilla hides in the nurses' office until her parents pick her up after school.

• Camilla is feeling embarrassed because the other have laughed at her.

Identify the fourth rising action event.

The story continues to build with more rising action. Remember Camilla's problem? She worries about what others think of her. How has her problem intensified?

The author reveals Camilla's INTERNAL struggle. Which statement below BEST summarizes Camilla's problem?

• Camilla is tired of being covered in stripes.

• Camilla thinks the old woman is crazy and just wants her to leave.

• Camilla lost the magic potion, so she asks the old woman to make her a new magic potion. 

• Camilla lies to the woman about liking lima beans because she is too concerned with what others will think of her.

Identify the climax- the turning point- in the story.