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Short Stories 2: Guns, Interlopers, Cask, Mango, Cory, Sound

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the interlopers in the story? Choose all.

a)

Georg Znaeym

b)

Ulrich Von Gradwitz

c)

The Wolves

2.

Saki is what kind of a name?

a)

Pseudonym

b)

Last Name

c)

First Name

d)

Anonymous name

3.

What is Saki's real name?

a)

Hugh Grant

b)

Hector Adams

c)

Hector Hugh Munro

d)

Hector Hugh Monroe

4.

How did Edgar Allan Poe get the name "Allan"?

a)

It's his middle name.

b)

It was his mother's maiden name.

c)

It was his real father's first name.

d)

From his adoptive father, John Allan.

5.

In what point of view is "The Cask of Amontillado" told?

a)

First Person

b)

Third Person Limited

c)

Third Person Omniscient

6.

How do we know Montresor got away with murder?

a)

He is still free 50 years later and talking about it.

b)

Fortunado's body was found, but there was no physical evidence.

c)

Montresor escaped to America and was never caught by the police.

d)

Fortunado never actually died. It was all a fantasy of Montresor's.

7.

Which friend calls Cory a phony?

a)

Paul

b)

Davy

c)

Chipper

d)

Dan

8.

What happened when Virginia Euwer Wolff was younger?

a)

She was with her friend when her friend shoplifted.

b)

She shoplifted and was arrested.

c)

Her house burned down.

d)

Her best friend told her she was a fake.

9.

Who feels guilty for not helping during the school shooting?

a)

Lion

b)

TJ

c)

Mr. Beemer

d)

Sam

10.

What job did Chris Crutcher have that made him uniquely qualified to write about teenagers?

a)

He was a high school math teacher.

b)

He was a high school counselor.

c)

He was a young adult author.

d)

He was a marriage and family therapist.

11.

Why was Eckels's shot?

a)

He killed a butterfly.

b)

He stepped off the path.

c)

Deutscher is now the president.

d)

He didn't pay his Time Safari bill.

12.

What does Ray Bradbury hate? Choose all that apply.

a)

The Internet

b)

Cars

c)

Space Travel

d)

Computers

13.

What was Esperanza's first job?

a)

Hostess at a restaurant

b)

Maid

c)

Processing photos

d)

tutor

14.

What are all of the things Esperanza is disappointed in? Choose all that apply.

a)

Her name

b)

Her house on Mango Street

c)

Sharing a room

d)

Her shoes

e)

Having to eat at school in the canteen

15.

Sandra Cisneros went to what colleges? Select all.

a)

DePaul University

b)

Loyola University of Chicago

c)

University of Wisconsin

d)

University of Iowa