Worksheets"Out of House and Home"
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 42mins
What is the the feeling or atmosphere of a particular setting or event in a story?
mood
theme
characterization
archetype
inference
What is an abstract idea (one-word abstract noun) that communicates what humans have experienced throughout our existence?
mood
theme
archetype
characterization
inference
What is a conclusion based on textual evidence and reasoning?
characterization
mood
inference
universal idea
archetype
What is a a character, place, situation, or object that literature throughout time has copied so much that the character, place, situation, or object has become a recognizable pattern?
mood
characterization
universal idea
archetype
inference
What is the act of creating and developing a character through one or more of the following techniques: speech, thoughts and feelings, effect on other characters, actions, looks, and motivation?
characterization
inference
universal idea
archetype
mood
The first paragraph of the short story establishes what kind of mood?
joyful
eerie
exciting
depressing
In paragraph 2, the father is characterized as intimidating. All of the following details support that inference EXCEPT.
"We didn't tell our father."
"His voice shaking the house, the stacked china tinkling like a wind chime."
"[My mother's] hands were always shaking."
"Alex said I would be okay and I trusted her."
According to paragraph 3, why was the narrator often hungry?
The narrator's parents did not have enough food in the home.
The narrator gave her food to her sister, Alex.
The thing inside the narrator was also hungry.
The father took food away from the narrator as punishment.
In paragraph 3, because the "house rules multiplied," it can be inferred that the narrator became increasingly:
confident.
cheerful.
self-conscious.
rebellious.
In paragraph 4, how does the narrator's physical description change?
The narrator began to lose weight, but the thing inside her grew.
The narrator became heavier, but the thing inside her began to lose weight.
The narrator began to lose weight, and the thing inside her became smaller.
The narrator became heavier, and the thing inside her grew, too.
In paragraph 4, what can the reader infer about the narrator's sister? The narrator's sister:
is jealous that the narrator has the creature inside her.
wants the narrator to feel somewhat normal despite having the creature inside her.
fears the narrator and what the creature inside her might be able to do.
is ashamed of the narrator because of the thing inside her.
In paragraph 5, the reader can infer that the thing inside the narrator is physically harmful. All of the following details support that inference EXCEPT:
"my throat gagging from the heavy muscles and concertina motion"
"It left cuts along my esophagus where its scales dug into my skin."
"when I spit, the mucus was traced with blood that smelled like rot."
"Its gaze was reproachful."
In paragraph 6, the narrator is:
receiving compliments from her parents and friends about her weight.
becoming desperately hungry and sneaking food.
existing quite happily with the thing living inside her.
becoming healthier each day that the thing lives inside her.
In paragraph 8, the short story uses which of the following archetypes?
the color black.
wicked step-mother.
epic journey.
the epic hero.
In paragraph 9 and 10, the mood is best described as:
peaceful.
hopeful.
intense.
depressing.
In paragraph 11, when the father asks, “Why can’t you just be good?” he asked. “Why do you have to have this strange thing inside you? Why didn’t you tell me?” you can infer that the father:
blames himself for allowing the thing to infest his daughter.
blames the thing for becoming a parasite inside his daughter.
blames the narrator for having the thing inside her.
blames no one for the thing infesting his daughter.
According to paragraph 13, the narrator describes herself as:
linked somehow to the thing that was inside her.
furious with her father for removing the thing that was inside her.
indifferent that her father removed the thing from her.
happy that the thing has been removed from inside her.
According to paragraph 16, the narrator swallows the thing's egg because:
having the thing inside her was the only thing in her life she felt like she could control.
the wanted to conduct an experiment to see if the egg would hatch.
her father would be proud of her for making a decision on her own.
she wants to punish her father for removing the black thing from her.
The short story develops all of the following themes EXCEPT:
shame
self-esteem
family relationships
wealth
Which of the following conventions of gothic/horror literature does the short story demonstrate? Check all that apply.
a monster.
a mood of mystery, fear, and dread.
includes an old house that holds a secret or has an especially frightening character in it.
shocking plot twist.
Which of the following best demonstrates a thesis about this short story?
"Out of House and Home" is a strange short story that talks about a black thing inside a person.
The horror short story "Out of House and Home" by Ariana Fletcher-Bai develops an idea about self-esteem.
The horror short story "Out of House and Home" by Ariana Fletcher-Bai uses the narrator to develop the universal idea of self-esteem and how it can be strengthened or harmed by family members.
In the horror short story "Out of House and Home," a person has a black thing growing inside her. Eventually, the narrator gets really hungry and eats all of the time to feed the thing.
