WorksheetsHorror Unit Test
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 29mins
In "What is the Horror Genre," the author says that defining the horror genre by subjects, such as monsters, is
A best for those who are just beginning their study of the genre.
B useful because of creatures such as Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula.
C not helpful for stories that have more than one type of monster.
D not always possible since some horror stories do not have monsters.
Why is the suspense in a horror story greater than in other stories?
A Horror writers are better at creating suspense than other writers.
B Readers know from the start that something bad is going to happen.
C Characters in horror stories are scarier than characters in other stories.
D There is tension because monsters in horror stories do unexpected things.
Which is the most unlikely setting for a horror story?
A an isolated road
B a bright beautiful park
C a dark basement
D an old attic
In literature, _______ is the growing tension and excitement felt by readers.
outcome
suspense
genre
________ is the use of clues to hint at future events
flashback
genre
foreshadowing
The sequence of events- or the “what” of events-that happen in the story.
Plot
Climax
Suspense
Setting
What is conflict?
two characters getting along
a struggle between two opposing forces
the climax in a story
part of the resolution
When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't is:
cliffhanger
suspenseful title
foreshadowing
dramatic irony
What is suspense?
Leaves the reader questioning the characters within a story
How the reader feels; what feelings are evoked by the author’s words and descriptions
Intense feeling that a reader goes through while waiting for an outcome of certain events; holding their breath and wanting more.
What is mood?
How a reader might react to a plot or theme
How the reader feels; what feelings are evoked by the author’s words and descriptions
How the reader learns the actions of other characters within the story
What is foreshadowing?
Hint to what comes later in a story
Things the reader knows but the characters do not
What the author lets the reader know
The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story is called the
plot
figurative language
theme
One way you could figure out the theme is to...
Skim through the story
Just read the beginning of the story
Think about what the character has learned
Which passage has an unhappy mood?
1
2
Which word best describes the mood of this passage?
Lively
Angry
Ominous
Amusing
Which word would best describe the mood of the passage?
Playful
Threatening
Lonely
Calm
What is a protagonist?
The protagonist is the main character.
The protagonist is always the good guy.
The protagonist can only be one character.
The protagonist is always the bad guy.
In The Tell-Tale Heart, why does the narrator confess his crime?
The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are the real murderers.
The narrator confesses because he knows the old man is not really dead.
The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are mocking him and can hear the heartbeat.
The narrator confesses because the officers knew the crime that had been committed.
In The Tell-Tale Heart, how is the narrator feeling when the police FIRST enter his home?
Terrified
Confident
Guilty
Scared
What is the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction (ie: 1st person, 3rd person...)
first-person narrator
narrator
point of view
unreliable narrator
What do we call the speaker of the story?
suspense
narrator
point of view
unreliable narrator
Which type of narrator is a character in the story and uses words like I, me, my?
suspense
third-person
first-person
unreliable narrator
What do we call a narrator whose story cannot be trusted?
suspense
third-person
first-person
unreliable narrator
In Lamb to the Slaughter, how would you describe Mary at the beginning of the story?
Attentive
Confused
Angry
Smart
In Lamb to the Slaughter, which statement describes Mary's motivation for covering up her crime?
She wants to protect her unborn child because she thinks Patrick is abandoning them (her + child).
She thinks she did nothing wrong and does not deserved to be abandoned.
She is afraid of life in prison if she should lash out in a rage.
She does not think the police will believe she killed in self-defense.
In Lamb to the Slaughter, which of the following shows situational irony?
The police officer goes to the grocer's.
Calm, loving Mary violently kills her husband.
Patrick is a police officer.
The doctor says that Patrick's skull was smashed.
In Lamb to the Slaughter, why does Mary go shopping for groceries?
Her husband wants dinner at home.
She needs fresh air.
She needs an alibi, or an excuse.
She wants to confess to Sam.
In Lamb to the Slaughter, dramatic irony takes place when
she would like a drink
the police detectives eat the lamb
she feels too ill to leave
she went grocery shopping
In The Monkey's Paw, we can tell that Sergeant-Major Morris thinks that the monkey’s paw is dangerous because he
In The Monkey's Paw, what detail foreshadows, or hints, that Morris’s story about the monkey’s paw may be true?
What is a theme, or lesson, in The Monkey's Paw?
Which piece of textual evidence from the beginning of the story foreshadows the end of The Monkey's Paw?
In The Monkey's Paw, which line spoken by Herbert best foreshadows what will happen to him?
At the end of the The Monkey's Paw, Herbert stops knocking at the door because
