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Short stories: The Scarlet Ibis, The Most Dangerous Game

Emma Aro 15 questions

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  1. 1The climax of The Scarlet Ibis is:
    When Brother brings Doodle up to the loft to see his little coffin.
    When the ibis falls out of the tree and dies.
    When Doodle shows his parents and aunt that he has learned to walk.
    When Brother goes back and finds Doodle bleeding and not moving.

    1. AWhen Brother brings Doodle up to the loft to see his little coffin.
      When Doodle shows his parents and aunt that he has learned to walk.
      When Brother goes back and finds Doodle bleeding and not moving.
    2. BWhen the ibis falls out of the tree and dies.
    3. CWhen Doodle shows his parents and aunt that he has learned to walk.
    4. DWhen Brother goes back and finds Doodle bleeding and not moving.
  2. 2Early in the Scarlet Ibis, the author uses _________________ to help set the reader up for what's to come in the story.
    1. Aallusion
    2. Bconflict
    3. Ctone
    4. Dsymbolism
  3. 3The paragraph in The Scarlet Ibis that begins:

    "There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty..."

    begins a six paragraph section that is an excellent example of ____________________.
    1. Arising action
    2. Bfalling action
    3. Cinternal conflict
    4. Dexternal conflict
  4. 4Who serves as the main character's conscience in The Most Dangerous Game, telling him very clearly that hunting is wrong because of the harm it does and the fear it causes animals?

    1. AGeneral Zaroff
    2. BRainsford
    3. CIvan
    4. DWhitney
  5. 5In The Most Dangerous Game, the paragraph that begins:

    "He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face and the salt water in his open mouth made him gag and strangle."

    is the paragraph that begins which part of the plot?
    1. AFalling Action
    2. BResolution
    3. CExposition
    4. DRising action
    5. EClimax
  6. 6Which of the following is not an example of a conflict found in The Most Dangerous Game?

    1. AMan vs. Nature
    2. BMan vs. Social pressure
    3. CMan vs. Time
    4. DMan vs. Fear
    5. EMan vs. Man
  7. 7In The Pedestrian, Ray Bradbury warns the audience of the dangers of abusing what?

    1. ATime alone
    2. BWriters and books
    3. CPolice authority
    4. DTechnology
  8. 8Which of the following sentence samples marks the beginning of the Rising Action portion of The Pedestrian?

    1. ASometimes he would walk for hours and miles...
    2. B"Your name?" said the police car in a metallic whisper...
    3. COn this particular evening he began his journey in a westerly direction...
    4. DHe turned back on a side street...
  9. 9The fact that the characters went back in time to kill a gigantic, dangerous beast (in A Sound of Thunder), but it was the death of a small butterfly that caused a disaster is an example of:

    1. ATheme
    2. BClimax
    3. CIrony
    4. DConflict
  10. 10In There Will Come Soft Rains, what story element most helps the house feel like a living character?

    1. AComputerized voices making regular announcements
    2. BThe silhouette of the family burned into the wall outside
    3. CThe dog that smells food and is denied
    4. DThe cleaning "mice" that emerge from the wall periodically
    5. EAnimals living on the viewing screen in the children's room

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