FRESHMAN: Short Story Test
In the story A Christmas Memory, When the mill owner's wife suggests that the protagonists could go and get another tree, what is the narrator's friend's response?
"I doubt it. There's never two of again."
In the story A Christmas Memory, What does this woman exclaim?
"Oh my!" she exclaims, "it's fruitcake weather."
What are the elements of a short story for A Christmas Memory?
-Protagonist: Buddy, his cousin -Antagonist: the other relatives in the household -Conflict: person vs. person -Point of View: first person, the protagonist -Setting: Rural Alabama, November, and December. about 1930 -Literary Techniques: Flashback
What are the elements of a Short Story for the story Poison?
-Protagonist: Harry Pope, Dr. Ganderbai -Antagonist: the Krait -Conflicts: person vs. nature; person vs. self; person vs. person -point of view: first person, minor character (Timber Woods) -Setting: Colonial India -Literary techniques: flash back, suspense, surprise ending, irony
What are the elements of a short story for the stroy Interlopers?
-Protagonist: Ulrich van Grandwitz and Georg Znaeym -Setting: Forest in the Carpathian Mountains -Conflict: person vs. person, person vs. nature -Point of view: third-person omniscient -Significant Literary Techniques: irony
In the story A Christmas Memory, As they have little money, what contest have the protagonists entered in hopes of winning money?
A fifty thousand dollar prize for the best name for a new brand of coffee.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What is the time of day at the opening of the story?
A morning in late November.
In the story A Christmas Memory, At the end of the story, what does the narrator say he almost expects to see?
A pair of lost kites, hurrying towards the heavens.
In the story A Christmas Memory, Why were the protagonists forced to shut down their Fun and Freak Museum?
Because there was a decease of main attraction.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What is the narrator's name?
Buddy.
In the story Interlopers, what are the Carthians and where are they?
Carpathians mountian range that starts in Slovakia and extands through Poland, Ukraine, and Romaina
What is the setting of the story for Snipper?
Dublin, Ireland
In the story A Christmas Memory, Is the story told from the first person point of view or the third person point of view?
First person.
In the story poison, After the doctor administers the serum to Harry, what does he say about the effectiveness of the serum?
Ganderbai tells Timber that the serum may or may not work.
In the story poison, what does Dr. Ganderbai's manner toward Harry suggest about his character and his skill as a doctor?
Ganderbai's manor is pure calmness, this suggests he is a good doctor who will help them.
In the story Interlopers, who speaks first?
Georg
In the story Interlopers, with whom does Ulrich come face to face with?
Georg Znaeym.
In the story poison, What does Harry say to offend the doctor?
Harry calls the doctor a Hindu sewer rat and a dirty black man.
In the story poison, Who does Harry suggest that Timber call for help?
Harry suggests they should call a doctor to help them.
In the story poison, Why does Harry reject Timber's suggestion?
Harry thinks the idea is too risky because the light of the room would scare the krait.
In the story A Christmas Memory, Where does the boy go every Saturday, and what excuses does his friend use for not going with him?
He goes to a picture show and his friend doesn't go with him because she doesn't want to hurt her eyes so when the lord comes she can see him clearly.
In the story poison, On page 4, how does Timber describe Harry as being from the refined, wealthy British upper class?
He is astonished that Harry has buttons on his pajamas, and that only wealthy people had buttons on their pajamas.
In the story A Christmas Memory, How much do the protagonists actually end up paying for the most expensive ingredient?
He wanted two dollars but, instead he says to just bring him a fruitcake instead.
In the story A Christmas Memory, Where does the by go before the next Christmas?
He's going to school
In the story A Christmas Memory, What is the narrator's friend's favorite color?
Her favorite color is rose pink.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What recent news causes the narrator to say that he almost expects to see a kite flying towards the heavens?
His friend has died and he expects to see her flying to heaven in the form of a kite.
In the story A Christmas Memory, Where do the protagonists hide the money in their fruitcake fund?
In an ancient bead purse under a loose board under the floor under a chamber pot under their friend's bed.
What are the two methods of characterization?
Indirect, Direct
In the story A Christmas Memory, In what month does the story open?
Late November.
In the story A Christmas Memory, How long ago does the narrator say the story took place (from when he wrote the story)?
More than 20 years ago.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What happens to Queenie?
Queenie dies.
In the story A Christmas Memory, Who is Queenie?
Queenie is their tough little orange and white rat terrior.
In the story A Christmas Memory, How old is the narrator of the story?
Seven.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What do these excuses (from the previous question) reveal about her character?
She doesn't like to try new things.
In the story A Christmas Memory, List 3 things the narrator's friend has done/does do.
She has killed the biggest rattlesnake, tame hummingbirds until they balance on her finger, tell ghost stories, etc.
In the story A Christmas Memory, List 3 things the narrator's friend has never done.
She has never eaten in a restaurant, traveled more then five miles from home, cursed, etc.
In the story A Christmas Memory, List 3 characteristics of the woman described in the exposition.
She has shorn white hair, she is small and sprightly and her shoulders are pitifully hunched.
In the story A Christmas Memory, List 3 ingredients the protagonists need in order to make fruitcakes.
She needs cherries, vanilla, canned Hawaiian pineapple, etc.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What does the narrator's friend say she really wanted to give to him?
She really wants to give him a bike.
In the story A Christmas Memory, How old is the woman he describes?
Sixty something.
In the story poison, How does the doctor offend Harry?
The doctor offends Harry by asking him if he was dreaming up the snake and the whole thing was just pretend.
In the story poison, What does the doctor plan to do next to protect Harry from the snake?
The doctor plans to administer an anesthetic to the snake to put it into a sleep like snake before carefully removing it from Harry's body.
In the story poison, What will this person bring to help with the snake?
The doctor will bring serum for a krait bite just in case something goes wrong.
In the story A Christmas Memory, Why is the most expensive ingredient also the hardest to obtain?
The law forbids its sale.
In the story poison, The initial conflict in the story is Harry, Timber and Dr. Ganderbai versus the snake. What is the new conflict that now erupts?
The new conflict is Harry versus Dr. Ganderbai.
In the story poison, One kind of poison in this story is the krait's venom. What is the other venom or poison in the story?
The other type of poison is the poison of racism Harry uses towards Dr. Ganderbai
In the story poison, After the chloroform goes through the tube to kill the snake, the sheet is removed. Is there a snake of Harry's stomach?
There us no snake on Harry's stomach.
In the story A Christmas Memory, How does the narrator know the woman?
They are cousins but, very distant ones who have lived together as long as the narrator can remember.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What do the protagonists give to one another for Christmas?
They are going to give each other kites.
In the story A Christmas Memory, After sending out their fruitcakes in the mail, how do the protagonists celebrate the end of the job?
They celebrate by drinking the rest of the whiskey.
In the story A Christmas Memory, How does the narrator's friend manage to wake up the rest of the members of the household on Christmas morning?
They drop a kettle on the floor and tap dance in front of closed doors.
In the story A Christmas Memory, According to the narrator's count, how much money do they have saved?
They have thirteen dollars.
In the story A Christmas Memory, How many fruitcakes do the protagonists plan to bake?
Thirty fruitcakes.
In the story poison, Describe the procedure of administering the chloroform to the snake. How long does it take?
Timber says it either takes 20 minutes or 20 hours for Ganderbi to administer the chloroform because he is moving so slowly and carefully so he doesn't wake the snake.
In the story poison, What does Timber suggest to do to remedy the situation?
Timber suggests they pull the sheet off very slowly so they can see the krait before making another move.
In the story A Christmas Memory, According to the narrator's friend, how tall should a Christmas tree be?
Twice as tall as a boy so the boy can't steal the star.
In the story A Christmas Memory, Why does the celebration suddenly end?
Two relatives come and yells at the friend for giving the narrator whiskey.
In the story Interlopers, why is Ulrich "unstrung with hideous fear"?
Ulrish is scared because it's not their men who are coming to save them, it's wolves
In the story poison, Timber sees a side of Harry's personality that Timber does not like. Explain.
When Timber explains the doctor's instructions to remain still and do not talk Harry snaps at Timber telling him 'what else would I be doing?'. Then Timber tries to be kind and wipe the sweat off of Harry's face but, Harry tells him to go away, the ice will make him cough.
In the story A Christmas Memory, What is the most expensive ingredient they must buy for their fruitcakes?
Whiskey.
In the story A Christmas Memory, From whom do the protagonists buy the most expensive ingredient?
You can get it from Mr. Haha Jones.
In the story poison, what does Harry say that was on his stomach?
a krait (a very poisonous snake)
What is conflict?
a struggle that the character must overcome
In the story Interlopers, what does Ulrish struggle to get out of his coat pocket?
a wine flask because it is very cold outside and the wine is very warming
What is a short story?
any extended fictional prose (not a poem)
In the story poison, what time of night does the story take place?
around midnight
in the story the snipper, why does the snipper drop his rifle?
because the arm that he was holding the rifle in was shot
What is theme?
central or dominating idea in a work
What is exposition?
creates tone gives a setting, introduces characters, and supplies facts necessary to understand the story
what are the 4 parts of a plot?
exposition, rising action or complication, climax, denouement or resolution
In the story poison, what does Timber see when he looks into Harry's bedroom?
harry lying in bed looking ill
In the story poison, what does Timber Woods notice when he arrived home?
harry's light was still on
in the story the snipper, what does the snipper do to overcome the pain?
he grits his teeth and tried to overcome the pain with the effort of the will
In the story poison, how does Harry look?
he is covered in sweat, the sheet covers 3/4s of his body, his pajamas and pillows are covered in sweat
In the story Interlopers, how does Ulrich look at his enemy?
he looks upon him with pity because he can see how much pain greog is in
In the story Interlopers, Ulrich van grandwitz patrols the forest in search of what?
he searched for a human enemy
In the story poison, describe how Harry speaks to Timber.
he speaks slowly and carefully, he speaks so softly baraley whispering
in the story the snipper, what does the opposing snipper think after he shot the cap?
he thinks the snipper is dead because the snipper dropped his cap and his rifle to make it look like he was shot dead
In the story Interlopers, what does Georg threaten his men will do what to Ulrich?
he threatens that after realing Georg from under the tree branch, his men will roll the branch overtop of Ulrich and kill him
In the story Interlopers, if Ulrich's men come first how does he say he will treat Greog?
he treat greog like his guest
in the story the snipper, by what is the snipper bitten by?
he was bitten by remorse after he shot the opposing snipper
In the story poison, how long has Harry been lying still waiting for Timber to come home?
he's been lying there for hours upon hours
in the story the snipper, whom has the snipper killed?
his brother
in the story the snipper, how are the sipper's eyes described?
his eyes are described as "someone who is used to looking at death"
in the story the snipper, where did the woman's corpse lay?
in the gutter
what are the two types of conflict?
internal and external conflict
What are Rising Action/Complications set in motion by?
is set in motion by the exciting force
In the story poison, how does Timber descibe the mannor in which Harry is speaking?
like a man who has doubled over after he had gotten shot in the stomach, his speech is a faint horse whisper
In the story Interlopers, does Ulrish plan to send any messages of condolence?
no, he says he connot decently send one
What is the Denouement/Resolution?
occurs at the end of the story. the molment when the conflicts are resloved and the reader knows what is going to happen to the characters
In the story A Christmas Memory, What are windfall pecans?
peacans that fall off the tree due to the wind
how are conflicts classified?
person vs. person, person vs. nature
What is the plot?
planned series of interrelated actions progessing because of the interplay of one force against another
in the story the snipper, why is it a risk to smoke?
smoking is a risk because someone might see the light of the match when it is lit, which would giveaway the postion of the snipper
In the story Interlopers, why does each men pray that their men will come first?
so that they may be the first one to say that there is peace and that they are now friends
what is an interloper?
someone who is in a place where they shouldn't be
In the story poison, when Timber begins to rush to his friend's bedside, what directions does Harry give him?
take off your shoes and don't touch the bed
in the story the snipper, to what is the amoured car compared?
the amoured car is compared to a piece of steal
In the story poison, why can't Timber tell if there truely is a krait on Harry's stomach or not?
the bedsheet is covering Harry's stomach
In the story Interlopers, what has prevented the feud from dying down?
the boy's personal ill wills died down perhaps the feud would've stopped but, they had always thirsted for one another's blood
What is external conflict?
the conflict against some outside force. the force can be either another character, society or a natural force
What is internal conflict?
the conflict takes place in the charcters mind
What is characterization?
the creation of imaginary characters se beleiveable that they exsist as real for the reader within the limits of fiction.
in the story the snipper, when the cap becomes visible what happens?
the opposing snipper shot the cap
What is the setting?
the physical background against which the action takes place
What is indirect characterization?
the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.
in the story the snipper, what makes the snipper relaize that the old woman in an informant?
the snipper relieved that she was an informant when she began talking to the driver of the car and pointing to where the snipper was hidden.
In the story the Snipper, what breaks the silence?
the sound of machine guns and rifles broke the slience of the night
What is the climax?
the turning point of the story for the protagonists
in the story the snipper, who is waging a civil war?
the two groups who are wagging a civil war is the republicans and free staters
in the story the snipper, what does the snipper curse?
the war, himself, and everybody
What are the 5 parts of a short story?
theme, plot, setting, characterization, conflict
In the story Interlopers, if Georg and Ulrich end their feud how will it affect the foresters?
there would be peace amoung the foresters
In the story Interlopers, for whom are the foresters are the look-out?
they are lookouts for theives who want to steal
In the story Interlopers, what do the two en have on their minds?
they both had hate in their hearts and murder on their minds
In the story Interlopers, how long have the families been feuding?
three generations
In the story Interlopers, define the word poaching?
trustpassing to hunt