Plot
The feeling Slade had towards Mr. Baumer because he learned how to read and write in English and he was an immigrant.
What is jealousy ?
Likes to drink whiskey and will even work for it instead of money.
Who is Slade ?
Which happens first:
a) Mr. Baumer hires Slade
b) Mr. Baumer punches Slade
c) Slade steps on Mr. Baumer's hand.
What is
b) Mr. Baumer punches Slade ?
Items that are for sale in a store.
What is merchandise ?
The narrator of the story ?
Who is Al ?
Died of drinking wood alcohol
Who is Slade ?
The man that finds Slade in the snow with the wagon of merchandise.
Who is Moore ?
Which happens first:
a) Slade calls Mr. Baumer "Dutchie"
b) Mr. Baumer gives Slade his bill
c) Mr. Baumer hires Ed Hempel.
What is
b) Mr. Baumer gives Slade his bill ?
The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.
What is evaporation ?
The pronoun that is used to prove that the story is told in first-person point of view.
What is I ?
The feeling Al has for Mr. Baumer every time he sees Mr. Baumer bullied.
What is embarrassment ?
The young lad working in the Moon Dance Mercantile Company.
Who is Al ?
What happens first:
a) Slade twisted Mr. Baumer's nose
b) Slade slaps Mr. Baumer.
c) Slade drops Mr. Baumer's hat.
What is:
a) Slade twisted Mr. Baumer's nose
An instrument that measure temperature.
What is a thermometer ?
True or False:
The author chose first-person point of view because it is more reliable.
What is true ?
The name Slade calls Mr. Baumer to insult him.
What is Dutchie ?
The two men that helped Al remove all the merchandise from Slade's wagon.
Who are Colly Coleman and Ed Hempel ?
Which happened last:
a) Al is hired as an employee
b) Slade dies
c) Al moves the poison off the wagon.
What is:
c) Al moves the poison off the wagon.
urged on, here, by poking with a stick
What is prodded ?
True or False
An omniscient point of view would mean the author would allow the reader to know the thinking of all the characters in the story.
What is true ?
The most important skill Mr. Baumer reminds Al he should learn in school because it is important.
What are reading and writing ?
The man responsible for Slade's death, but will not be able to prove it because of the blizzard.
Who is Mr. Baumer ?
What happens last:
a) Mr. McDonald pushes Slade
b) Dr. King stands between Mr. Baumer and Slade
c) Dr. King and Mr. McDonald watch a fight.
What is:
b) Dr. King stands between Mr. Baumer and Slade ?
Talked: met to discuss something or an issue.
What is palavered ?
True or False
Foreshadowing in a story allows the author to share exactly what is going to happen in the story.
What is false ?