The Son and Daughter
Plot Tracking
The Mother
Hodgepodge
S.T.E.A.L
100

He does this with the letters.

What is he throws them in the drawer?

100

The point in the story where they discover their mother's secret.

What is the climax?

100

She raised her children to be members of this religious group.

Who are Catholics?

100

The priest views death as means to acquire this.

What is money?

100

How does the author characterize the mother in the beginning of the story?

What is angelic?

200

Their father's name is?

What is Rene?

200

The internal or external opposition that characters face. 

What is conflict?

200

She hated this man.

Who is Rene?

200

The priest drinks this potent drink.

What is brandy?

200

The mother taught her children about this since their infancy?

What are morals?

300

He has been this type of magistrate.

What is a cruel, harsh, hardcore, merciless?

300

The resolution in "A Dead Woman's Secret"

What is her kids judge her and leave her? (or any answer that encompasses that)

300

Her hair was this color when she died.

What is white?

300

The first letter that the siblings read is from him.

Who is the old woman's father?

Who is their grandfather?

300

What does the A in S.T.E.A.L. focus on?

What are actions?

400

She is disgusted with this very large part of the population

What are men?

400

The point of the story that introduces the main characters, setting, and initial conflict.

What is the exposition?

400

She was in love with this man.

Who is Henri?

400

The son is upset that his mother committed this sin.

What is adultery? (cheating)

400

Which S.T.E.A.L. category does the mother's influence on her children fall under?

What is Effect on Others?


500

This is the name that she takes when she becomes a nun.

What is Sister Eulalie?

500

The priest's visit, the crying fits, the discovering of the letters all belong to which section of the plot?

What is rising action?

500

The priest says that the dead woman is this type of person, recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or closeness to God. 

What is a saint?

500

This large item is lying across the bed where the mother dies. 

What is a crucifix?

500

What skill is S.T.E.A.L. used for?

What is CHARACTERIZATION?

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