A Rose for Emily
A Worn Path
Breakfast
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
The Magic Barrel
100
When Emily's grandfather died, the mayor did what as a "sort of hereditary obligation"?
What is told her she didn't have to pay taxes.
100
When Phoenix says, "Thorns, you doing your appointed work," she is talking to a
What is thorn bush.
100
What time of day does the story take place?
What is dawn.
100
What is the setting of this story?
What is on a farm in the South.
100
How did Finkle say he "came to God"?
What is Because he did not love God.
200
What is the importance of the arsenic?
What is she intends to kill Homer Barron.
200
How does the author describe the way Phoenix walks?
What is like a pendulum of a grandfather clock.
200
Why was it unique for the man at the can to say they've eaten for twelve days?
What is because this was during the Great Depression.
200
Flannery O'Conner typical grotesque characters are seen in this story. What type of writer was she known as because of these characters?
What is a Southern Gothic writer.
200
How does Finkle describe himself (about love)?
What is unloved and loveless?
300
Why did Emily's servant walk out of the back door whenever Emily dies?
What is his service was complete.
300
What type of literary element is conveyed in this line from the story, "Big dead trees, like black men with one arm."
What is a simile.
300
When Steinbeck mentions "lavender gray" and "gray smoke," he is using what literary element?
What is sensory details.
300
At first Tom Shiftlet seems harmless because of what?
What is he only has one arm.
300
Finkle ultimately realized that he wants to what?
What is marry for love.
400
How does Faulkner represent Emily's father? (what is he posing with?)
What is a stovepipe hat.
400
What does Phoenix plan to by with the $.10?
What is a present for her grandson.
400
What mood does Steinbeck convey in this story?
What is hope.
400
What is interesting about Mr. Shiftlet's name?
What is the connotation of this name means that he is a "shifty," "sketchy" man.
400
Who is the girl in the snapshot that Finkle is instantly attracted to?
What is Salzman's daughter.
500
Why might Emily be considered a "monument"?
What is she represents a way of life from the past.
500
Why does the nurse mark Phoenix case as charity?
What is she's never been able to afford the medicine.
500
The phrase "cricked and rustled" is an example of what literary element?
What is onomatopoeia.
500
"In the darkness, Mr. Shiftlet's smile stretched like a weary snake waking up by a fire." This quote displays what literary element?
What is color imagery.
500
What literary element does the author use to develop Salzman's character?
What is dialect.
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