Short Stories
In The Lottery, who draws the first round of the lottery for each family?
Father/Man of the house
How old was Elie at the start of the story?
12
Who is Buck's enemy?
Spitz
Who is the author?
Gloria Whelan
Where is Ms. Macon from? (Must include city and state)
Wichita, KS
In The Tell-Tale Heart, why can't we trust what the narrator is telling us?
There are clues that he is crazy, so he is an unreliable narrator?
Who is Elie's mentor for studying Kabbalah?
Moishe the Beadle
Who teaches Buck the law of the club?
The man in the red sweater.
True or False: Misha and Katya are blood-related.
How many siblings does Ms. Macon have?
2
In The Necklace, what causes Madame Loisel to be so miserable at the start of the story?
Her desire to be rich.
A corpse
How does the remainder of the sled team die after Buck leaves them with Hal and Mercedes?
They fall through the ice trying to cross during Spring
Where is the royal family when the Tsar gets news that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated (and that WW1 was about to start)?
On the family's yacht, on vacation on the Baltic Sea.
Where did Ms. Macon go to college?
Florida A&M University (FAMU)
In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, what is his "secret life" referring to?
His daydreams, where he imagines different realities for himself.
Near the end of the book, Elie believes he is hallucinating. What does he halluciante?
His friend, Juliek, playing the violin?
How much weight does Buck pull to win John Thornton a fortune?
1,000 pounds
Why do the peasants at The Oaks burn the dacha to the ground?
Because they hated Vitya, the overseer.
Name one of Ms. Macon's favorite snacks
POPCORN! chips and salsa
What is the name of the island where Rainsford gets stranded?
Ship Trap Island
Name one of Elie's siblings
Tzipora, Hilda, and Beatrice
Name one difference between the book and the movie
Answers may vary.
What was St. Petersburg renamed to during WW1, and why?
Petrograd - St. Petersburg is German, and the Russian people wanted to cut ties with anything German.
How many years has Ms. Macon been a teacher?
8