In these two short stories, the protagonists are unnamed.
What are "The Sniper" and "Stains"?
100
"In the kitchen, she fills the kettle and sets it on the burner."
What is "Stains"?
100
These are the three types of irony.
What are situational, verbal and dramatic?
100
This event is the climax of "War"
What is when Neil knocks his dad out with a stone?
100
These are the three types of narration.
What are first person, third person limited and third person omniscient?
200
Mrs. Whitman would be an example of this type of character.
What is flat and/or static?
200
"It seemed ages since she'd been someone."
What is "The Michelle I Know"?
200
This is the type of irony that we encounter at the end of the story "The Sniper".
What is situational irony?
200
This would be the inciting incident in the story "War".
What is when Neil discovers that his father is going to war?
200
This is what the worm symbolized in "War".
What is brotherly love?
300
This character would be an example of a dynamic character, from any of the stories we've read.
What is answers will vary?
300
"I could just imagine her face - that face I hated...that mean freckled face, the mop of frizzy red hair topping it all..."
(I hope this isn't how you describe Mrs. Meldrum!)
What is "I've Gloria"?
300
This is the situational irony that is part of the ending of "I've Got Gloria".
What is that Mrs. Whitman is going to be Scott's summer school teacher?
300
These two stories end with many unanswered questions.
What are "Stains" and "The Sniper"? (or maybe answers will vary?)
300
These two stories are set the furthest from present-day.
What are "The Sniper" and "War"?
400
This character could be characterized as a hero for this reason.
Who is answers will vary?
400
"The long June twilight faded into night."
What is "The Sniper"?
400
Why might it be ironic that Michelle gets an emotional boost from Claude?
What is the fact that Michelle hasn't had cancer for nearly as long as Claude?
400
This is the part of the story where the plot really "takes off".
What is the inciting incident?
400
These are three reasons why the story "War" has a very fitting title.
What are WWII, Neil's inner conflict, and the "war" that Neil unleashes on his dad in the barn?
500
This protagonist grappled with guilt throughout the story.
Who is the mom in "Stains"?
500
"Crawling quickly to the left, he peered up at the corner of the roof. His ruse had succeeded."
What is "The Sniper"?
500
Which story's title is an example of verbal irony?
What is "I've Got Gloria"?
500
Both of the plots of these two stories have to do with misdirected anger/frustration.
What are "War" and "The Michelle I Know"?
500
These two stories are told from the first person perspective.