The Things They Carried
Working for a Living
Food for Thought
All's Well That Ends Well
What's It About?
100
This musical instrument is featured in "The Circuit"
What is a trumpet?
100
Mr. Lema has this job in "The Circuit"
What is a teacher?
100
In "The Circuit" the narrator can go back to school after the season for picking this fruit is over.
What are grapes?
100
In the end of "Thank You Ma'am" Mrs. Jones gives Roger this.
What is $10?
100
This story turns on a boy's misunderstanding.
What is "A Day's Wait"?
200
In "A Day's Wait" a young boy is confused by how to read one of these.
What is a thermometer?
200
In "The Third Level" Sam has this job.
What is a psychiatrist?
200
In "Thank You Ma'am" Mrs. Jones prepares these two dishes for Roger.
What is lima beans and ham?
200
In the end of "The Circuit" the narrator comes home from school and finds that this has happened to all the family's belongings.
What is they have been packed in cardboard boxes?
200
desire to return to the past is the driving force of this story.
What is "The Third Level"?
300
In "Thank You Ma'am" a teenage boy tries to steal money to buy these.
What are blue suede shoes?
300
In "The Last Leaf" Mr. Behrman works as one of these.
What is a painter?
300
"Lottery in June" and this food will be heavy soon.
What is corn?
300
At the end of this story, a military band is playing "When Johnny Comes Marching Home."
What is "The One Day War"?
300
A young boy is torn between his need to help his family and his desire to learn in this story.
What is "The Circuit"?
400
In "The Lottery" Mr. Sumners complains every year that the town needs a new one of these.
What is a black box?
400
Schatz receives a visit from a man who works as one of these.
What is a doctor?
400
In "A Day's Wait" Schatz is supposed to take his medication with a glass of this.
What is water?
400
Understanding stamp collecting will help you understand the ending of this story.
What is "The Third Level"?
400
A young man's desire for fame meets an ironic end in this story.
What is "The Ambitious Guest"?
500
In "The Third Level" the main character doesn't have enough money to buy one of these.
What is a train ticket.
500
When Mr. Sumner is not running the lottery he owns this type of business.
What is coal?
500
If not for the lottery, Old Man Warner tells the villagers they would be eating this food.
What is acorns and chickweed stew?
500
This character complains that "it isn't fair" at the end of her story.
Who is Mrs. Hutchinson?
500
This story explores how hope keeps us alive.
What is "The Last Leaf"?
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