Vocabulary
What does Consoling mean?
What is comforting?
Lives in a "big white birthday cake of a house".
Who is Rollie?
What point of view is the story told in?
First Person
Jerry is in conflict about whether to spend money on what he wants or help his family.
What is Exposition?
What is a placard?
What is a sign?
Forgives his friend for selling the prized Grover Cleveland Card.
Who is Roger?
From whose point of view is the story being told?
What is eleven year old Jerry?
Armand goes to the dance.
What is Falling Action?
What does incredulous mean?
What is unable to believe?
Seems to age from money troubles after he loses his job.
Who is Jerry's father?
When does the story take place?
During the Depression?
Jerry gives Armand a dime for his father's gift.
What is Rising Action?
Who is Jerry's brother?
Who is Armand?
What does contempt mean?
What is extreme dislike?
Has an after-school job at a grocery store.
Who is Armand
What was the importance of finding the Grover Cleveland Card?
What is that is the card he needed to be able to win the baseball glove?
Jerry decides to sell the card to Rollie and give the money to his brother.
What is Climax?
Gets a gift from his family.
Who is Jerry's father?
What does embossed mean?
What is printed with raised letters?
Feels guilty that he only contributed a dime toward the birthday present.
Who is Jerry?
Where does most of the story take place?
What is a store in a small town during the depression?
Armand falls in love.
What is Rising Action?
Who is resented by the other kids?
Rollie Termaine