Term for a character who is the main character or the hero of a story.
What is a protagonist.
100
The point of view of "The Scarlet Ibis," or any other story told by a narrator.
What is first person?
100
I was the official torturer for the Czar of Russia, before I moved to Ship Trap Island with General Zaroff.
Who is Ivan?
100
Both traveled a long way, only to die in the end.
What are the scarlet ibis and Doodle?
100
"He threw himself face downwards beside the corpse... Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his dead brother's face," is from this story.
What is "The Sniper"?
200
Term for the character who opposes the main character of a story. General Zaroff is one of these.
What is an antagonist?
200
Term for the point of view that best describes "Full Circle."
What is first person?
200
As the detective in charge of the homicide department, I'm not always happy to see private eyes like Kinsey Milhone.
Who is Lieutenant Dolan?
200
We both lost something made of glass.
Who are Cinderella and Mathilde Loisel?
200
"Like a nightmare, we repeated all the horror of the first wreck," comes from this story.
What is "Full Circle"?
300
Term for a character who is not very realistic; "Rounded" would be the opposite.
What is a flat character?
300
Term for the point of view that allows a writer to describe what is in the thoughts and feelings of one or more characters.
What is omniscient?
300
Although my death started the whole story, I myself wasn't around for much of "Full Circle."
Who is Caroline Spurrier?
300
We both got our feet wet.
Who are the dog and the chechaquo (or the man) in "To Build a Fire"?
300
"This man did not know cold. Possibly all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold..." is from this story.
What is "To Build a Fire"?
400
Term for characters who set each other off by strong contrasts--like a tall person standing next to a short one, or a mean character who makes a kind one seem nicer in comparison.
What are foils?
400
Of the stories listed here, this is the only one that is not told in first person: "The Sniper," "Full Circle," and "The Scarlet Ibis."
What is "The Sniper"?
400
I am not really the "Aunt" of this family, but I did get to see many of the events in the story "The Scarlet Ibis" for myself.
Who is Aunt Nicey?
400
A heart defect, a bullet, the Arctic cold, and a knife on a springy sapling.
What are things that killed characters in our stories? or What are ways our characters were killed?
400
"An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake," is an example of loaded imagery to create a creepy tone from this story.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game."
500
Term for a character whose whole reason to exist in a story is to give background information, often by dialog. (Whitney in "The Most Dangerous Game," for example.)
What is an expository character?
500
The probable reason that we are never told the name of the brother in "The Scarlet Ibis."
What is, so that we can identify with him? or What is, so that we can imagine ourselves in his place? or What is, so that we can see him as an Everyman?
500
In my job as a photographer for the Santa Teresa Dispatch, I helped Kinsey Milhone find the license plate of a truck that was at the scene of the crime.
Who is John Birkett?
500
Cinderella is poor and then rich; single, then married to a prince; runs away from the ball at midnight and loses a shoe. What is Mathilde Loisel?
What is rich(or middle class) and then poor; married to a prince of a guy she treats badly; dances till midnight then runs away from the ball at 4 AM and loses a necklace?
500
"They did not know that I did it for myself; that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices" is evidence of one theme from this story.