"Stains"
"The Sniper"
"I've Got Gloria"
"The Michelle I Know"
"War"
100
This is the article of clothing the mother tries to mend.
What is a t-shirt?
100
This is the physical setting of the story.
What is Ireland (Dublin)?
100
This is the protagonist in the story
Who is Scott?
100
This is how Claude is described, in relation to Michelle.
What is Michelle's secret admirer?
100
This is the chronological setting of the story.
What is 1940 (August)?
200
This story leaves the reader not knowing how the events turn out. This is the term for that type of story.
What is a cliffhanger?
200
This is the climax of the story.
What is when the main character shoots the other sniper?
200
This is the ransom amount Scott demanded from Mrs. Whitman.
What is a thousand dollars?
200
This surprising event led to Rob and Michelle laughing.
What is when Michelle threw her wig (and it landed on the IV pole)?
200
These two items were symbols of Neil's love.
What are the red beads and golf ball?
300
"She should have praised him more when he was younger." These words demonstrate the emotion that the mother was feeling.
What is guilt?
300
These are the names of the two sides in this civil war.
What are the Republicans and Free Staters?
300
How was Mrs. Whitman able to figure out that Scott was the culprit?
What is she dialled *69 and then asked Scott's mom what number it was?
300
These are the words that Rob says at the end of the story to Michelle.
What is "Now that's the Michelle I Know"?
300
This is the physical setting of the story.
What is Orillia (or the Muskokas)?
400
This is the type of narration evident in this story.
What is third person limited?
400
This is the side that the protagonist was fighting for.
What is the Republican side?
400
This was the type of dog Gloria was.
What is a bulldog?
400
This was the length of time Claude had been battling cancer.
What is eight years?
400
This was the original occupation of Neil's dad.
What is a salesman?
500
In the first paragraph of this story, we read that a woman is trying to get blood out of a pair of jeans, which is a hint that this story is probably not going to have a happy ending. This is an example of this literary element.
What is foreshadowing?
500
This is the theme of the story.
What is... -war tears families apart? -war causes more problems than solutions? -you never know who you might hurt/kill in a civil war? -answers can vary
500
This was where Scott had originally planned to hike that summer but no longer could because he would have to go to summer school.
What is Yellowstone (National Park)?
500
This was one of the reasons why Michelle believed Rob might be late or not show up at all.
What is.. -the fog? -she wasn't much to see anymore? -boredom? -he was with Vanessa?
500
This is the double meaning behind the title of this story.
What are -the actual war (WWII)? -the war between Neil and his dad (Neil being angry with his father)? -the war within Neil?
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