The narrator of "The Ninny"says he called Yulia into the study in order to....
What is pay her?
100
Squeaky got her nickname because she has a squeaky voice. Why is she also called Mercury?
What is because she is the fastest thing in the neighborhood?
100
Why does Roger lose his balance when he tries to steal Mrs. Jone's purse in "Thank You, M'am"?
What is the purse is very heavy
100
Why does the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" want to kill the old man?
What is hates the old man's clouded blue eye?
100
From what point of view is "Charles" told?
What is first person point of view?
200
How does Yulia in "The Ninny" react when the employer deducts Sundays from her pay?
What is nothing?
200
When Squeaky says that Raymond is "not quite," she means that
What is he is mentally challenged
200
In "Thank You M'am, " what does Mrs. Jones do when Roger struggles to get away?
What is she jerks him in fron of her, wrestles with him with one arm, and drags him up the street?
200
Why does the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" greet the old man so heartily every morning?
What is reassure the old man?
200
What is the mother's impression of Laurie on the day he starts kindergarten?
What is less sweet and innocent?
300
As the narrator deducts money from Yulia's pay, how does he justify to her that he is correct and she is not?
What is he made a note of it in his book.
300
When Mary Louise asks Raymond what grade he is in, her tone is
What is mocking?
300
In "Thank You, M'am," what can you infer from reading that Roger has no one at home to wash his face?
What is neglected at home?
300
On what character trait does the narrator pride himself?
What is intelligence and patients
300
What does "doing a Charles" mean in Laurie's house?
What is doing anything bad?
400
Why does Yulia begin to cry as she listens to the employer "The Ninny"?
What is because she knows she is being mistreated and cheated.
400
Squeaky and Gretchen are talented runners who each want to win the May Day race. What part of the plot does this statement describe?
the resolution the exposition
the conflict the falling action
What is the conflict
400
According to Mrs. Jones in "Thank You, M'am," what lesson has Roger not been taught?
What is the difference between right and wrong?
400
What is different about the old man's reaction to the narrator's intrusion on the eighth night?
What is he wakes up and asks who is there?
400
How does Laurie's mother expect Charles's mother to look-
cheerful, confident, tired, evil
What is tired?
500
Why is it ironic that Yulia says "Merci" to the narrator when he pays her eleven rubles in "The Ninny"?
What is he really owed her eighty?
500
Which is a reasonable prediction of Sqeaky's response to Mr. Pearson's hints that Squeaky should let Gretchen win the race?
What will reject the hint with scorn
500
The author of "Thank You, M'am" calls Mrs. Jones "a large woman." What might large apply to beside her size?
What is her large heart?
500
Why does the sound of the old man's groan in the middle of the night sound familiar to the narrator?
What is the narrator himself has groaned in terror in the night?
500
How does the point of view contribute to the surprise ending of "Charles"?
What is the narrator does not know the truth about Charles, so neither do readers