Stop the Sun
What was the name of the main character in the story?
Terry
What is the narrator's name?
Charlie
What was the son's name in the story?
Herbert
What made the narrator kill the old man?
His eye
What is the word for a comparison of two things using the words like or as?
Simile
What war did the dad fight in?
Vietnam War
What did Algernon and the narrator compete in throughout the story?
What is the full name of the visitor who comes to see the family?
Sergeant Major Morris
Edgar Allen Poe
What is the term for a word that sounds like noise it is referring to?
Onomatopoeia
What store in the mall did the dad have his major panic attack in?
Hardware store
What was the narrator's teacher's name?
Ms. Kinnian
What is the first wish the family makes?
200 pounds
How did the narrator kill the old man?
He dragged him to the floor and pulled the heavy bed over him.
What is the term for an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What was the war weapon that the father was most scared of in the war?
Mortars
He had surgery, which made him smarter.
How does the son in the story die?
He is caught up in the machinery at his job.
Who does the narrator confess his crime to?
What is the term for an object that represents an idea?
Symbolism
What phrase did the author use to describe when the father would have a flashback?
His eyes went away
Where did the narrator work in the story?
He works at a factory named Donnegans.
What is the (implied) third wish the family makes?
For the son to go away
What bold move did the narrator do when the police arrived?
He placed his chair directly over the dead body.
What is the term for a set of lines grouped together that is separate from other lines?
Stanza