Lamb to the Slaughter
Thank You Ma'am
Interlopers
The Pie
Story Arc
200

Patrick Maloney's job

What is police officer
200

This is a theme of "Thank You Ma'am"

What is kindness, dignity, trust, poverty, relationships or second chances.

200

Our two main characters are in a family feud over this

What is land

200

This is what drove the protagonist to sin

What is boredom

200

The height of action of a story

What is the climax

400

Mary goes here after her husband's murder

What is the grocery store

400

Our protagonist tried to steal money to buy this

What are blue suede shoes

400

Ulrich von Gradwitz offers this to his enemy

What is a wine flask

400

Our protagonist stole this type of pie

What is apple

400

The conclusion of the story, sometimes open-ended

What is  the resolution

600

Mary destroys the evidence of her crime by doing this

What is feeding it to Jack Noonan and other officers

600

Roger washing his face in the sink is an example of this

What is symbolism

600

Georg Znaeym can't see because his eye is covered with this

What is blood

600
The author of The Pie
Who is Gary Soto
600

The events leading up to the height of action of the story

What is the rising action

800

A key reason our protagonist kills her husband

What is her pregnancy

800

After feeding Roger, Mrs. Jones gives him this

What is a ten-dollar bill
800

The creatures in the forest were unsettled because of this

There were wolves on the prowl

800

The name of the boy who asks to share the pie

Who is Cross-Eyed Johnny

800

The events immediately following the height of the action of the story

What is the falling action

1000

What Mary serves her husband when he comes home

What is whiskey (or a drink, or alcohol)

1000

This causes Roger to lose his balance and fall while purse-snatching

The heavy weight of Mrs. Jones' purse

1000

This initially stopped Ulrich and Georg from killing each other.

Mother Nature- winds toppled trees on top of our main characters

1000
The squirrel being compared to Christ and the apple referencing Eve's troubles are examples of this.

What is allusion

1000

The part of the story that gives the audience background information and introduces characters

What is the exposition