Short Stories
"Foster"
Literary Devices
Snacks
Radi-Facts
100

What car is following the girl in Halloween (color and model)?

Dark green Honda 

100

What does the narrator’s father drop that he refuses to pick up?

Rhubarb

100

Comparing two things using like or as?

Simile

100

Esperanza wanted now n’ laters but what did the narrator want?

Burrito 

100

What state is Ms Radigan from ?

Rhode Island!!!!

200

What is the name of the paper the narrator’s husband published his article in?

"The New Nigeria"

200

What does Mr. Kinsella believe that women can smell?

Eventualities 

200

Comparison being made between two unlike things like in the phrase “evening of life”

Metaphor

200

The first time Joe Brainard saw his mother cry in "I Remember," what was he eating?

Apricot pie

200

Where did Ms Radigan go to college?

Wesleyan

300

Some children at Kapuscinski's school have become experts in this unusual thing?

Deportations

300

What does Mr. Kinsella time the narrator doing all summer?

Racing to the mailbox

300

A reference to something in history, literature, politics, etc

Allusion

300

What food item did the man in front of the woman in The American Embassy offer her since she hadn’t eaten all day?

Orange

300

Who are Ms Radigan’s two best friends at school?

Ms. Heath and Mr. Ohringer   

400

In "Girl" what rowdy song is she being accused of singing in Sunday school?

Benna

400

What animals get lost at sea in Mr. Kinsella’s story?

Horses

400

A recurring image, symbol, or phrase, such as the weather 

Motif

400

What treat does Mr Kinsella tell the narrator to get in town with the money he gives her?

Choc ice

400

In what Brooklyn neighborhood does Ms Radigan live?

Bed Stuy

500

In "Two Kinds," what rude thing does Waverly Jong say to Jing Mei after her failed piano recital?

"You're not a genius like me"

500

What is the name of the Kinsella's nosy neighbor ?


Mildred

500

The technique of presenting the flow of characters’ thoughts, ideas, responses and sensations

Stream of Consciousness

500

In what way does the mother in Girl instruct her to always eat her food?

In a way that doesn't turn someone else's stomach

500

What is Ms. Radigan's favorite Avenues snack??

Choc chip cookie bars