Characters
Description: a woman jogger on the path, female in her late thirties, flushed face, downturned eyes, dark hair threaded with gray like cobwebs, an awkward runner. A lab technician at Squibb, lost in the labyrinth of her own tangled thoughts. The name of this character
Who is Madeline Hersey?
The phrase the male jogger says to everyone as he passes
What is Hi Howya doin?
The literary element that represents word choice
What is diction?
The adjective used to describe the main character's stature
What is husky?
The author's name
Who is Joyce Carol Oates?
Description: From the University's geology department, older man, just slight vain of being "fit," dark-tinted aviator glasses riding the bridge of his perspiring nose. The name of this character
Who is Dr. Rausch?
The type of gun used to shoot the victim
What is a twenty-two-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver?
The point of view the story is being told from.
What is third person?
The shooter refers to the main character as this
What is a puppet?
The year the story is written
What is 2007?
Description: An athlete in high school now twenty pounds overweight, divorced, no kids, replaying in her head a quarrel she'd had with a woman friend. The name of this character
Who is Diane Hendricks?
The stepfather's lodge location
What is Jackson Hole, Wyoming?
The literary device used when "Hi howya doin" is said
What is repetition?
The location on the main character's body of where he is shot
What is the forehead?
The final statement in the story
What is that's how I'm doin?
Description: A younger guy who's sweated through his clothes, beginning to breathe through his mouth, size-twelve Nikes striking the earth like mallets. The name of this character
Who is Kyle Lindeman?
The color of the shirt being worn by the main character when he gets shot
What is mustard yellow?
The literary device in the statement, "the bullet leaps like magic"
What is a simile?
The time the main character interacts with the first runner
What is 6pm?
The document the main character's description is given
What is the police report?
Description: Good-looking husky guy six-foot-four in late twenties or early thirties, Caucasian male, carries himself like an athlete, or an ex-athlete just perceptibly thickening at the waist, otherwise in terrific condition like a bronze figure in motion, sinewy arms pumping as he runs, long muscled legs, chiseled-muscled calves. The name of this character
Who is an unnamed character?
The number of people he says Hi! Howya Doin! to
What is six?
The literary element that represents the main character getting killed
What is irony?
The lack of punctuation in the story represents this
What is the joggers' run?
The amount of time the shooter had the gun before using it
What is three years?