These were the characters' names in "The Gift of the Magi".
Who are "Jim" and "Della"?
100
These were the main characters in "The Most Dangerous Game".
Who are "Rainsford" and "Zaroff"?
100
This was the setting for most of the story.
What is a local grocery store in Cinncinnati, Ohio?
100
These are the main characters in "Lamb to the Slaughter".
Who are "Patrick and Mary Maloney"?
100
This unsatisfied lady borrows the necklace from Madame Forestier to attend a dinner party at the home of the Minister of Education and Madame Rampanneau.
Who is Madame Loisel?
200
This was the setting for "The Gift of the Magi".
What is a flat in urban New York City, 1905?
200
This is the setting for "The Most Dangerous Game."
What is a remote, unmarked island in the Caribbean Sea, around 1925?
200
One of the main characters of "Checkouts" has just moved into town. The other is a young man who works part time in what establishment?
What is a local grocery store?
200
This provides the reader with evidence that the Maloneys live in a small town.
What is everyone knows each other's business, Sam knows the Maloney's schedule and preferences...
200
This was the setting for "The Necklace".
What is Paris, France?
300
These were themes of "The Gift of the Magi".
What are "love", "sacrifice", and "unselfishness"?
300
This was the overall theme of "The Most Dangerous Game".
What is "survival"?
300
This is a theme that appears in "Checkouts".
What are "missed opportunities"?
300
This is a theme of "Lamb to the Slaughter".
What is "deception", "revenge", and "concealing the truth"?
300
This is a theme found in the short story "The Necklace".
What is "how pride can lead to poverty"?
400
This literary device is present in "The Gift of the Magi".
What is dramatic irony?
400
These literary devices are present in "The Most Dangerous Game".
What are conflict and situational irony?
400
This literary device is present in "Checkouts".
What is reader connection?
400
This literary device is present in "Lamb to the Slaughter".
What is verbal and dramatic irony?
400
This literary device is present in "The Necklace".
What is situational irony?
500
The title "The Gift of the Magi" refers to this...
What is the unselfish giving of a gift to the one who is loved, even at the cost/sacrifice of the giver.
500
The title "The Most Dangerous Game" refers to...
What is "The Most Dangerous Game" being surviving a hunt for your own life?
500
The title "Checkouts" has a double meaning that refers to...
What is the literal checkout at a grocery store, and the main characters checking each other out ;-)
500
The title "Lamb to the Slaughter" refers to...
What is the slaughter of the main character by his wife after he tells her he's leaving her. Yikes!!
500
The title "The Necklace" refers to...
What is the faux necklace and the diamond necklace that changed the main character's life?