What is the term that means the time and place a story takes place in?
Setting
100
Why does the narrator kill the old man?
Because of his vulture eye.
100
What is it that Madame Loisel borrows from Madame Forrestier?
A necklace.
100
What does Walter Mitty spend the bulk of his time doing?
daydreaming
100
What War does the story take place in?
The Civil War
200
This is a character who is NOT fully developed.
Flat Character
200
Where does the narrator dispose of the old man's body?
Underneath the floorboards.
200
Based on the way Madame Loisel acts, the reader can infer that she treats her husband with _________________.
Resentment
200
Most of the people Mitty imagines himself to be are?
Heroes and well respected.
200
The General tells Joby that he is the ______________ of the army.
heartbeat
300
This is a character who IS fully developed
Round Character
300
By the author describing to the reader all of the steps of the narrator's plan to kill the old man he is creating _____________ in the story. This leads up to the climax.
Suspence
300
How many years does it take for Madame Loisel and her husband to pay back all of the money they owe?
10 years
300
Whose point of view is the story told from?
Walter Mitty
300
Why does the Drummer Boy feel he is in greater danger than the rest of the soldiers?
He has no weapon to protect himself with.
400
This is when the story is told from the point of view of a subjective narration where the main character tells his/her own story - "I"
First Person Point of View
400
What is different on the eighth night the narrator stalks the old man?
The old man wakes up and the narrator sees the vulture eye and kills the old man.
400
What ironic truth does Madame Loisel find out when she confronts Madame Forrestier about losing the necklace?
That the necklace was a fake.
400
Based on Walter's actions, daydreams, and interactions with his wife the reader is encouraged to feel ___________ toward Mitty.
Sympathy
400
What is the setting of the story?
In a peach orchard the night before a battle.
500
This is the author's attitude toward the subject he/she is writing about.
Tone
500
The narrator blurts out his confession to the police officers because he keeps hearing what sound?
He thinks it's the beating of the old man's heart.
500
What is the literary device that is used throughout this story to prove a point about people who are too concerned about appearances.
Irony
500
How is Mrs. Mitty portrayed in the story?
As a nag who mothers her husband and has no respect for him.