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Six months with child when she kills her husband.
What is Mary Maloney.
100
A story that is not true.
What is fiction.
100
The "great tragedy" that Vera descibes to Framton in "The Open Window".
What is the disappearance of Mrs. Sappleton's husband.
100
Tires to swipe a woman's purse.
What is Roger.
100
THe place and time of the story.
What is setting.
200
Mary Maloney's alibi.
What is Sam.
200
It is the sequence of events in a story.
What is plot.
200
The signs that the narrarator recieves in "By the Waters of Babylon".
What is an eagle, a fawn and panther.
200
Uses his inheritance and even gets another job to pay off his debts.
What is Monsieur Loisel.
200
The main idea of a story.
What is theme.
300
Suffers incessantly because she believes she really belongs to a higher class.
What is Matilda.
300
When the opposite of what you expect happens.
What is irony.
300
Why the narrator go on the journey in "By the Waters of Babylon.
What is he is on a journey to become an adult and to learn.
300
Enjoys making up fantastic false stories for her own amusement.
What is Vera.
300
When the reader knows more than the characters in the story.
What is dramatic irony.
400
Vera's polite Aunt who tries to chat with Framton before he bolts out.
What is Mrs. Sapleton.
400
A hint of future events.
What is foreshadowing.
400
In "Lamb to the Slaughter", "and so he told her" was an refers to..
What is Patrick is leaving his wife.
400
Gives Roger a meal and money to buy blue suede shoes.
What is Mrs. Jones.
400
When the action of the story comes to a "head".
What is climax.
500
Matilda's "fairy godmother".
What is Mademoiselle Forestier.
500
A person or force that is working against the main character.
What is antagonist.
500
The magic that was gone from the dead places.
What are the technologies that kept them operating.
500
Has a nervous disorder he is trying to cure.
What is Framton Nuttel.
500
The main character of a work.
What is protagonist.