Vocabulary
What word means lively or vigorous
Spirited
The cobra emerges and slithers towards the bowl of milk
Why does the hostess call to the native waiting behind the chair?
There is a cobra on her foot
What does "sit like stone images" mean
Remain very still - not moving
It has a bare marble floor, open rafters, and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.
What does veranda mean?
Open porch
What happens in the resolution of the Dinner Party?
American asked the hostess how she knew there was a cobra in the room
In paragraph 7, what does the phrase: "so arresting that it sobers everyone" mean?
So important sounding that it makes everyone pay attention
What point of view is the story in?
First, Second, or Third?
Third
What does commotion mean?
Noisy disturbance
Where in the plot are characters and the setting of the dinner party introduced?
Exposition
The American appears to be someone who:
A. Relax
B. Investigate
C. Take orders
D. Take risks
B. Investigate
What is the theme of the story?
Men and women can both be in control and courageous
"A women's unfailing reaction in any crises is to scream," the colonel says.
What job does a colonel have?
military officer
The colonel and the young girl have a spirited discussion is what part of the plot?
A. Exposition
B. Inciting Incidence
B. Inciting Incidence
How does the American Know the milk is for a cobra when he has not yet seen the snake?
Milk is used as cobra bait in India
Where in the story does the author use foreshadowing?
When the colonel and the young woman are having a spirited discussion about how men and women react in times of crises.
He speaks quickly, the tone of his voice so arresting that it sobers everyone.
What does sobers and arresting mean?
Sobers: Calms, makes someone pay attention
Arresting: attracting attention or interest
Name one event in the falling action of the story
Several people scream and the hostess tells the colonel that he was right
What character in the story is Wynnes?
The hostess
What is the author's view of the American?
A. He has more respect for women than men
B. He has more self control than most men
C. His great heroism saves everybody
D. His training as a scientist makes him a valuable guest.
C. His great heroism saves everybody