Author
Story
Background
Analysis
100

Which of the following is NOT Richard Russo?

novelist, artist, screenwriter, teacher, 

artist

100

True or False: Sister Ursula ends up finding her dad.

False

100

What is the catholic church’s mission?

To be people of compassion and mercy

100

True or False: The story had metafiction.

True

200

Where did Richard Russo get his three degrees from?

University of Arizona

200

What do we end up finding out about the father?

The father is the pimp of Sister Ursula's mother.

200

What year was the story published?

2002

200

True or False: The teacher is ego based. 

True

300

How many sons did Richard Russo have?

0 (he has two daughters)

300

Sister Ursula visited Belgium to search for her father later in life. About how old was she?

late fourties

300

How many novels has Richard Russo written?

10

300

The writing class was a symbol of what?

acceptance and freedom

400
Where does Richard Russo go for the winter?

Boston

400

Who is the narrator sleeping with?

Jane

400

From the novel The W's Child and Other Stories, how many stories were there total?

7

400

When was the last time she hoped her father would come rescue her?

When she was taking her vows

500

What is the prize that Richard Russo won in 2002?

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 

500

What is the name of the teacher?

He was never given a name.
500

How many of the stories from The W's Child and Other Stories were adapted into films?

3/7

500

Why does the short story have an unreliable narrative?

Sister Ursula is blind to the fact that her father was a pimp and not this great man she believes him to be