9-Weeks Review

Think about the short stories we have read during the 1st 9-Weeks: “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Scarlet Ibis,” “The Invalid’s Story,” “The Necklace,” “Sonata for Harp and Bicycle,” and “The Gift of the Magi.”

Use the skills you have learned to answer the following questions.

The Most Dangerous Game

1. “The night ‘is like moist black velvet’” (215) is an example of what figure of speech?

  1. personification
  2. metaphor
  3. simile
  4. onomatopoeia

2. “The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies…” (218) is an example of what figure of speech?

  1. personification
  2. metaphor
  3. simile
  4. onomatopoeia

3. “…[T]he muttering and growling of the sea…” (218) is an example of what figure of speech?

  1. personification
  2. metaphor
  3. simile
  4. onomatopoeia

4. “Booming” is an example of what figure of speech?

  1. personification
  2. metaphor
  3. simile
  4. onomatopoeia

The Scarlet Ibis

5. The scarlet ibis is a ______of Doodle.

  1. personification
  2. allusion
  3. simile
  4. symbol

6. The words “dead,” “rotting,” “bleeding,” “graveyard,” “untenanted,” “rank,” “empty,” and “cradle” create

  1. imagery and symbolize death.
  2. a resolution.
  3. a simile
  4. imagery and a positive connotation.

The Invalid’s Story

7. The narrator and Thompson did not know that the smell in the train came from cheese, but we (the audience) do know that there isn’t a bad-smelling dead body in the train car. This is an example of

  1. verbal irony
  2. dramatic irony
  3. situational irony
  4. fictional irony

8. “Pfew! I reckon it ain’t no cinnamon’t I’ve loaded up thish-year stove with!” (365) is an example of

  1. dialogue
  2. dialect
  3. conflict
  4. plot

The Necklace

8. Monsieur and Madam Loisel spend ten years to pay back loans for a necklace that replaced Madam Forestier’s necklace. At the end of the story, we (the audience) and the characters find out that Madam Forestier’s lost necklace was a fake. This is an example of

  1. verbal irony
  2. dramatic irony
  3. situational irony
  4. fictional irony

Sonata for Harp and Bicycle

9. Jason struggles to learn the reason why all employees must leave the building before 5 pm. This is an example of

  1. verbal irony
  2. a simile
  3. internal conflict
  4. imagery

The Gift of the Magi

10. Della has cut her hair in order to buy Jim a watch chain. We (the audience) are aware of her actions, but Jim does not find out toward the end of the story. This is an example of

  1. verbal irony
  2. dramatic irony
  3. situational irony
  4. fictional irony

11. We (the audience) and Della find out that Jim has sold his watch in order to buy Della a hair comb. This unexpected turn of events for the audience and characters is known as

  1. verbal irony
  2. dramatic irony
  3. situational irony
  4. fictional irony

Short Answer (10 points)

Choose ONE short answer. The answer should be 3-5 sentences long.

A. Briefly describe the 5-part plot of one of the stories we have read. (Make sure to use the 5 scholastic terms that make up a plot.)

B. Provide an example of external conflict found in one of the stories we have read. (Make sure to explain how the conflict is external.)

C. Describe the similarities and differences between Mathilde Loisel (from “The Necklace”) and Della (from “The Gift of the Magi”).

Extra Credit (+2 each)

EC1. Why does the narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis” call his brother Doodle?

EC2. How do we know Rainsford has “won the game” in “The Most Dangerous Game”?

EC3. Name the strategies that Thompson and the narrator attempt in order to modify the bad smell in “The Invalid’s Story.” (Each strategy is worth 2 points!)