THE SHORT STORY UNIT TEST REVIEW GAME

THE RULES Your group must come up with an appropriate short team name – be creative! Keep it on your board, so I can award points. In your assigned groups you must answer the given question on your whiteboard within the allotted time. Do not show your boards until the “boards up” directive is given by your teacher. Your team must stop writing when “boards up” is called. Each correct answer will be awarded with a point. I will allocate the points. Points will be tallied on the front board. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

QUESTION 1: In the short story “Kayak” who is the narrator? Provide one example to support your answer. 1 Point

QUESTION 2: Who is the protagonist in “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”? Explain why, using an example from the text. 1 Point

QUESTION 3: What is the theme of the short story “Priscilla and the Wimps”? Provide an example from the text. 2 Points

QUESTION 4: Define pathetic fallacy and provide an example from a text we have read. 2 Points

What is a theme of the short story “The Kayak”? QUESTION 5: What is a theme of the short story “The Kayak”? 1 Point

QUESTION 6: Define foreshadowing, and provide an example from one of the texts we have studied. 2 Point

QUESTION 7: What is the tone of “The Highway Man”? Provide an example from the text. 2 Point

QUESTION 8: What type of conflict is evident in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”? 1 Point

Name ALL of the kinds of External Conflict. QUESTION 9: Name ALL of the kinds of External Conflict. 5 Points

Explain the irony in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”. QUESTION 10: Explain the irony in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”. 1 Point

QUESTION 11: What information does the introduction of “The Kayak” provide the reader with? 3 Points

What is the climax of “Lamb to the Slaughter”? QUESTION 12: What is the climax of “Lamb to the Slaughter”? 1 Point

How does the author resolve “The Kayak”? QUESTION 13: How does the author resolve “The Kayak”? 1 Point

What are the rising action(s) (x3) in “Priscilla and the Wimps”? QUESTION 14: What are the rising action(s) (x3) in “Priscilla and the Wimps”? 3 Points

QUESTION 15: What is the initial conflict in the short story “Priscilla and the Wimps”? 1 Point

QUESTION 16: Identify the falling action of the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”. 1 Point

QUESTION 17: Identify and explain an example of imagery for each of the five senses. You may use any short story we have read in class this unit. 5 Points

QUESTION 18: Write a character sketch for the protagonist, Bess, in the poem “The Highway Man”. Make sure you include: Physical appearance Inner thoughts and feelings Behaviour and actions Others’ perceptions 4 Points

QUESTION 19: Define exposition and provide an example from one of the texts we read. 2 Points

Define setting and provide an example from one of the texts we read. QUESTION 20: Define setting and provide an example from one of the texts we read. 2 Points

LET’S SEE WHO WON! /41 Points