1. Powerpoint Jeopardy 10 20 30 40 50 “Tell-Tale-Heart”
“The Monkey’s Paw”
“The Landlady”
“Us and Them”
“The Hitchhiker” 10 20 30 40 50

2. Why does the narrator in “The Tell-
Tell – Heart” decide to kill the old
Man ?
Category 1 – 10

3. How do the officers learn that the narrator has murdered the old man?
Category

4. When the narrator keeps stalking the old man in his sleep – it builds what?
Category 1 -30

5. What can you tell about the narrator Based on his tone?
Category 1 – 50

6. What has the narrator’s sharpened senses created?
Category 1 – 50 points

7. Why does Mr. White wish for two hundred pounds?
Category

8. Why does Mr. White refuse to open the door after his second wish?
Category 1 -20

9. When Mr. White thinks he sees faces in the fire
What does the reader predict?
Category 2 -30

10. What does the reader infer when Morris throws the paw into the fire?
Category 2 – 40

11. What creates the mood in the story?
Category 2 – 50 points

12. In the Landlady, what does the main character do for a living?
Category 3 – 10 points

13. What was usual about how the landlady answered the door?
Category 3 – 20 points

14. Why did Billy trust the landlady?
Category 3 – 30 points

15. What can we infer when the tea has a strange taste?
Category 3 – 40 points

16. Give 2 reasons why Billy decides to stay at the bed and breakfast.
Category 3 – 50 points

17. When does the author spy on the Tomkey’s?
Category 4 – 10 points

18. Why does the author’s mother go get the candy from the author?
Category 4 – 20 points

19. What kind of irony is it when the author states that his parents agree with the Tomkey’s about television, but then they watch it?
Category 4 – 30 points

20. We know that Sedaris is fasinated with the Tomkey’s, but Sedaris calls them uninteresting. What kind of Irony is that?
Category 4 – 40 points

21. What does Sedaris do instead of admitting he was wrong?
Category 4 – 50 points

22. What short story was originally written for a Radio play?
Category points

23. What is used in a radio play to signal the present to the past?
Category points

24. When Adam’s mother warns him about driving recklessly and picking up strangers, it is an example of?
Category 5 – 30 points

25. At the end of the play, Adams realizes he is ?
Category 5 – 40 points

26. What do you think the Hichhiker is leading Adam’s to?
Category 5 – 50 points