Short Story Review

Jeopardy Short Story Review

Question 1 - 100 I am a little naïve and I should have seem that coming.

Answer 1 – 100 Billy Weaver

Question 1 - 200 I am quick-thinking and dedicated. I have an acute eye for criminality and strong form.

Answer 1 – 200 Officer Jimmy Wells

Question 1 - 300 My large ego sometimes clouds my keen eyes.

Answer 1 – 300 “Silky” Bob

Question 1 - 400 I have certainly out-grown the “jump-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse” era. I have as much nerve control as any man.

Answer 1 – 400 Mrs. Wynnes

Question 1 - 500 I attended a famous university in England and love warm, relaxing drinks.

Answer 1 – 500 Christopher Mulholland

Question 2 - 100 The light showed a pale, square jawed face with keen eyes, and a little _______ _______ near his right ___________. Fill in all three blanks.

Answer 2 – 100 White Scar Eyebrow

Question 2 - 200 In his very first encounter with her, what similie does Billy use to describe the landlady?

Answer 2 – 200 A Jack-in-the-Box

Question 2 - 300 Twenty years before the plot, Bob and Jimmy dined at ___________________.

Answer 2 – 300 Big Joe Brady’s

Question 2 - 400 What clue alerts the American that something has truly gone awry?

Answer 2 – 400 The native boy places a bowl of milk on the veranda and in India that can only mean one thing – a cobra in the room.

Question 2 - 500 Fill in the blanks. “Not in the least,” she said. “I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ “.

Answer 2 – 500 “I stuff all my little pets when they pass away.”

Question 3 - 100 Identify the point of view being used in “After Twenty Years.”

Answer 3 – 100 Third Person Limited

Question 3 - 200 What literary device is being used in the following quote, “But the air was deadly cold and he wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks.”

Answer 3 – 200 simile

Question 3 - 300 Identify the character vs. society conflict in ”The Dinner Party.”

Answer 3 – 300 Men vs. Women (Sexism)

Question 3 - 400 When describing how he moved around a lot in the West, Bob says that the West is a pretty big _________________ and he ________________ over it pretty lively.

Answer 3 – 400 Proposition Hustled

Question 3 - 500 The following statement is a theme of ONE short story. Trust your instincts. When something seems too good to be true, it usually is. Identify the story.

Answer 3 – 500 “The Landlady”

Question 5 - 100 How much does an egg cost at the landlady’s Bed and Breakfast?

Answer 5 – 100 A sixpence

Question 5 - 200 Silky Bob was standing in the doorway of a _______________ store.

Answer 5 – 200 hardware

Question 5 - 300 Mrs. Wynne stays calm when a venomous snake is crawling across her foot; this is an example of what literary device?

Answer 5 – 300 (Situational) Irony

Question 5 - 400 What style hat is Billy wearing?

Answer 5 – 400 Trilby

Question 5 - 500 Identify all of the following professions: • One who studies plants and animals. • One who practices the art of stuffing and preserving animal skins for display. • One who works for a country’s embassy in another country.

Answer 5 – 500 Naturalist Taxidermist Government Attache

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