Short Story Unit Review!!

1. Short Story Unit Review!!

2. “A Visit to Grandmother” • “A Visit to Grandmother” is a short story by ______________________________. • It is about a boy named ___________ who drives with his ___________ to see his _____________.

3. “A Visit to Grandmother” • In the story, Grandmother tells about the time Chig’s ____________, GL, traded a chair for a ________ _________. • Everyone but ______________ thought the story was very ____________.

4. “A Visit to Grandmother” • Chig’s father didn’t like the story because people could have gotten _______, and because his mother would have been _______ if he had been in GL’s place. • We find out that Chig’s father thinks his mother didn’t ________________________ as much as she did GL. • At the end, ____________ comes home.

5. “Civil Peace” • “Civil Peace” is a story by _______________________. • It is set just after a civil war, in the country of ________________. • The main character is named _________________________.

6. “Civil Peace” • Jonathan comes out of the war with “five inestimable blessings,” which were _____________________________________. • After the war, he does many things to earn money for his family, like using his bike as a ________, selling _________ at a bar, and his kids picked __________ to sell.

7. “Civil Peace” • Jonathan trades some rebel money for an “_____ -__________” • Later, _______ thieves come to steal it from him. • Jonathan gives it to the, but is not unhappy. He always says, “______________________________.”

8. “Masque of the Red Death” • “Masque of the Red Death” is a short story by ____________________________. • It is about a Prince named ______________ who is hiding from a ______________ called the Red Death. • He locks himself and a thousand guests in his mansion, and after several months they decide to have a ______________.

9. “Masque of the Red Death” • During the party, guests enjoy seven rooms, each a different ______________. • One of the rooms is _________ and _________, and has a big scary __________ made of ebony. • At midnight, the _________________ arrives, and the Prince chases him down the hallway, trying to take his ___________ off.

10. “Masque of the Red Death” • When the Prince catches up to the man in the mask, he falls to the floor, _________. They are in the ________________ room. • The thing in the mask is the Red Death, and everyone at the party __________ after _______________.

11. “The Censors” • “The Censors” is a short story by ______________________. • It is set in the country of __________________. • The main character is named _________, and he gets a job working as a _____________.

12. “The Censors” • Juan writes a letter to his girlfriend in Paris, named _______________. • He becomes a ____________ so he can _____________ his letter. • He quickly begins to move up in the company. After starting in the ________________ department, and moving through the __________ department, he gets to read the letters.

13. “The Censors” • Soon, Juan becomes the best ____________ in the company. • After a while, his own ___________ comes to him to be censored. • He censors it like he does everyone else’s letters, and is __________________ in the morning.

14. “The Leader in the Mirror” • “The Leader in the Mirror” is a short essay by _____________________. • The author wants to tell her readers how she gives gifts to writers in her hometown of __________________, Texas. • These gifts are _____________, and she wants the kids to keep them forever.

15. “The Leader in the Mirror” • The four gifts she gives are _________, a tape recorder, a picture of the ______________________________, and a mirror. • The first gift is so they always remember to ______________. • The second gift is so they remember the voices of their ______________.

16. “The Leader in the Mirror” • The photograph is so they always remember the importance of ____________ in their lives, be they national or cultural. • The mirror is so they can always look into it and see themselves as a _______________.