Short Story Quiz

In what part of the plot does the reader learn that a character in the short story '11' is having her 11th birthday today?

• a. conclusion

• b. climax

• c. falling action

• d. introduction (exposition)

In what part of the plot does Sylvia Saldivar recall that the sweater is hers, and Mrs. Price pretends everything is okay?

• a. conclusion

• b. climax

• c. falling action

• d. introduction (exposition)

In what part of the plot does Rachel wish she was 102, so her day could be far away?

• a. conclusion

• b. climax

• c. falling action

• d. introduction (exposition)

In what part of the plot does Rachel have to put on the sweater?

• a. conclusion

• b. climax

• c. rising action

• d. introduction (exposition)

In what part of the plot does Rachel state that 'it's too late' for her day to turn out good?

• a. conclusion

• b. climax

• c. falling action

• d. rising action

How do expectations potentially spoil the day for Rachel?

• She expects her birthday to be a happy day, but Mrs. Price hurts her feelings.

• She has no expectations.

• Mrs. Price likes to spoil her students' birthdays.

How can Rachel be 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 all at the same time?

• She has yet to learn her numbers and does not know what age she actually is.

• She time travels to different ages.

• She sometimes feels her age and at other times feels like one of her younger ages.

When Rachel says, 'Growing older is kinda like the layers of an onion, one inside the other,' what does she mean?

• Growing old stinks.

• The outside of an onion is better than the inside.

• Within the onion, the previous layers still exist, but they are covered up by the outside layer similar to the past ages of a person still existing within a person.

Why might Mrs. Price act the way she does toward Rachel? (Mark answers that could apply.)

• She is a mean person

• She is too busy to notice that she has hurt Rachel's feelings.

• She is jealous of Rachel because it is Rachel's birthday.

Why did Sandra Cisneros use figurative language in her fictional story '11'?

• She wanted to make the story longer.

• She wanted to make the events in the story more memorable.

• She had a hard time being concise (using as few of words as possible).