Short Story Quiz

What genre is "The Veldt," "A Sound of Thunder," and "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" ?

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  science fiction

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  historical fiction

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  biography

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  documentary

Where does the family in "The Veldt" live?

• an expensive, high-tech home that does everything for them,

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  in a space craft

• a farm in the country

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  On an island far away

What did the kids change their nursery into?

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  a waterfall

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  a veldt (like a savannah)

• a meadow

• an ocean land

What does Eckels want to hunt in "A Sound of Thunder?"

• rabbits

• deer

• T-Rex

• sharks

What is the sound of thunder at the end of the story?

• a dinosaur crashing to the ground

• Travis shooting Eckels

• Eckels stepping off of the path

• the present-day world collapsing

Who is "Charles" in the story?

• Laurie

• Charles

• Another kid in class

• Laurie's mom

Click on all the examples they give in the text of power/technology not working in "Monsters are Due on Maple Street." (HINT! There are 3 correct answers!)

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  Lights go off

• No cell service

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  To internet signal

• Stove stops working

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  No radio

When Tommy (the teenage boy) says "They don't want you to." to who is he referring?

• His mom

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  The other people of Maple Street

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  He doesn't say that

• The aliens

Why does Mary go shopping for groceries in "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

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  Her husband wants dinner at home.

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  She needs an alibi, or an excuse.

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  She needs fresh air.

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  She wants to confess to Sam.

What is the effect of the police eating the lamb leg at the end of the story?

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  It creates irony

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  It provides realistic details

• It creates tension

• It foreshadows Mary's future