| A | B |
|---|
| the "deported wickedness" of Poker Flat | two women, a thief, and a gambler |
| the reason Mr. Oakhurst is banished from Poker Flat | winning a great deal of money |
| how Oakhurst responds to Tom Simson's innocence | being protective of him |
| what Uncle Billy does to the other campers | runs off with the horses and mules |
| what Piney and the duchess die of | freezing to death |
| how Mrs. Mallard FIRST reacts to news of her husband's death | sadness |
| what Mrs. Mallard realizes after contemplating the news | She is completely free. |
| why the title "Story of an Hour" is ironic | The events are much more dramatic than it suggests. |
| what people incorrectly assume about Mrs. Mallard | that she is overjoyed to discover her husband is alive |
| what "Story of an Hour" is concerned with | an individual's right to self-expression |
| when Mrs. Mallard dies | when her husband returns home alive |
| In "To Build a Fire," there is an external conflict between ---. | people and nature |
| what the man in "To Build a Fire" has never experienced before | such cold temperatures |
| what the relationship between the man and the dog in "To Build a Fire" is based on | usefullness to one another |
| why the man in "To Build a Fire" continues to travel | doesn't realize how dangerous it is |
| In "To Build a Fire," the man becomes more --- toward the old-timer. | respectful |
| how the man in "To Build a Fire" faces death | acceptance |
| what the dog does at the end of "To Build a Fire" | seeks human company |
| the mood of the poem "My life closed twice before its close" | sadness |
| the subject of "My life closed twice before its close" | loss |
| what the school and fields represent in "Because I could not stop for Death" | life |
| in the carriage with the speaker and Death in "Because I could not stop for Death" | Immortality |
| what the speaker imagines in "I heard a fly buzz when I died" | her own death |
| the speaker's attitude toward death in "I heard a fly buzz when I died" | calm and accepting |
| In "Hope is the thing with feathers," the speaker says hope ---. | makes life better |
| the setting of "The Sculptor's Funeral" | Sand City, Kansas |
| "The Sculptor's Funeral" begins ---. | in winter at night |
| Harvey Merrick's mother is not ---. | small and petite |
| Steavens can only relate to --- in "The Sculptor's Funeral" | Jim Laird |
| what Harvey Merrick died from | pneumonia |
| why the watchers came to the house in "The Sculptor's Funeral" | to show respect |
| what Steavens leaves for the lawyer in "The Sculptor's Funeral" | his address |
| how the narrator appears to feel about Simon Wheeler in "The Jumping Frog" | unimpressed |
| what the first narrator suspects in "Jumping Frog" | His friend set him up. |
| what can make a frog a great jumper | educating it |
| shows Smiley's addiction to gambling in "Jumping Frog" | betting on the parson's wife |
| how the stranger got the best of Jim Smiley in "Jumping Frog" | filling the frog with lead |
| tone of "Jumping Frog" | humorous |
| why the dog took a severe beating at the start of fights in "Jumping Frog" | More money would be bet against him. |
| the climax of "Jumping Frog" | discovering the stranger tampered with the frog |
| what a tall tale uses | exaggeration |
| the unending dream of boys in "Life on the Mississippi" | to be a steamboatman |
| what the town is like before the steamboat arrives in "Life on the Mississippi" | boring |
| how the boys feel about the apprentice engineer in "Life on the Mississippi" | couldn't stand him |
| what happened to the engineer's boat in "Life on the Mississippi" | blew up |
| why Twain ran away from home | Parents forbid him to work on a steamboat. |
| Twain's ultimate dream | to become a Pilot |
| why the narrator moved to the country in "The Yellow Wallpaper" | to allow her to rest |
| how the narrator feels about the paper in the beginning of "The Yellow Wallpaper" | It's ugly and annoying. |
| why John behaves as he does in "The Yellow Wallpaper" | He thinks he knows best. |
| what John believes the narrator's "fancies" are in "The Yellow Wallpaper" | harmful to recovery |
| the number of poems published when Dickinson was alive | seven |
| makes a piece of writing regionalistic | dialect |
