SHORT STORY UNIT REVIEW A Visit to Grandmother

SHORT STORY UNIT REVIEW!!

“A Visit to Grandmother” is a short story by _______________. It is about a boy named ______ who drives with his ______ to see his _______.

“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 ______.

“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.

“Civil Peace” is a story by ____________. It is set just after a civil war, in the country of ________. The main character is named _____________.

“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.

“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, “_______________. ”

“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 _______.

“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.

“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 ________.

“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 _______.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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 _______.

“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 ________.