Name: ______________________________________________
Date: _______________________________________________
Advanced English Period: _______
#: _____
Section: IN CLASS WORK
Short Story Exam Study Guide
Due date: _Monday, April 29, 2013__
Directions: Complete this study guide using your notes in your binder and your literature book.
“The Lady or the Tiger”
● What is the importance of calling the king “semi-barbaric”?________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● How did the kingdom deal with crime? ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● Explain what could be behind either door. What would happen in each situation?
Situation one:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Situation two:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1
● Who was the king’s daughter in love with and why was this a problem? _________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● What crime was the young man charged with? ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● How did the princess know what was behind each door? __________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● How did she feel about the woman behind the one door? Why did she feel that way?_________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● What did the princess do to give her lover a signal? What did she do? _____________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● Who is the author of “The Lady or The Tiger?”____________________________________________
POINT OF VIEW
● What type of point of view is it when a character uses the pronoun “I” when narrating the story?
____________________________________________
● What type of point of view is it when the narrator uses the pronouns “he” or “she” when telling the
story? ____________________________________________
2
● What type of point of view is it when the story is told by an all knowing character? ________________
● What city does the “zoo” land in? _______________________________________________________
● Why is the story ironic? _______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● How much does it cost the humans to see the “zoo?” ________________________________________
● How much does it cost the animals to see the “human zoo?” __________________________________
● Who is the author of “Zoo?” _________________________________________________
CHARACTER
● What are the two meanings for the word character?
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________
● _______________________________ is the information the author gives the reader about the characters
themselves.
● _________________________ is a character that is round, many sided and has a complex personality.
● _________________________ is a character that is dynamic, has many sided personalities that change, for
better or worse, by the end of the story.
● _________________________ is a character that is a stereotype and has one or two characteristics that never
change and are emphasized.
● A character that is clearly central to the story, with all major events having some importance to this
character is called the _________________________________.
● The character who opposes the main character is called the ___________________________________.
● What are the four ways an author can reveal a character?
1)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● What type of store does the father own in “Papa’s Parrot?” ___________________________________
3
● What are the two different types of characterization and what do they mean?
1) ____________________________ : _____________________________________________________________________________
2) ____________________________ : _____________________________________________________________________________
● What type of store does the father own in “Papa’s Parrot?” ___________________________________
● What is the son’s name? ___________________________
● What is the name of Mr. Tillian’s parrot? ___________________________
● Why does Mr. Tillian buy the parrot? ________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● Why does the parrot say “Where’s Harry? Miss him.”? _____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● Who is the author of “Papa’s Parrot?” _________________________________________________
SETTING
● What are the four aspects of a story’s setting that you need to consider when examining how setting
contributes to a story?
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
4. _____________________________________
● The definition of setting is (10 words!): _______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________ (You must know these 10 words!)
● In “The Third Level,” what is the name of the place where Charley thinks he finds the third level?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● How old is Charley? _________________________________________________________________
● What is the name of Charley’s wife? _____________________________________________________
● Who is Sam? _______________________________________________________________________
4
● Why does Louisa send Charley to go see a psychiatrist? ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● What year does Charley think he is in when he visits the third level? _________________________________
● How does Charley figure out that it is that year? ___________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● What city and state does Charley want to go to in that year? __________________________________
● Why does he want to go there? ____________________________________________________________________________
● How often do Charley and Louisa look for the third level? ___________________________________
● What is a “first day cover?” ___________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● How does Charley know that Sam found the third level? ___________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● In his letter, what does Sam encourage Charley and Louisa to do? ________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
● Who is the author of “The Third Level?” _________________________________________________
In addition to this review packet, remember to study your notes pages for each element of the
short story!
These include:
- Setting notes page
- Point of view notes page
- Character notes page
Also, make sure you are familiar with all the stories we have read:
- “Zoo” – Page 418
- “Papa’s Parrot” – Page 481
- “The Third Level” – Page 50
- “The Lady or The Tiger” - handout
5