“The Life
You Save”
“The 2nd
Tree”
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“A Rose for
“Ambush”
“Rockpile”
Emily”
/ “Game”
“Life” - 10
Mr. Shiftlet’s appearance
“Life” – 10
What is he wore a black suit
and brown hat and was
missing half his left arm?
“Life” - 20
Lucynell Jr.’s disabilities
“Life” – 20
What is that she is deaf,
mute, and has a mental
handicap?
“Life” - 30
Mr. Shiftlet’s reaction
immediately after the
wedding
“Life” – 30
What is he tugs at his collar
and seems impatient and
uncomfortable?
“Life” - 40
The irony of Mr. Shiftlet’s
description of his mother to
the hitchhiker
“Life” – 40
What is that he called her an
“angel of Gawd” just like
Lucynell, Jr. and he
abandoned them both?
“Life” - 50
The significance of the final
scene
“Life” – 50
What is that Mr. Shiftlet had
called for God’s forgiveness,
but when the rain came, he
ran from it, away from
salvation?
“Tree” - 10
The antagonist
“Tree” – 10
Who is the psychiatrist?
“Tree” - 20
Trexler’s reaction to seeing
medical books in the
doctor’s office
“Tree” – 20
What is he imagines that he
has the disease described in
the text?
“Tree” - 30
The reason the doctor
knows that Trexler is scared
“Tree” – 30
What is Trexler scoots his
chair back when the
psychiatrist asks a question?
“Tree” - 40
The way Trexler feels when
he realizes what he wants
“Tree” – 40
What is invigorated?
“Tree” - 50
The reason Trexler decides
he wants the second tree
from the corner
“Tree” – 50
What is that the tree was
something no one could give
and no one could take away,
something that is perfect
and would never be exactly
like this again?
“Rose” - 10
Miss Emily’s servant
“Rose” – 10
Who is Tobe?
“Rose” - 20
Emily’s reaction to her
father’s death
“Rose” – 20
What is that she denies he
has died for three days?
“Rose” - 30
The likely reason Miss Emily
said nothing to the druggist
when she bought the arsenic
“Rose” – 30
What is that she did not
want to lie?
“Rose” - 40
This is what the
townspeople thought
happened to Homer Barron
“Rose” – 40
What is that he had broken
up with her and moved back
to the North?
“Rose” - 50
This is the theme of change
in the story
“Rose” – 50
What is that Emily resists
change and will do anything
to keep things as she likes
them?
“Rockpile” - 10
The only family member
without a biblical name
“Rockpile” – 10
Who is Roy?
“Rockpile” - 20
The reason Gabriel treats
John badly
“Rockpile” – 20
What is that John is not his
biological child and reminds
him of Elizabeth’s sinful
days?
“Rockpile” - 30
The way Gabriel treats Roy
“Rockpile” – 30
What is he dotes on Roy and
thinks the boy can do no
wrong?
“Rockpile” - 40
The family’s view of the
outside world
“Rockpile” – 40
What is that they see the
world as dangerous and that
the people who are not part
of their group are sinners?
“Rockpile” - 50
The irony of Gabriel’s
behavior
“Rockpile” – 50
What is that as a preacher,
Gabriel should be caring and
loving, but in reality he is
controlling, angry, and
biased?
“Ambush” /“Game” - 10
The point of view of
“Ambush”
“Ambush” /“Game” – 10
What is first person?
“Ambush” /“Game” - 20
The narrator does this to
pass the time in “Game”
“Ambush” /“Game” – 20
What is write descriptions of
natural forms on the walls
using a diamond ring?
“Ambush” /“Game” - 30
The internal conflict of
“Ambush”
“Ambush” /“Game” – 30
What is the narrator trying
to deal with guilt over killing
a North Vietnamese soldier
in the war?
“Ambush” /“Game” - 40
The allegorical meaning of
“Game”
“Ambush” /“Game” – 40
What is the two characters
trapped in the missile silo
represent the US and Russia
in their insane buildup of
nuclear weapons?
“Ambush” /“Game” - 50
The reason the narrator
killed the soldier in
“Ambush”
“Ambush” /“Game” – 50
What is that it was war and
that soldiers try to kill the
enemy?