1. Short Story Unit Review!!

2. “A Visit to Grandmother”
“A Visit to Grandmother” is a short story by ______________________________.
It is about a boy named ___________ who drives with his ___________ to see his _____________.

3. “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 ____________.

4. “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.

5. “Civil Peace” “Civil Peace” is a story by _______________________.
It is set just after a civil war, in the country of ________________.
The main character is named _________________________.

6. “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.

7. “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, “______________________________.”

8. “Masque of the Red Death”
“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 ______________.

9. “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.

10. “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 _______________.

11. “The Censors”
“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 _____________.

12. “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.

13. “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.

14. “The Leader in the Mirror”
“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.

15. “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 ______________.

16. “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 _______________.