“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”WASHINGTON IRVING

What is the main character’s name?

What did Ichabod like to read in his spare time?

Ichabod was in love with Katrina’s _______________?

What happened to Ichabod at the end of the party?

Based on the information in the story the reader can assume that Ichabod ______________in the end.

“The Tell-Tale Heart”EDGAR ALLAN POE

What is it about the old man that scares and angers the narrator?

What does the old man do when he hears a noise on the eighth night?

Where does the narrator hide the old man’s body?

What does the narrator want people to think about him?

Why does the narrator finally confess to the murder?

“The Monkey’s Paw”W.W. JACOBS

What are Mr. White and Herbert doing when the Sergeant-Major arrives?

What are the indicators that Morris thinks the monkey’s paw is dangerous?

Which phrase in this excerpt hints at a light mood? “…his son, with a solemn face, somewhat marred by a wink at his mother, sat down at the piano and struck a few impressive chords”

What detail first helps you predict that Morris’ story about the monkey’s paw may be true.

Why does Mr. White refuse to help his wife open the front door at the end?

“The Raven”EDGAR ALLAN POE

At first encounter how does the speaker react to the Raven?

Readers can infer from the poem’s conclusion that the speaker will -----

How could you best describe the speaker of the poem?

What does the Raven represent in the story?

In lines 93 and 94, near the end of the poem, what does the narrator wish to know when he asks the Raven: “Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, / It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore—”?

“The Landlady”ROALD DAHL

Why does Billy Weaver walk “briskly” down the street?

Which aspects of the B&B make Billy feel it would be a good place to stay?

Why didn’t Billy go on to the pub?

What was unusual about the way the landlady responded to the doorbell?

What does the taste of bitter almonds suggest about the tea?

What are the benefits of staying at the Bell and Dragon?

Why is Billy so trusting of the landlady?

What do Gregory Temple, Christopher Mulholland, and Billy Weaver have in common?

What story did Billy start to recall about Christopher Mulholland? Why does the landlady interrupt him

When the landlady says, “But my dear boy, he never left. He’s still here. Mr. Temple is also here.” WHAT SHOULD BILLY HAVE REALIZED?

“The Sniper”LIAM O’FLAHERTY

Do we know the name of the Republican Sniper?

“The lust of battle dies in him. He became bitten by remorse.”WHAT DOES REMORSE MEAN?

What is the setting of “The Sniper?

What is the point of view of “The Sniper”?

What is the irony of the story? WHAT DOES IRONY MEAN?

Lamb to the Slaughter ROALD DAHL

What words would you use to describe Mary Maloney at the beginning of the story?

What caused Mary Maloney to change?

What are the hints that her husband told her he is having an affair?

Why is the leg of lamb significant in the story?

Whom do the police first suspect when they arrive on the scene? How do you know?

Why does Mary go to the grocery?

What happens to the evidence?

What is the verbal irony in the story?

What is the situational irony in the story?