Questions for Victory Lap

1) How does the adventure appear to be gendered?

2) What kind of language does Alison use? Find the mistakes she makes
when she speaks.
3) What kind of person is Alison? How would you describe her? What kind of
girl does she appear to be at the beginning of the story?
4) Is there any foreshadowing? (What do you suspect is going to happen to
Alison as you are reading?)
5) Pay attention to the authors use of punctuation. What does the
punctuation do in this story?
6) Describe Kyles swearing.
7) Why does Kyle swear?
8) When and why does Kyle lose control? How is this related to his parents?
9) Relate the Id and the Superego to the events of this story.
10) Who is the hero of this story? Support your answer.
11) Why is the killer nameless in this story?
12) Describe the killers inner dialogueexplain how it changes over the
course of the story.
13) What is the most important line in the story? Explain your choice.
14) how does this story conform to Propps functions? Or Joseph Campbells
Heros Journey?
15) what kind of story would you classify it as (bildungsroman?
Fairytale/adventure?)?

Vocabulary List:
You will not be able to find all of these in a dictionary (for instance, you may
want to look for Corona Del Mar on the internet)

Corona Del Mar

Straw poll
Pig Latin
Nix
Skort
Winnie the Pooh
Footie pyjamas
Pas de bourre
Rond de jambe
Helen Keller
Mother Teresa
Mrs. Roosevelt
Discombobulated
Geode
Parishioner