Discovering Fiction: Ar N A S S

Discovering Fiction
A R eader of N orth A merican S hort S tories

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Online Instructors Manual
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P art O ne C hildhood M emories 3
P art T wo T he U nexpected 14
P art T hree T raveling T hrough T ime 24
P art F our T urning P oints 31
P art F ive M en and W omen 42
Judith Kay
Rosemary Gelshenen
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P a rt O n e
Childhood
Memories
Chapter 1
Eleven
S andra C isneros
A P reparing to R ead
3 Story Preview page 5
Possible answers:
scared = frightened, afraid; nonsense = silly thoughts, foolish words or actions;
pretend = behave as if something is true even though it is not;
invisible = impossible to see
4 Words to Know page 5

Answers:
pretend; invisible; scared; nonsense
Chapter 1 Eleven3
C U nderstanding the S tory
1 Reading Comprehension page 10
Answers:
1. The story takes place in school.
2. Rachel is telling the story, and she is eleven.
3. Its her birthday.
4. She thinks it belongs to Rachel.
5. The sweater is red, raggedy, old, and stretched out. It has a collar and plastic
buttons.
6. She plans to throw it over the fence, or leave it on a parking meter, or toss it in the
alley.
7. The teacher tells her to put on the sweater. Rachel puts it on and starts to cry.
8. Phyllis Lopez remembers that the sweater is hers.
9. Rachel feels sad. Her birthday has been ruined.
10. The rings of an onion or a tree are inside each other. Each larger ring surrounds the
smaller, inner ones. On Rachels birthday, even though she expects to feel grown up,
she still has the feelings of her earlier years (the inner rings).
2 Guessing Meaning from Context pages 1011

Answers:
1. lap; 2. squeeze; 3. scared; 4. itchy; 5. raggedy; 6. skinny; 7. invisible; 8. toss;
9. alley; 10. spit; 11. hiccups; 12. pretend
3 Word Forms page 11

Answers:
Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

wish wish wishful wishfully
scare scare scary, scared X
X sadness sad sadly
X stupidity stupid stupidly
X loudness loud loudly
smell smell smelly X
itch itch itchy X
Answers:
wishes; wish
Chapter 1 Eleven4
4 Grammar: Contractions page 13
Application
Answers:
1. Thats, shes; 2. w
ouldve, wasnt; 3. Its, wouldnt; 4. Im, doesnt; 5. Thats, dont,
youre; 6. sweaters; 7. wasnt; 8. Theres, Mamas; 9. Therell, its
D T hinking C ritically
2 Making Inferences page 14
Answers:
1. a; 2. b
3 Analyzing the Story: First Person Narrator page 15

Possible answers:
Information You Learn from Rachel Information Any Narrator Could
as Narrator Give You
Rachels ideas: Rachels words:
You have other ages inside you. Thats not, I dont, youre not . . .
Grownups who cry maybe feel like Not mine.
theyre three. But its not
Rachels feelings:
She doesnt feel eleven.
She feels sick inside.
Rachels wants and wishes: Rachels actions:
She wants to know how to answer She moves the sweater to the corner
Mrs. Price. of the desk.
She wishes she were one hundred She cries in front of everybody.
and two.
She wants to be far away like a
runaway balloon.
Rachels way of looking at the
red sweater:
Its itchy and full of germs.
Its so stretched out you could use it
for a jump rope.
Chapter 1 Eleven5
Chapter 2
The Blanket
F loyd D ell
Possible answers:
nursing home = home for sick or elderly people; nuisance = an annoying person;
fiance = a woman who has formally promised to marry someone; blanket = a
covering for the bed; reproaches = scolds, criticizes

Answers:
nursing homes; nuisance; reproach; blanket; fiance

Answers:
1. He is being sent away because his son is getting married and the sons fiance
objects to living with an elderly man.
2. Petey is eleven years old.
3. Petey realizes it when his Dad brings home the blanket for Granddad to take with
him to the nursing home.
4. He pretends that he wants to go to the nursing home where hed be with so many
other old fellows having the best of everything. . . . He says he wouldnt want to
be a nuisance or to be around when the babies arrive and have to listen to their
crying.
5. She is hard and unfeeling. She resents the money Peteys father spent on Granddads
blanket.
6. Yes. After Petey told his father to cut the blanket in half, Dad went over to
Granddad and stood before him, not speaking. . . . And he heard Granddad
whisper, Its all right, son I knew you didnt mean it. . . . And then Petey cried.
But it didnt matter because they were all three crying together.
Chapter 2 The Blanket6

Answers:
1. b; 2. c; 3. d; 4. b; 5. d; 6. b; 7. c; 8. a; 9. b; 10. c;
11. c; 12. a; 13. b; 14. a

Answers:

reproach reproach reproachful, reproachfully
reproachable
pretend pretense, pretend, pretendedly
pretended, pretended
pretender
pain pain, painful, painfully,
painless pained painlessly
sleep sleep sleepy, sleepily,
sleepless sleeplessly
startle startlement startling startlingly
intend intent, intentional intently,
intention intentionally

4 Grammar: Phrasal Verbs page 25
Application
Answers:
Phrasal Meaning Sentence
Verb
washed up washed the When theyd washed up the supper dishes they
dishes after went out on the shanty porch. . . .
eating (lines 810)
went out left the house

sit up stay up late Hed not be back till late, and they could sit up
and talk. (lines 67)
brought out carry from one But instead of the fiddle he brought out the
place to another blanket. (line 12)
go away leave And isnt your father a kind man to be giving
the old fellow a blanket like that to go away
with? (lines 1516)
got up rose from sitting Oh, yes, its a fine blanket, said Petey, and
or lying down got up and went into the shanty. (lines 2526)
went into entered

stood up rose to a standing The blanket slid to the floor as the old man
position took the fiddle and stood up. (lines 2829)
tuned up adjusted the pitch Granddad tuned up for a minute. . . .
of a musical (line 30)
instrument
moving going to live in a It was as well Dad was moving into that new
into new home house, away from here. (lines 3435)

Answers:
1. c; 2. a; 3. c
3 Analyzing the Story: Poetic Justice page 27

Possible answers:
What the What Happens to Him
Character Character Does or Her at the End
Petey shows his anger about Dad Granddad stays home with him
sending Granddad away and Dad.
Granddad prepares to go to the He gets to stay home.
nursing home
Dad gives his father a blanket to He quarrels with his fiance, feels
take to the nursing home guilty when Petey wants to cut
the blanket, and apologizes to
his father.
The fiance objects to the costly gift She leaves in a huff and might not
marry Peteys dad.

Chapter 3
The Bracelet
Y oshiko U chida
Possible answers:
evacuated = taken away; camps = rough accommodations; aliens = foreigners;
interned = confined; bracelet = piece of jewelry worn on the wrist

Answers:
aliens; evacuated; camps; interned; bracelet

Answers:
1. They live in Berkeley, California.
2. They have to leave their home because they are Japanese Americans, and the United
States is at war with Japan. People of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast are being
put in concentration camps by the U.S. government.
3. He is in a prisoner-of-war camp in Montana.
4. They can take only what they can carry.
5. They are assigned to live in a stall in a horse stable.
6. Ruri is upset because it was a parting gift from her best friend, Laurie. The bracelet
is a symbol of their friendship.
7. Her mother tells Ruri that she doesnt need a bracelet to remember Laurie.

Answers:
1. droop; 2. drapes; 3. elegant; 4. oval; 5. stall; 6. cots; 7. suspected; 8. piled;
9. abandoned; 10. Irises; 11. enormous
Chapter 3 The Bracelet10

Answers:

dangle dangle dangling X
droop droop droopy droopily
thrust thrust thrusting X
drape drapes, draping X

drape
X elegance elegant elegantly
abandon abandonment abandoned X

pile pile piled X
suspect suspect suspect X
4 Grammar: The Past Tense: Simple Versus Continuous pages 3839

Application
Answers:
1. were you doing; 2. was studying; 3. was living; 4. came; 5. snowed; 6. was snowing,
got; 7. cut, was peeling; 8. were talking, arrived; 9. was living, went; 10. started, was
running; 11. was still raining, left
Editing Practice
When I met my friend Blanca, she was studying to be an actress. She wanted me to
study acting, too, but I d
idnt believe I would be good at it. I knew Blanca was good,
and I thought she would get a good part in some play and become successful.
Then I didnt hear anything from Blanca for a long time. Finally, she called to tell
me she was taking classes and was going to become a teacher. When she called me, I
was going to work and couldnt speak to her. But she said she was doing very well so
far in her studies.

Answers:
1. b; 2. a; 3. a
3 Analyzing the Story: Setting page 41

Possible answers:
What the Details Tell You
Setting Details About the Setting
There are armed guards and barbed The camp is like a prison.
wire at the gate.
Ruris room and house are empty no Something has happened and the
rugs, drapes, or furniture. family has to move out of their home.
The iris garden now looks shabby. Mama cant take care of the garden
and Papa is gone.
The Civil Control Station is filled with People are scared about what will
Japanese Americans, and soldiers with happen to them.
bayonets are standing guard.
The bus to the camp passes a small In this frightening time, Japanese
boarded-up Japanese food store with Americans have to try to let other
a sign on the door that reads, We are Americans know they are loyal.
loyal Americans.
Their apartment is a dark, narrow They will be living under very difficult
stall with only three cots. conditions.

Summing Up
B R eview
1 Idioms and Expressions Review pages 4243
Answers:
junk; fix it up; set up; come in handy; Never mind; go over; slip of paper;
getting mad; huff
2 Form Review page 43

Answers:
Im; cant; havent; isnt; arent; wont; youll; Ill; Dont
Summing Up13
P a rt T w o
The Unexpected
Chapter 4
A Secret for Two

Q uentin R eynolds
Possible answers:
wagon = a vehicle with four wheels, pulled by a horse; route = the way from one
place to another; reins = straps to guide a horse; stables = places where horses are
kept; retire = stop working, usually because of old age

Answers:
wagon; reins; stables; route; retire

Answers:
1. Pierre doesnt want to retire because he doesnt want to leave his horse, Joseph.
2. He means that he has lost his sight and cant see his horse.
3. He doesnt hear the truck drivers warning because he is sobbing after the death of
his horse.
4. Only Pierre himself and his horse, Joseph, knew Pierres secret: that he was blind.
Chapter 4 A Secret for Two14

2 Guessing Meaning from Context page 53
Answers:
1. wearily; 2. share; 3. complaint; 4. loaded; 5. cataracts; 6. stiff; 7. limped

Answers:

boast boast boastful boastfully
complain complaint complaining complainingly
retire retirement, retired retiringly
retiree
limp limp, limp limply
limpness
direct direction direct directly
load load loaded X
deliver delivery delivered X
excuse excuse excused X
skip skip skippable X
4 Grammar: Prepositions of Place on, in, and into page 55

Application
Answers:
1. on; 2. on, on; 3. on; 4. in; 5. in, in; 6. into; 7. into, in
1 Discussing the Story page 56
Answers:
1. Jacques liked Pierre and wanted to help him. Most of the drivers had to make out
the weekly bills and collect the money, but Jacques, liking Pierre, had always excused
him from this task. (lines 6769) Pierre is a good man. . . . Would it be too bold of
me to suggest that he be retired and be given perhaps a small pension? (lines 8082)
2. and 3. Answers will vary.

Answers:
1. a; 2. c; 3. b
3 Analyzing the Story: Foreshadowing page 57

Possible answers:
Joseph and Pierre Jacques
the Wagon
Within a year Joseph Why, a blind man See how the horse
knew the milk route as could handle my route listens and how he turns
well as Pierre. (line 18) with Joseph pulling the his head toward Pierre?
wagon. (lines 4143) . . . I think those two
share a secret. (lines
7678)
Then Joseph, still without And I cannot see Joseph Now Jacques looked into
any direction from Pierre, again. (lines 104105) Pierres eyes and he saw
would turn around and something which startled
come back along the other him. He saw a dead,
side. (lines 3537) lifeless look in them.
(lines 115117)
For years Pierre had worn
a heavy cap, the peak of
which came low over his
eyes. . . . (lines 113114)

Chapter 5
Charles
S hirley J ackson
Possible answers:
kindergarten = class for young children, usually four and five years old; recess = a
break between classes; tough = not sensitive; spanked = hit; influence = effect;
PTA = Parents and Teachers Association

Answers:
kindergarten, recess, tough, influence, spanked, PTA

Answers:
1. Charles was fresh with the teacher (line 18); Charles hit the teacher (line 24);
Charles hit a little girl (lines 3435); Charles threw chalk (line 38); Charles
yelled . . . (line 51); Charles kicked the teacher`s friend (line 76); He told a little girl
to say a (bad) word (lines 111112).
2. The teacher spanked Charles and made him stand in the corner (lines 1819); She
said nobody could play with Charles (lines 3233); The teacher made him stay
inside during recess (line 35); Charles had to stand in a corner during story-time
(line 36); Charles wasnt allowed to write on the blackboard (lines 3738); Charles
had to stay after school (lines 5253); He wasnt let do exercises (line 74); Charles
stayed after school again (lines 8283); Charles got his mouth washed out with soap
(lines 123124).
3. Lauries parents react with surprise, astonishment, and concern.
4. Lauries mother wants to attend the PTA meeting to find Charless mother (lines
108109).
5. The surprise is that there is no Charles, and it is Laurie who has behaved badly.
Chapter 5 Charles17
Answers:
1. incredulously; 2. anxiously; 3. adjust; 4. abandoned; 5. insolent; 6. plotting;
7. remark; 8. transformed

Answers:

X insolence insolent insolently
remark remark remarkable remarkably
X anxiety anxious anxiously
adjust adjustment adjustable X
4 Grammar: Articles with Count Nouns page 67

Application
Answers:
1. This is the first time the reader learns that there is a boy who got spanked.
2. The author suggests that the reader already knows that badly behaved children
usually stand in a particular corner of a classroom.
3. The author has already mentioned the manner in which Charles left the
house earlier.
4. The is used because the reader already knows the days of the week.
5. This is the first time the reader learns that the teacher has a friend.
6. The author has already mentioned the PTA meeting.
Answers:
1. d; 2. a; 3. b
Chapter 5 Charles18
3 Analyzing the Story: Characterization page 69
Possible answers:
Lauries Actions His Mothers Feelings
Laurie Laurie threw

An era in her Laurie has
slammed the his cap on
life is over. changed.
door. the floor.
What Laurie Lied About What Laurie Told the Truth About
The boys Charles hit Our teacher

A boy got
name is the teacher`s had a friend
spanked.
Charles. friend. come to see
her in school
today.
Charles made a Everyone had . . . and she said
little girl say a to stay after it and the teacher
bad word. school. washed her mouth
out with soap.
Chapter 5 Charles19
Chapter 6
Two Thanksgiving
Day Gentlemen
O. H enry
Possible answers:
stuffs = eats too much; ragged = torn, worn out; feast = a special meal with very
good food; philanthropist = someone who shows generosity toward other people,
especially by giving money

Answers:
philanthropist; ragged; feast; stuff

Answers:
1. Stuffy Pete has his first meal at the home of two old ladies. He eats oysters, plum
pudding, roast turkey, baked potatoes, chicken salad, squash pie, and ice cream.
2. The Old Gentleman takes Stuffy Pete to a restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner.
Theyve maintained this tradition for nine years.
3. Stuffy Pete is taken to the hospital because he ate two large Thanksgiving dinners.
4. The Old Gentleman is taken to the hospital because he hasnt eaten anything in
three days.

Answers:
1. c; 2. p; 3. n; 4. i; 5. m; 6. j; 7. d; 8. a; 9. o; 10. b; 11. l; 12. k; 13. f; 14. h; 15. e; 16. g
Chapter 6 Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen20

Answers:

X tradition traditional traditionally
X pride proud proudly
shiver shiver shivering X
starve starvation starving X
discourage discouragement discouraging, discouragingly

discouraged
4 Grammar: Agreement of Verb and Subject page 80

Application
Answers:
Subject Verb Singular or Plural

1. They were plural
2. story takes place singular
3. appearance was singular
4. buttons pop plural
5. waiter walks singular
6. One stops singular
Editing Practice
Answers:
Our Thanksgiving tradition is to have dinner at home. My mother and father shop for
a turkey the weekend before the holiday. Both of them like to cook, and my sister and
I help them. On Thanksgiving, we all get up early and begin to prepare the food and
set the table. We usually sit down to eat about 2 oclock. After the meal, my brother
helps with the dishes, and my sister comes with me for a walk.

Answers:
1. d; 2. b; 3. c
3 Analyzing the Story: Theme page 82

Possible answers:
Stuffy Pete:
Stuffy Pete eats Thanksgiving Day dinner.
Every Thanksgiving he waits on the park bench for the Old Gentleman.
This year he wants to keep their tradition even though he has already eaten a
big dinner.
He wants to make the Old Gentleman happy.
The Old Gentleman:

The Old Gentleman treats Stuffy Pete to a Thanksgiving Day dinner.
Every Thanksgiving he goes to the park to look for Stuffy Pete.
This year he wants to keep their tradition, so he has starved himself to save
the money.
The Old Gentleman is pleased to watch Stuffy Pete eat.

Summing Up
A R eview
1 Theme Comparison: The Unexpected page 84
Possible answers:
1. Chapter 4: Joseph dies.
Chapter 5: Charles is Laurie.
Chapter 6: Stuffy Pete is invited to Thanksgiving dinner at the
two ladies house.
B R eview
Answers:
set out; have your hands full; panic-stricken; being fresh; music in her ears

Answers:
1. Joseph helps; Joseph and Pierre go; Joseph knows; He and Pierre are; Jacques and
the president think; Pierre wants; they dont understand
2. Laurie starts; Laurie throws; hits; He tells; the teacher punishes; Lauries
mother finds
3. All have; Surprise endings are; One is; many use
Summing Up23
P a rt T h r e e
Traveling Through
Time
Chapter 7
The Fun They Had

I saac A simov
Possible answers:
scornful = having no respect for something or someone that you dont like, critical;
mechanical = related to a machine; geared = gotten ready for a certain speed, time,
place, or age; calculate = find out something or measure something using numbers

Answers:
mechanical; geared; calculate; scornful
Chapter 7 The Fun They Had24

Answers:
1. The story takes place in 2155.
2. Its printed on paper; the books that Tommy and Margie are familiar with appear on
the television screen. The book is about schools in the past.
3. They learn from telebooks and computers. They go to school at home and are taught
by mechanical teachers.
4. She hates school. She doesnt think its fun, and shes doing badly in geography.
5. The County Inspector visits the house when Margies mother sends for him because
Margie has been doing worse and worse in geography.
6. She hopes the mechanical teacher will be taken away. The inspector fixes the
mechanical teacher by slowing down the geography sector.
7. In the beginning, Margie is scornful toward the book because she isnt interested in
reading about school. By the end, shes curious about the schools of long ago and
wants to read more about them.

Answers:
1. a; 2. b; 3. a; 4. c; 5. b; 6. b; 7. a; 8. b; 9. a

Answers:

write writing written X
mechanize mechanics, mechanical mechanically
mechanic
learn learning learned X
progress progress progressive progressively
disappoint disappointment disappointed disappointedly,
disappointingly
hope hope hopeful hopefully
complete completion complete, completely
completed
specialize specialty special specially
think thought thoughtful, thoughtfully
thinking

4 Grammar: Pronouns, Possessives, Demonstratives page 97
Application
Answers:
1. that, her; 2. he, his, him; 3. she, it; 4. I, you
Answers:
1. a; 2. c; 3. b
3 Analyzing the Story: Dialogue pages 9899

Possible answers:
Plot (Margies
attitude toward the
Margie Tommy
book and school in
the old days)
1. Whats it about? School. Shes scornful.

Whats there to write This is the old kind She doesnt like school,
about school? of school that they had so she has no interest in
hundreds and hundreds the book.
of years ago.
2. Well, I dont know They had a special She admits she doesnt
what kind of school building and all the kids know about school
they had all that time went there. long ago.
ago.
3. And all the kids Sure, if they were the She is getting more
learned the same same age. interested
thing? in the topic.
4. Can I read the book Maybe. She now wants
some more with you to read more in the book
after school? about schools long ago.

Chapter 8
The Mirror
J udith K ay
Possible answers:
compliments = remarks that express approval, admiration, or respect; divorce = the
end of a marriage by a legal process; rejection = when someone stops giving another
person love or attention; wrinkles = lines on the skin that p
eople get as they age

Answers:
compliments; rejection; wrinkles; divorce

Answers:
1. Elena remembers that being beautiful was a natural part of her life.
2. She feels like a beautiful princess in a fairy tale.
3. Her marriage ends.
4. Elenas children remember her birthday. Her son, Alan, calls from Paris, and her
daughter, Margaret, calls and sends a bouquet of yellow roses.
5. She takes a drive in the country. She buys herself a mirror.
6. When Elena looks at her reflection in the mirror, she looks happier and younger.
7. Answers will vary. Some students may notice when the owner of the hair salon
thinks Elena has had plastic surgery; others may suspect when she craves the foods
of her teens and spends a lot of time watching TV.

Answers:
1. compliments; 2. rejection; 3. quaint; 4. balding; 5. ridiculous; 6. indulge; 7. grateful;
8. reflection
Chapter 8 The Mirror27

Answers:

beautify beauty beautiful beautifully
graduate graduate, graduating X
graduation
prosper prosperity prosperous prosperously
X jealousy jealous jealously
marry marriage married X
finalize finality final finally
X gratitude grateful gratefully
ridicule ridicule, ridiculous ridiculously
ridiculousness
express expression expressed, expressly,
expressive expressively
recur recurrence recurrent recurrently
scare scare scary, scared X
familiarize familiarity familiar familiarly
4 Grammar: Count and Noncount Nouns pages 110111

Application
Answers:
1. girls; 2. noncount; 3. shops; 4. evenings; 5. owners; 6. watches; 7. mirrors;
8. noncount; 9. bouquets; 10. noncount; 11. drawers; 12. dreams;

Editing Practice
Answers:
It isnt easy to find a good marriage partner. You want to be married to someone
you can trust. Honesty is a particularly important quality in a husband or wife. But
happiness doesnt only depend on agreeing about the important things. Agreeing
about little things is very important when you spend most of your time with someone.
For example, food becomes important when you eat together every day. Do you and
your partner like the same food? Cleaning the house is also important. Will you share
this task? Responsibility for household chores is something you must agree on. Money
can be a source of disagreement, too. Do you want to spend all your money or save
some? Success in marriage depends on the small things as well as the large ones.
Possible answers:
1. She enjoyed it when she was younger, and later it makes her happier when she sees
herself in the mirror as young and beautiful.
2. Her life started to go sour when her husband left her.
3. The mirror makes Elena look happy and younger. The owner of the shop has never
seen the mirror before, and his wife doesnt remember it either.
4. He would probably think she was crazy.
5. The dream symbolizes her fears as a child of someone trying to hurt her. She dreams
it again as an adult because she is returning to childhood.
3 Analyzing the Story: Symbolism page 113

Possible answers:
The mirror symbolizes . . .
the false reflection of a person.
The mirror shows Elena a reflection that isnt her real appearance.
the attitude toward beauty and youth in our society.
The hairdresser pays a lot of attention to her and compliments her plastic surgery.
Elenas wish to be young, beautiful, and happy again.
When she first sees her improved reflection in the mirror, she feels she absolutely
has to have the mirror.
the need to be loved and accepted again.
She finds the mirror in the same store that she had gone to with her husband many
years earlier, when they were happy together. The mirror has roses on it, which
symbolize love.

Summing Up
B R eview
Answers:
pretty as a picture; went sour; cast a spell; feeling blue; betcha; happily ever after

Answers:
problem (C), beauty (N), fear (N), loneliness (N), husband (C), friends (C), mirror
(C), shop (C), trouble (N), mirror (C), magic (N), child (C), lesson (C), story (C),
character (N), personality (N), appearance (N)
Summing Up30
P a rt F o u r
Turning Points
Chapter 9
You Go Your Way,

Ill Go Mine
W illiam S aroyan
Possible answers:
eager = looking forward to, happy about; awkward = clumsy, uncomfortable;
fault = responsibility, blame; disgust = intense dislike; compassion = sympathy and
sadness for other peoples pain or bad luck and a desire to help them

Answers:
compassion; eager; awkward; disgust; fault
Chapter 9 You Go Your Way, Ill Go Mine31

Answers:
1. Homer has to deliver a telegram to Mrs. Sandoval. He is curious and nervous about
how this woman will react to the terrible news that hes bringing.
2. He thinks that she is beautiful she looks patient and has a saintly smile.
3. She asks him to read it to her because she cant read English.
4. She pretends not to hear.
5. He wants to please her, so he eats two pieces of candy.
6. When Mrs. Sandoval starts to cry, he feels very awkward. When she takes him in her
arms, he feels wounded and sick. When he sits down, he feels both disgust
and compassion.
7. He rides his bike quickly back to the telegraph office, crying and cursing all
the way.
8. He knows his life has been changed by his experience with Mrs. Sandoval.

Answers:
1. e; 2. i; 3. d; 4. g; 5. b; 6. k; 7. c; 8. l; 9. a; 10. h; 11. j; 12. f

Answers:

X eagerness eager eagerly
murder murder murderous murderously
X gentleness gentle gently
shock shock shocking shockingly
surprise surprise surprising surprisingly
X nervousness nervous nervously
X strangeness, strange strangely

stranger
X compassion compassionate compassionately

4 Grammar: Adverbs Versus Adjectives pages 126-127
Application
Answers:
1. knocked gently; 2. gentle . . . smile; 3. felt awkward; 4. standing awkwardly;
5. strange kind; 6. looked at . . . strangely
Editing Practice
Answers:
Last Saturday, our school held its annual talent show. In the morning, there was an
art exhibit and in the afternoon students who could sing, play a musical instrument,
or dance nicely performed in the auditorium. I got up late and had to move quickly
to get to the art exhibit before it ended. Although many of the pictures were lovely,
my favorite was a picture of a beach that was beautifully painted by a senior. Among
the performers, I particularly liked a ballet dancer who was so graceful. Ive always
wanted to be a graceful dancer, but Im not. I did get on stage, though. I sing with a
group, and we performed a couple of songs. Our friends said we were great and sang
terrifically but we didnt win first prize.
Answers:
1. b; 2. c; 3. c
3 Analyzing the Story: The Parts of a Plot page 129

Answers:
Introduction: 5; Complications: (from bottom to top) 7, 1, 4, 3; Climax: 6;
Conclusion: 2

C h a p t e r 10
Blue Eyes Far Away

C orey F ord
Possible answers:
recklessness = without care; prosecutor = the lawyer that proves guilt;
manslaughter = kill someone without intention; defense = the lawyer that proves
innocence; convict = a judge decides on a punishment; witnesses = people that see a
crime take place; trial = evidence of a crime is presented in court

Answers:
prosecutor; convict; recklessness; manslaughter; defense; witnesses; trial

Answers:
1. Her husband has been involved in a serious car accident. She seems quite calm.
2. Archie Stolt is charged with the crime of reckless driving and manslaughter.
3. Archie Stolt is not worried about being convicted of the charges.
4. Esther Lee was too far away from the scene of the accident.
5. Esther Lee saw the accident through a telescope.

Answers:
1. gravely; 2. shabby; 3. reputation; 4. fumbled; 5. idly; 6. stir
Chapter 10 Blue Eyes Far Away34

Answers:

convict convict, convicted X
conviction
X notoriety notorious notoriously
X shabbiness shabby shabbily
idle idleness idle idly
X contempt contemptuous, contemptously
contemptible
fumble fumble fumbling fumblingly
tremble tremble trembling tremblingly
4 Grammar: Regular and Irregular Verbs page 139

Application
Possible answers:
1. convict, convicted, convicted; 2. shrug, shrugged, shrugged; 3. move, moved,
moved; 4. clear, cleared, cleared; 5. live, lived, lived; 6. watch, watched, watched;
7. motion, motioned, motioned; 8. settle, settled, settled; 9. gaze, gazed, gazed;
10. fumble, fumbled, fumbled
1. arise, arose, arisen; 2. know, knew, known; 3. find, found, found; 4. is, was, been;
5. see, saw, seen; 6. do, did, done; 7. begin, began, begun; 8. go, went, gone; 9. bring,
brought, brought; 10. have, had, had; 11. swear, wore, worn
Answers:
1. c; 2. a; 3. c;

3 Analyzing the Story: Surprise Ending page 141
Possible answers:
Expectation Surprise
1. Neighbors thought Mrs. Lee would Esther Lee already knew her husband
be shocked when they told her had been in an accident.
the news about her husbands car
accident.
2. Esther Lee lives close to where the Esther Lee said her house was three
accident happened. miles away.
3. Esther Lee could not have seen the Esther Lee opened her purse and took
accident. out a telescope.
4. The court thinks Esther Lee is lying Esther Lee is a witness. She saw Archie
about seeing the crime. Stolt commit the crime of reckless
driving.

C h a p t e r 11
Home
G wendolyn B rooks
Possible answers:
homeowners = people who own their home; loan = money borrowed from a bank,
loan company, or private person; extension = a longer time to pay back a loan

Answers:
homeowners; loan; extension

Answers:
1. They want to know if he got another extension on their loan.
2. Theyve been living there for more than fourteen years.
3. They talk as if theyll be glad if they have to move. Maud Martha is trying not to cry
and doesnt talk very much.
4. Papa got the extension.
5. Helen plans to give a party.
Chapter 11 Home37
Answers:
1. b; 2. a; 3. a; 4. a; 5. c; 6. b; 7. b; 8. d; 9. a

Answers:

X obstinacy obstinate obstinately
X magnificence, magnificent magnificently

magnifier
emphasize emphasis emphatic emphatically

possess possession possessive possessively
hop hop hopping X
hurl hurl hurling X
stride stride striding stridingly
emerge emergence emergent X
burden burden burdensome X
Chapter 11 Home38
4 Grammar: Future with Would and Might page 151
Application
Possible answers:
Sentence Future Situation
They would be leaving this house in If Papa doesnt get an extension on the
which they had lived for more than loan, the family will have to leave the
fourteen years. house.
The tree, the graceful iron, might soon If Papa doesnt get an extension on the
be viewed possessively by different loan, someone else will own the tree.
eyes.
These things might soon be theirs no If Papa doesnt get an extension on
longer. the loan, they wont have these things
anymore.
I have other friends that wouldnt come If theyre in a taxi, theyll come.
down this far for anything, unless they
were in a taxi.
Tomorrow she might. If Helen annoys her tomorrow, shell
attack her.
. . . all that cream-shot saffron would If they move, they wont see the same
never drift across any western sky except colors in the sky.
that in back of this house.
The rain would drum with as sweet a If they move, the rain wont drum as
dullness nowhere but here. sweetly.
He wouldnt want the house, except for If Papa doesnt have his family, he
us. wont want the house.
It might, allowed Mama, be an act of If they have to move, it will be an act
God. of God.
Answers:
1. b; 2. b; 3. c
Chapter 11 Home39
3 Analyzing the Story: Surprise Ending page 153
Possible answers:
Problems in the Story Problems in Everyday Life
1. Papa doesnt have enough money to In everyday life, many people have
pay the loan. financial problems like this. Many
people dont have enough money to
pay all of their bills.
2. Home Owners Loan may not give Banks and other lenders are not always
Papa an extension. sympathetic to personal problems.
3. The women in the story feel helpless We often feel helpless waiting for a
as they wait for Papa. decision that we cant control.
4. They may have to move. People have to move away from places
they love because of money problems,
job transfers, etc.
5. Papa might feel like a failure if they Many breadwinners feel like failures
lose the house. when they cant earn enough money.
Chapter 11 Home40
Summing Up
A T ake a C loser L ook

1 Theme Comparison: Loss page 154
Possible answers:
1. Mrs. Sandoval at first denies her sons death, but then she breaks down. Esther Lee
tries to be brave and tells the court what she saw. Maud Martha keeps her thoughts
to herself as her mother and sister try to build up defenses to prepare for the
possible loss.
2. Homer eats the candy she gives him and stays in the house for a while. He lets Mrs.
Sandoval hug him and pretend he is her son.
3. They are there for each other emotionally and physically. No matter what happens,
they each know they have each other to turn to.
4. Esther Lees neighbors.
B R eview
Answers:
sit down with; just as good as; Come right out; dragged on; drawn to; call on

Answers:
1. awkwardly; 2. suddenly; 3. good; 4. slowly, dangerous; 5. hardly; 6. respectfully;
7. positively
Summing Up41
P a rt F i v e
Men and Women

C h a p t e r 12
The Woman
Z ona G ale
Possible answers:
shabby = looking old and in bad condition because of wear and lack of care;
compassion = pity; dying for = wanting something very much; patronize =
behave toward someone as if he/she is stupid or unimportant; exasperated = feeling
extremely annoyed or angry

Answers:
shabby; dying for; exasperated; compassion; patronize

Answers:
1. Bellard pities the older man on the porch because the man looks very poor, and
Bellard expects to have a bright financial future.
2. His fathers bankruptcy leaves Bellard without a college education and with poorer
job opportunities.
3. Lucile makes Bellard happy by her encouragement, her joy in living, and her love for
him. She wanted most in this world to give her husband the gift of happiness.
4. Both his children are critical of him, and when his son takes over the business he
treats Bellard badly. His daughter blames her mother for being too patient with him.
5. The story ends with Bellard and Lucile living in a small, shabby house. Its a happy
ending because although they are poor, their love for each other makes them happy.
Chapter 12 The Woman42

Answers:
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. d; 5. c; 6. d; 7. a; 8. c; 9. d; 10. a; 11. b; 12. d; 13. b; 14. a

Answers:

criticize criticism critical critically
consider consideration considerate considerately
X patience patient patiently
silence silence silent silently
X fragrance fragrant fragrantly
brighten brightness bright brightly
X anxiety anxious anxiously
bankrupt bankruptcy bankrupt X
4 Grammar: Possessive Nouns page 167

Application
Answers:
1. Bellards porch; 2. the childrens toys; 3. Francess/Frances apartment; 4. Luciles
apron; 5. the boys school; 6. the Presidents speech; 7. Charless/Charles wife; 8. the
teachers lounge; 9. the womens restroom; 10. your parents property; 11. p eoples
civil rights
Answers:
1. b; 2. a; 3. c

3 Analyzing the Story: Cause and effect page 169
Possible answers:
Cause Effect
1. Bellards father went bankrupt. Bellard had to quit college and find
a job.
2. His wife greeted him at the door with Bellard went home from work with a
a smile of welcome and made his sense of happiness.
home life happy.
3. Lucile grew older. She was no longer so beautiful, but she
still had the same loving personality.
4. Sometimes he saw other women who He thought about Luciles wonderful
were cynical, bored, or silly. qualities, especially her hope.
5. Bellard thought he wasnt good He tried his best to prove that he was.
enough for Lucile.
6. Bellards business failed. His son took over.
7. Their daughter came home with her They brought with them noise and
three children. confusion.
8. A well-dressed young man looked at Bellard smiled at him.
Bellard with pity.

C h a p t e r 13
The Tigress and Her Mate

J ames T hurber
Possible answers:
set up housekeeping = started life as a newly married couple; mate = husband
or wife; mean = unkind, nasty; blessed event = the birth of a baby; drown = kill
someone by keeping him/her under water for too long

Answers:
mate; set up housekeeping; mean; blessed event; drown

Answers:
1. Proudfoot leaves the house early and comes home late because he is tired of Sabra.
2. He no longer calls her Sugar Paw or by her name. He just claps his paws or
whistles when he wants something. He speaks to her in code.
3. He snarls. He hopes that they will grow up to be xylophone players or major generals.
4. He wants to miss their early years, until the males are old enough to box with and
the females are old enough to insult.
5. He says he will drown the cubs if they keep him awake. After Sabra tells Proudfoot
to leave, he tries to hit her but uses the wrong paw. The fight ends with Sabra hitting
Proudfoot so hard that she kills him.
6. The children loved playing on the tiger rug, which Sabra made out of Proudfoots
body.

Answers:
1. b; 2. c; 3. a; 4. c; 5. d; 6. a; 7. a; 8. c
Chapter 13 The Tigress and Her Mate45

Answers:

lengthen length long lengthwise
insult insult insulting insultingly
X terribleness terrible terribly
X eagerness eager eagerly
X meanness mean meanly
X swiftness swift swiftly
4 Grammar: Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs page 178

Application
Answers:
1. better, more expensive; 2. cloudier, hotter; 3. more beautiful, more dangerous;
4. prettier, more intelligent; 5. more exciting; 6. closer, better; 7. more difficult, poorer;
8. worse, more carelessly; 9. shorter, better, longer; 10. more important
Answers:
1. (lines 67) What the hells the matter with you? I bring you rice and peas and
coconut oil, dont I? Love is something you put away in the attic with your wedding
dress. Forget it.
2. c. (lines 2123) . . . he spent his time fighting water buffaloes and riding around
with plainclothes tigers in a prowl car.
3. if she was upstairs . . . ; Love is something you put away in the attic. . . . ;
tumbled eagerly down the stairs.
4. b.
5. (lines 3738) Hes the tiger rug just in front of the fireplace.

3 Analyzing the Story: Fable page 180
Possible answers:
Animals Humans
1. Proudfoot became tired of his mate. Peter became tired of his wife.
2. merely clapped his paws merely clapped his hands
3. put down the Jungle News put down The Daily News (or any
other newspaper)
4. I hope the cubs grow up. I hope the children grow up.
5. He spent his time fighting water He spent his time tracking down
buffaloes. criminals.
6. riding around with plainclothes tigers riding with plainclothes police officers
7. Proudfoot led with the wrong paw. Peter led with the wrong fist.
8. when the cubs tumbled eagerly down when the children came running down
the stairs. the stairs

C h a p t e r 14
The Kiss
K ate C hopin
Possible answers:
unattractive = not good-looking; ardent = loving, passionate; guile = dishonesty,
trickery; intimate = having a very close relationship with someone

Answers:
ardent; Intimate; unattractive; guile

Answers:
1. Nathalie thinks Brantain is insignificant and unattractive.
2. She wants to marry him because he is very rich.
3. Harvy is a close friend of her brother. He causes her embarrassment by kissing her
on the lips in the presence of Brantain. Harvy almost ruins Nathalies plan to accept
Brantains proposal because Brantain leaves thinking she is engaged to Harvy.
4. Nathalie becomes very angry at Harvy because he may have ruined her plan to
marry Brantain.
5. She seeks out Brantain to tell him that Harvy is only a friend of the family and that
they have always been like brother and sister. She says that she cares very much
what Brantain thinks of her.
6. He says that her husband sent him over to kiss her.
7. She is happy.
8. He says that hes stopped kissing women because its dangerous, but we know that
he doesnt kiss her because he wants to show her that he isnt going to be part of
her game.

Answers:
1. a; 2. c; 3. a; 4. a; 5. b; 6. c; 7. a; 8. a
Chapter 14 The Kiss48

Answers:

defy defiance defiant defiantly
glow glow glowing glowingly
radiate radiance radiant radiantly
agitate agitation agitated agitatedly
X insolence insolent insolently
perceive perception perceptive perceptively
4 Grammar: Uses of the Verb Do page 191

Application
Answers:
1. to form a negative; 2. to form a negative; 3. to form a question; 4. to avoid
repetition; 5. to show emphasis; 6. to show emphasis; 7. to form a negative
Answers:
1. c; 2. a; 3. b; 4. a

3 Analyzing the Story: Irony page 193
Possible answers:
What Does the Is the Result What
Scene Character Want the Character
or Expect? Wants or Expects?
Conversation between Brantain: wants Brantain: doesnt expect
Brantain and Nathalie to propose that Harvy will interrupt
(lines 1018) Nathalie: expects he will them and kiss her
propose Nathalie: doesnt expect
that Harvy will arrive
and kiss her
The kiss (lines 1944) Harvy: to have an Harvy: discovers they are
intimate moment with not alone, and Nathalie
Nathalie and make her is angry with him
happy
The encounter between Nathalie: wants Harvy to Nathalie: doesnt get
Harvy and Nathalie kiss her kissed
at the wedding (lines Harvy: wants to teach Harvy: teaches her a
7287) Nathalie a lesson lesson

Summing Up
A T ake a C loser L ook

1 Theme Comparison: Marriage page 194
Possible answers:
1. Lucile loves her husband with all her heart and wants him to be happy. Their love
is more important to her than money. Nathalie doesnt love her husband at all. She
just married him for his money.
2. Bellard loves his wife very much and enjoys the life they have together. Proudfoot
doesnt really love his wife. He doesnt treat her very well, and he stays away from
home as much as possible.
3. Brantain is abused by Nathalie in that she doesnt really love him. She is willing to
let another man kiss her on their wedding day.
B R eview
1 Idioms and Expressions Review pages 194-195
Answers:
extreme of the fashion; presence of mind; Whats the matter; uncalled for; torn by;
take place; hit the sack; mean little; Forget it

Answers:
1. prettiest; 2. prettier; 3. better; 4. churchs; 5. worse;
6. more intelligent; 7. characters
Summing Up51
Appendix
Elements of a S h o rt S t o ry
Setting
The setting of a story is the time and location in which it takes place.
Characters
Characters are the people in a story.
Plot
The plot consists of the events that happen in the story.
Conflict
Within the plot there is a conflict, or struggle, between characters, between a character and
the environment, or within a characters mind.
Theme
A storys theme is the main idea that runs through the narrative. Sometimes a story has
several themes.
E lements of E leven
Setting
The story is set in an elementary school classroom in the United States at the present time.
Characters
Rachel, an eleven-year-old girl; Mrs. Price, her teacher; other children in Rachels class,
including Sylvia Saldvar and Phyllis Lopez
Plot
On Rachels eleventh birthday, Mrs. Price asks the class who owns an ugly, old sweater.
When Sylvia says it belongs to Rachel, Mrs. Price believes Sylvia and insists that Rachel put
it on. Rachel becomes embarrassed, starts to feel much younger than eleven, and begins to
cry. After a while, Phyllis remembers that its really her sweater. Rachel returns the sweater
to Phyllis, but Mrs. Price doesnt acknowledge her mistake or apologize to Rachel, whose
birthday has been ruined by the incident.
Conflict
Rachel knows the teacher is wrong, but she cant assert herself. She is torn between
obeying an older person in a position of authority the teacher and asserting herself.
Appendix52
Theme(s)
1. childrens difficulties in asserting themselves with adults
2. sensitivity of adults to childrens feelings and needs
3. respect of adults for childrens knowledge of the world
4. the powerful effect of a school and its teachers on children
E lements of T he B lanket
Setting
The story takes place on the porch of an old house on a pleasant September evening.
Characters
Petey, an eleven-year-old boy; Granddad, Peteys grandfather; Dad, Peteys father and
Granddads son; Dads fiance
Plot
Granddad is going to be sent away to a nursing home because Dads fiance d oesnt want an
old man living with them. Petey and his grandfather are spending their last evening together.
Granddad goes into the house to get his fiddle but comes out with a new blanket instead.
As Granddad shows Petey the blanket a gift from Dad Granddad seems pleased with his
sons thoughtfulness. Overcome with sadness, Petey goes into the house to avoid crying over
his grandfathers leaving and comes out with Granddads fiddle. While Granddad is trying
to cheer Petey up with music and encouraging words, Dad and his fiance arrive. The young
woman sees the blanket and complains that its too expensive. Petey angrily suggests a
solution to the problem: He tells Dad to cut the blanket in half so that they can save it until
Dad is old and Petey sends him away.
Conflict
Peteys fathers wants to please his fiance but feels very guilty over sending his father away.
Petey tries to hide his feelings of anger and sadness that his father is allowing his fiance to
break up the family. Granddad tries to hide his feelings of hurt and rejection that hes being
sent away.
Theme(s)
1. childrens ability to sometimes see things more clearly than adults
2. lack of understanding between generations
3. childrens and adults fear of separation
4. issues of the elderly in society
E lements of T he B racelet
Setting
The story is set in Berkeley, California, on April 21, 1942, a time during World War II when
the United States and Japan were at war.
Characters
Ruri, a teenaged Japanese-American girl; Mama, Ruris mother; Keiko, Ruris older sister;
Laurie Madison, Ruris best friend; Mrs. Simpson, a neighbor; Mr. Noma, a friend of
Ruris father
Appendix53
Plot
Ruri, Keiko, and Mama are packing and getting ready to leave their home. Because they are
Japanese and the United States and Japan are at war, the U.S. government is evacuating
them to a concentration camp. Before they leave, Laurie comes to Ruris house to give her
a gold bracelet as a farewell gift. Ruri promises shell never take the bracelet off. Although
the camp looks like a prison, Ruri is excited to learn that they are going to live in an
apartment; her excitement turns to disappointment as soon as she sees that they will be
living in an area that was once a horses stall. Shortly after getting the stall cleaned and their
cots set up, Ruri makes a terrible discovery: She has lost the bracelet that Laurie gave her.
Ruris mother assures her that she d oesnt need the bracelet to remember her friend. And,
indeed, Ruri never forgets Laurie.
Conflict
The U.S. government distrusts the Japanese even Japanese Americans, who were born in
the United States. As a result, Ruri and her family receive unfair treatment and are forced to
leave their home and live in camps until the end of World War II.
Theme(s)
1. the strength of the human spirit
2. peoples ability to remember those they love even when there is no physical sign to
remind them
3. the effects of racial/ethnic discrimination
4. the cruelty of war
E lements of A S ecret for T wo

Setting
The story takes place in Montreal, Canada, in the first part of the twentieth century.
Characters
Pierre Dupin, a milkman; Joseph, Pierres horse; Jacques, Pierres boss; the president of the
Provincale Milk Company; a truck driver; an ambulance doctor; some of Pierres co-workers
Plot
Pierre Dupin has been delivering milk to the families on Prince Edward Street for thirty years.
For the past fifteen years, Pierre and his wagon have been pulled by a horse named Joseph,
who knows the route as well as Pierre does. Pierre and Joseph form a very special relationship
so special that Pierre doesnt want to retire until Joseph does. One day Pierre comes to work
and is told that Joseph has died. The old man is so upset that he fails to hear a truck when
he steps into the street and is killed instantly. When the ambulance doctor discovers that
Pierre has been blind for five years, Jacques and Pierres co-workers are very surprised. It was
a secret shared only by Pierre and Joseph.
Conflict
Although Pierre is offered the opportunity to retire, he prefers to continue working so that he
can be with his dear friend, Joseph.
Appendix54
Theme(s)
1. the special bond that sometimes forms between a human and an animal
2. the ability of animals to help disabled people
3. loyalty and affection between friends
E lements of C harles
Setting
The story is set in a kindergarten somewhere in the United States.
Characters
Charles, a very young boy at school; Laurie, a classmate; Lauries mother and father
Plot
When Laurie starts kindergarten, he goes home every day with a new story about a boy in
his class called Charles. Charles is a tough character and does bad things. For more than
a week Charles is good but then starts behaving badly again. Lauries mother worries that
Charles is a bad influence on Laurie and talks to Lauries teacher. Lauries teacher tells his
mother that there is no boy in her class called Charles.
Conflict
Laurie is torn between being a good boy and being a tough character who behaves badly.
Theme(s)
1. childrens desire to try out different characters to test their parents reactions
2. childrens ability to role play
3. the influence of a peer group on children
4. how parents worry about their children and what kind of people they will become
E lements of T wo T hanksgiving D ay G entlemen

Setting
The story is set on Thanksgiving Day in the early twentieth century and takes place in
various places in New York City: a park, a restaurant, and a hospital.
Characters
Stuffy Pete, a poor man; the Old Gentleman, an elderly philanthropist; a waiter; a doctor
Plot
For the past nine Thanksgivings, the Old Gentleman has come looking for Stuffy Pete and
treated him to a feast at a restaurant. This year Stuffy Pete has already eaten a large dinner,
thanks to two women whose Thanksgiving traditions include feeding the first hungry person
to walk by. Since Stuffy Pete d
oesnt want to offend the Old Gentleman, he expresses his
gratitude, and they go to the restaurant. The Old Gentleman d oesnt eat but simply enjoys
watching Stuffy Pete stuff himself. As they leave the restaurant, both men collapse and are
taken to the hospital. Stuffy Pete has overeaten, and the Old Gentleman is near starvation.
Appendix55
Conflict
Both Stuffy Pete and the Old Gentleman keep their secrets from each other in order to
maintain their tradition, even though it means putting themselves at risk.
Theme(s)
1. a strong respect for traditions
2. the pleasure that can come from helping others
3. making sacrifices to please others
E lements of T he F un T hey H ad
Setting
The story takes place in a home in the year 2155.
Characters
Margie, an eleven-year-old girl; Tommy, a thirteen-year-old boy; Margies mechanical teacher;
Mrs. Jones, Margies mother; the County Inspector
Plot
In this futuristic story, children dont go to school. Instead, they learn at home from
computers called mechanical teachers. When Tommy finds an old book and shows it to
Margie, she is scornful at first. The book is about school, and Margie has always hated school
and hates it more than ever since shes been doing badly in geography. When Tommy
explains that the book is about school in the old days when children went to a special
building, had a person as a teacher, and were with other children, Margie becomes more
and more interested. By the end of the story, Margie wants to read all about school in the old
days, thinking that it was so much better than the school she knows and that kids probably
loved it and had a lot of fun.
Conflict
Margie doesnt like learning at home with her mechanical teacher and wishes she c ould go to
the old kind of school.
Theme(s)
1. machines cant always replace humans
2. the appeal of a simpler, more natural time
E lements of T he M irror
Setting
The story takes place in a small town in Connecticut at the present time.
Characters
Elena, a 55-year-old woman; Jim, Elenas husband; the owner of Fanny Dolittles antique
shop; Charles, the owner of a hair salon
Appendix56
Plot
The beautiful Elena has a wonderful life with her handsome, successful husband, Jim, and
their children until everything changes one day. With the children out of college and living
on their own, Jim leaves Elena and they divorce. Elena finds herself alone on her birthday.
Feeling depressed and lonely, she decides to spend the day in the country. When she stops
at an antique shop that she and Jim had visited many years before, she buys a mirror that
makes her look and feel happy and younger. The mirror seems magical as Elena starts
looking younger and younger and more and more beautiful. Besides the physical effects of
the mirrors magic, Elena also begins to return to many of her childhood habits. By the end of
the story, Elena has become the beautiful and young child that she had once been.
Conflict
Elena is torn between the desire to look younger and the natural process of aging.
Theme(s)
1. some p eoples refusal to accept the inevitability of aging
2. the temporary nature of physical beauty
3. the realization that physical beauty doesnt guarantee lasting happiness
E lements of Y ou G o Y our W ay , I ll G o M ine

Setting
The story is set in a working-class home in California during World War II.
Characters
Homer, a young man working as a telegram messenger; Rosa Sandoval, a Mexican American
mother
Plot
Homer feels a variety of emotions as he delivers a telegram from the War Department to
Mrs. Sandoval to inform her that her son has been killed. Mrs. Sandoval cant read English,
so Homer has to read the telegram to her. In shock, she first pretends not to hear the tragic
message and then starts to weep. Homer tries to comfort Mrs. Sandoval, but he feels very
awkward and cant wait to get out of her house. As he rides back to the telegraph office, he is
angry and upset about a world that can cause such pain.
Conflict
Homer is torn between wanting to get away from Mrs. Sandoval and feeling compassion for
her and her loss.
Theme(s)
1. young people learning about life and how to survive its challenges
2. the sense of compassion for other peoples pain
3. the different often surprising ways people react to bad news
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E lements of B lue E yes F ar A way
Setting
The story is set in New Jersey in the United States in the 1930s.
Characters
Archie Stolt, a wealthy, young man; Esther Lee, the wife of Joseph Lee
Plot
Joseph Lee is killed in a serious car crash caused by Archie Stolt. As a result there is a
trial and the prosecutor tries to prove Archie Stolt is guilty of committing the crime of
manslaughter. Archie thinks that there are no witnesses, and he will escape punishment.
But Esther Lee, Josephs wife, surprises everyone when she reveals that she saw the accident
through a telescope.
Conflict
Esther Lee loses her husband and must tell the court what she saw. She must overcome her
fear of the court and the lawyers to give evidence against Archie.
Theme(s)
1. dealing with loss, overcoming your fears and telling the truth
2. money cannot buy innocence if you are guilty of a crime
3. everyone must obey the law
E lements of H ome
Setting
The story takes place in Chicago, probably in the 1930s, on the front porch of an African
American familys house.
Characters
Maud Martha, the younger daughter in an African American family; Helen, the older
daughter; Mama, the mother; Papa, the father
Plot
Mama, Helen, and Maud Martha are anxiously waiting for Papa to come home from work.
During his lunch hour, Papa was going to go to Home Owners Loan to ask for another
extension on the familys loan. They all know that they will lose their house if he fails to get
the extension. While Mama and Helen talk as if they will be glad to move, Maud Martha
says very little because shes afraid shell cry. Papa finally arrives with the good news that
the loan company gave him an extension and the entire family is relieved and happy that
they will continue to be homeowners.
Conflict
The family is faced with a strong possibility of losing their home and is struggling to keep up
their spirits.
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Theme(s)
1. the love and pride many homeowners feel for their property
2. the developing of defense mechanisms to hide ones true feelings
3. the stress caused by financial difficulties
E lements of T he W oman
Setting
The story is set in a city and its suburbs in the United States sometime in the early twentieth
century.
Characters
Bellard; Lucile, Bellards wife; Bellard and Luciles children a son and a daughter
Plot
As a young man, Bellard pities an old man sitting on the porch of a shabby house. Strangely,
though, the old man seems happy. Bellard is forced to leave behind his dreams of becoming
rich and successful when his father loses his money. Bellard has to leave college and go to
work at an unpleasant job. When he marries Lucile, a girl he describes as having the quality
of a flower, his life becomes a happy one thanks to his wifes love and understanding.
Bellard and Lucile raise their children, and the couple continues to love each other even
though they are poor. When Bellards business fails, his children are critical of him, but as
always, Lucile defends him. Now it is Bellard who sits on the porch of a shabby house and is
pitied by a young man passing by.
Conflict
Although Bellard would like to give his wife beautiful things and an easier life, he isnt able
to.
Theme(s)
1. the power of one persons love and understanding to make another happy
2. the wisdom that often comes with age
3. the importance of keeping a healthy perspective in marriage, parenting, and life in general
4. being poor doesnt necessarily cause unhappiness
E lements of T he T igress and H er M ate

Setting
The story takes place in the home of a tiger and his mate.
Characters
Proudfoot, a tiger; Sabra, a tigress and Proudfoots mate; the cubs, Proudfoot and Sabras
children
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Plot
Shortly after Proudfoot and Sabras marriage, Proudfoot gets tired of his mate. He spends less
and less time at home, treats Sabra badly, and is not at all pleased when she tells him that
she is pregnant. After the cubs are born, he threatens to drown them if they keep him awake.
With this, Sabra decides she wont tolerate her husbands cruelty any longer, so she orders
him to leave the house. A fight breaks out, and Sabra hits Proudfoot so hard that the blow
kills him. Sabra then uses Proudfoot to make a rug that her children can play with in front of
the fireplace. The cubs love playing with their father.
Conflict
Sabra is torn between tolerating Proudfoots abuse in order to keep her family together and
facing up to the fact that having a bad father and husband is usually worse than having
none at all.
Theme(s)
1. the age-old war between the sexes
2. the powerful effect of a females maternal instincts to protect her children
E lements of T he K iss
Setting
The story is set in the United States in the late nineteenth century.
Characters
Nathalie, a pretty young woman; Brantain, a wealthy but unattractive, dull young man;
Harvy, a close friend of Nathalies brother
Plot
Nathalie is waiting for her visitor, Brantain, to propose marriage. Although he is unattractive
and she feels nothing for him, she intends to accept his proposal because he is very rich. The
door suddenly opens and Harvy comes in. The room is dark, and Harvy d oesnt realize that
Nathalie isnt alone. He approaches her and kisses her ardently on the lips. Brantain leaves
feeling very upset and thinking that Harvy and Nathalie are engaged. Nathalie is furious and
may never forgive Harvy if she doesnt succeed in getting Brantain to marry her. Shortly after
the kissing incident, there is a social event where Nathalie is able to explain the situation to
Brantain, claiming that Harvy is nothing more than a good friend like a brother, in fact.
Brantain believes Nathalie and proposes. At Brantain and Nathalies wedding, Harvy refuses
to kiss Nathalie even with her new husbands permission. Although she is disappointed
that she has lost Harvy, she is comforted by the thought that she has Brantain and all his
money.
Conflict
Nathalie is torn between wanting to marry one man for his money and having strong
romantic feelings for another man.
Theme(s)
1. some p eoples tendency to place more importance on material wealth than on love and
affection
2. the necessity of having to give up one or more things in life in order to get others
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F i n a l R e v i e w E x e rc i s e s
Vocabulary Review 1 page 199
Answers:
1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. d; 6. c; 7. c; 8. a; 9. c; 10. b
Vocabulary Review 2 page 201

Answers:
1. e; 2. m; 3. k; 4. n; 5. o; 6. p; 7. q; 8. r; 9. d; 10. l;
11. c; 12. h; 13. t; 14. s; 15. b; 16. f; 17. j; 18. i; 19. a; 20. g
Form Review pages 202203

Answers:
1. Im, Were; 2. does; 3. I, her; 4. slowly; 5. sweet; 6. better; 7. need; 8. brightly; 9. washed
up; 10. was watching, rang; 11. into, on; 12. a, the; 13. hair, furniture; 14. sent; 15. guests;
16. a, the; 17. drank; 18. I, me; 19. are, in; 20. Its
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A R eader of N orth A merican S hort S tories

P art O ne C hildhood M emories 3

P art T hree T raveling T hrough T ime 24

P art F our T urning P oints 31

P art F ive M en and W omen 42

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4 Words to Know page 5

2 Guessing Meaning from Context pages 1011

3 Word Forms page 11

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

scare scare scary, scared X

X sadness sad sadly

X stupidity stupid stupidly

X loudness loud loudly

smell smell smelly X

itch itch itchy X

3 Analyzing the Story: First Person Narrator page 15

4 Words to Know page 17

C U nderstanding the S tory

Chapter 2 The Blanket6

3 Word Forms page 24

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

Chapter 2 The Blanket7

went out left the house

went into entered

Chapter 2 The Blanket8

3 Analyzing the Story: Poetic Justice page 27

Chapter 2 The Blanket9

4 Words to Know page 29

C U nderstanding the S tory

2 Guessing Meaning from Context pages 3637

Chapter 3 The Bracelet10

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

droop droop droopy droopily

thrust thrust thrusting X

drape drapes, draping X

X elegance elegant elegantly

abandon abandonment abandoned X

suspect suspect suspect X

4 Grammar: The Past Tense: Simple Versus Continuous pages 3839

Chapter 3 The Bracelet11

3 Analyzing the Story: Setting page 41

Chapter 3 The Bracelet12

2 Form Review page 43

A Secret for Two

4 Words to Know page 47

C U nderstanding the S tory

Chapter 4 A Secret for Two14

3 Word Forms page 54

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

4 Grammar: Prepositions of Place on, in, and into page 55

Chapter 4 A Secret for Two15

3 Analyzing the Story: Foreshadowing page 57

Chapter 4 A Secret for Two16

4 Words to Know page 59

C U nderstanding the S tory