Dates Authors And Stories Flashcards

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1
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Which story was published in 1951

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Ballad of the sad cafe

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2
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Which story was published in 1990

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The watcher

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3
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Which stories were published in 1992

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Rabbits, the bear, how do you spell beautiful

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4
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Which stories were published in 1993

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To room 19, I stand here ironing, sentence, the babysitter, what we talk about when we talk about love

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5
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Which stories were published in 1997

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Good country people, a good man is hard to find

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6
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Who wrote to room 19

A

Doris lessing

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7
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When did Doris lessing publish to room 19

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1993

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8
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Which story did Doris lessing write

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To room 19

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9
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What is the plot of to room 19

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A housewife experiences hysteria brought on by not being able to find peace and quiet

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10
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Characters in to room 19zx

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Susan Rawlings, Matthew Rawlings, Sophie

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11
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who wrote good country people

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Flannery O’Connor

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12
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When was good country people published

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1997

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13
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What stories did flannery O’Connor write

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Good country people and a good man is hard to find

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14
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When was a good man is hard to find published

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1997

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15
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Who wrote a good man is hard to find

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Flannery O’Connor

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16
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Who wrote the watcher

A

Guy vanderhaeghe

17
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When was the watched published

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1990

18
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What did guy vanderhaeghe write

A

The watcher

19
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What is good country people about

A

Hulga is a nihilist with a peg leg. Her name used to be joy. She gets tricked by a bible salesman who steals her wooden leg

20
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What is a good man is hard to find about

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A family goes on a road trip to Florida. The grandma, reminiscing about the past, leads the family off the road and they get lost. A killer named The Misfit finds them after their car gets destroyed in a crash and kills them off one by one

21
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What is the watcher about

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A little boy who has chronic lung problems gets shipped off to live with his grandmother when his dad gets tired of caring for him and his mother gets sent to the hospital for tuberculosis. His aunt comes to stay with the grandmother with her fiancee who beats and abuses her. The grandma sends some people to beat him up yo scare him away but it doesn’t work. He ends up taken by the police when the boy tells the police that he doesn’t know who beat up the man even though he saw the whole thing

22
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When was rabbits published

A

1992

23
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Who wrote rabbits

A

Patrick lane

24
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When was the bear published

A

1992

25
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Who published the beae

A

Patrick lane

26
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When was how do you spell beautiful published

A

1992

27
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Who wrote how do you spell beautiful

A

Patrick lane

28
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What stories has Patrick lane written

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Rabbits, the bear, how do you spell beautiful

29
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What happens in rabbits

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A husband regretfully brings his daughter and wife to the neighbours house to get some rabbits. He doesn’t like how different and weird hos wife is acting. He goes to work before everyone wakes up and when he comes home, the rabbits are out of the cage, the male rabbit is dead on the counter, the daughter is drawing at the table, and the wife is gone

30
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What is the bear about

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Charlaine gets pregnant and her dad thinks Denny knocked her up. Denny and the dad say they’re going to kill each other. To stop this, the main character sets them up, saying they’re separately being asked to kill a bear and then having them both show up. The bear gets killed, the main character becomes the chef at the mill

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What is how do you spell beautiful about

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A man and his wife are sitting in the living room, him admiring the sunset and his wife doing a crossword puzzle. He goes outside to bring the cat and the kittens inside from under the deck so they won’t go wild. His shirt gets trapped on something that is suddenly sticking out of the floorboard about where his wife is sitting in the house.

32
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When was what we talk about when we talk about love published

A

1993

33
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Who wrote what we talk about when we talk about love

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Raymond carver