Short Stories Important Facts

Question 1

The Lottery - Author

Answer 1

Shirley Jackson

Question 2

The lesson - Author

Answer 2

Toni Cade Bombara

Question 3

Everyday Use - Author

Answer 3

Alice Walker

Question 4

A Jury Of Her Peers - Author

Answer 4

Susan Glaspell

Question 5

Rules Of The Game - Author

Answer 5

Amy Tan

Question 6

The House On Mango Street - Author

Answer 6

Sandra Cisneros

Question 7

The Lottery - Setting

Answer 7

• Farming Town
• Summer, Clear Day
• Little “Village”
• Quaint

Question 8

The lesson - Setting

Answer 8

NYC
One is in their neighborhood
- Poorer
- Lower quality of life
Other is in city
- 5th Ave, F.A.O Schwartz
- Wealthy
- White

Question 9

Everyday Use - Setting

Answer 9

Late 1960s to 1970s
- Black is beautiful movement
Rural
- Georgia (maybe)

Question 10

A Jury Of Her Peers - Setting

Answer 10

March, Dickinson County
- Rural Farming Town
- Late 1800s (Horse + Buggy)
- Cold/More Northern

Question 11

Rules Of The Game - Setting

Answer 11

San Francisco’s China Town
- Lots of Shops: Flower Shop, Butcher shop, market
- Lives in apartment above store.

Question 12

The House On Mango Street - Setting

Answer 12

Chicago
- Multiple different places/streets within town
- Moved around a lot
- Not great economic status