Studying the short-story / Sixteen short-story classics with introductions, notes and a new laboratory study method for individual reading and use in colleges and schools.

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SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR CLASS
OR INDIVIDUAL STUDY OF A SHORT-STORY

1. Estimating from an average page, how many words has this story?

2. What type of story is it chiefly?

3. Does it subordinately illustrate any other types also? If so, which?

4. Is the title adequate?

5. What is its theme?

6. Write out a brief scenario of the plot.

7. Are the incidents arranged in effective order?

8. How many characters (a) speak, (b) are present but do not speak, (c) are referred to but are not present?

9. Are the characters idealized, or are they quite true to life?