Consolidated Summer Assignment -- Stories w/ Links to Questions

Following are six pairs of short stories assigned for the summer assignment. You are expected to read at least one of them (feel free to read both), and then answer two of the questions that follow that story. If there are links to the discussion boards, do NOT post on the boards; just write your answer (or type it) regularly.

You will wind up reading a total of 6 stories and answering a total of 12 questions.

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Week 1 (6/6-10): Irony

• The Lottery, Shirley Jackson (listen here)
  > Questions for "The Lottery"


• The Open Window, Saki (H.H. Munro) (listen here)
  > Questions for "The Open Window"

Week 3 (6/20-24): Coming of Age

• Araby, James Joyce (listen here)
  > Questions for "Araby"


• A&P, John Updike
  > Questions for "A&P"

Week 5 (7/4-8): Horror

• Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe (listen here)
  > Questions for "The Fall of the House of Usher"


• Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe (listen here)
  > Abridged Graphic Novelization Supplement
  > Questions for "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Week 7 (7/18-22): Prejudice

• Barn Burning, William Faulkner (listen here)
  > Questions for "Barn Burning"


• Cathedral, Raymond Carver
  > Questions for "Cathedral"

Week 9 (8/1-5): Magic Realism

• Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (listen here)
  > Questions for "Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"


• The Monkey’s Paw, W.W. Jacobs (listen here)
  > Questions for "The Monkey's Paw"

Week 11 (8/15-19): Irony (yes, again!)

• The Bet, Anton Chekhov (listen here)
  > Questions for "The Bet"
  > Alternate project for "The Bet" -- replaces questions.


• The Yellow Pill, Rog Phillips
  > Questions for "The Yellow Pill"