English. Read the short story and answer the questions in numeric order.

Directions: Respond to the following questions. 1. What is the genre of this story? Are there any other possible genres this story could fall into? 2. What is the exposition of the story? Summarize it in your own words and provide an example of the text. 3. What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is the climax of this selection? What is the falling action in the story? What is the denouement in the story? Do the characters go back to their normal everyday lives? 4. Is there one protagonist or several? Does the story have traditional heroes or heroines (protagonists) and villains (antagonists)? 5. What are the most important traits of the main characters? 6. Are there static characters in this story? List the static characters and give textual evidence to support your response. 7. Are there dynamic characters in this story? List the dynamic characters and give textual evidence to support your response. 8. Character Sketch: Choose one character from the story and complete a character sketch (description). Remember to include specific details. Your response must be a minimum of 7 sentences.