Short Story Analysis: Questions and Answers

Answer the questions below in full sentences on a separate piece of paper.

Make sure your handwriting is legible.

Note the number of marks each question is worth and answer accordingly. E.g. low-mark questions need short answers, high-mark questions need longer, detailed answers. 

1. Explain why the family goes out into the forest. (1 mark) 

2. How does the author distract from his own story? Support your answer with a quotation (note the page and paragraph number of your quote). (3 marks) 

3. What is the tone of this story? Support your answer with a quotation (note the page and paragraph number of your quote). (3 marks) 

4. In as much detail as possible, describe the setting of this short story. Provide details from the story to support your answer. (4 marks) 

5. Identify which Point of View is used to tell this story. Support your answer with a quotation (note the page and paragraph number of your quote). (3 marks) 

6. Describe characteristics of Nagha that show he is a unique being, unlike people. (2 marks) 

7. Describe one characteristic of Nagha that shows he is not a unique being - compared 

8. In as much detail as possible, describe the conflict of this short story and explain how it gets resolved. Provide details from the story to support your answer. (4 marks) 

9. "Uncle Eddie wanted to speak but he couldn't think of anything to say" (p. 2, paragraphs 6 and 17). How do you think this repeated line reflects character? (1 mark) 

10. What is the theme of this short story? Explain, using details from the story to support your answer. (3 marks) 

Bonus: Explain the similarity between Nagha and the narrator's family, and the history of Indigenous peoples and Europeans in North America. (1 mark)