The Short Story: Beware of the Dog Quiz Worksheet Part I Last Name ____________________________________ Date ______________ First Name ____________________________________ Period 5 This part is due at the end of the period today! 1. Who is the author of this short story? ______________________ 2. Define each of the following terms that are related to events in the story (use your book for help.) Spitfire:____________________________________________________ Brighton: ___________________________________________________ Flying Fortresses _____________________________________________ R.A.F. _____________________________________________________ D.F.C. _____________________________________________________ Cowling ____________________________________________________ Altimeter ___________________________________________________ Channel ____________________________________________________ Battle of Britain ______________________________________________ Lancasters __________________________________________________ Hurricane ___________________________________________________ 3. What is the pilot's major injury? _____________________________ 4. When the pilot sees the flowers, basin and glass, where does he assume he is? _____________________________ 5. Where does the nurse tell the pilot he is? (specific) _____________________________ 6. What is the nurse's complaint about the soap? _____________________________ 7. In what language is the sign painted? _____________________________ 8. What does Garde au chien mean? _____________________________ 9. As the story opens, what has happened to cause the pilot's injury? _____________________________ 10. At first, how does he feel, physically? _____________________________ 11. What does the pilot do to his plane so that he can bail out? _____________________________ 12. What alternating sensation does the pilot feel as he is falling? _____________________________ 13. When the pilot awakens he feels what with the tips of his fingers? _____________________________ 14. What airplane does the pilot think he hears flying overhead? _____________________________ 15. What does the pilot notice flying in his room? _____________________________ 16. Because this is hard, the pilot begins to suspect that he is not in England. _____________________________ 17. Who offers to get the pilot some reading material, and is generally kind to him? _____________________________ 18. What instructions does the pilot remember form Johnny, the Intelligence Officer? ____________________________ ________________________________________________________________ The Short Story: Beware of the Dog Quiz Worksheet Part II Last Name ____________________________________ Date ________________ First Name ____________________________________ Period 5 this part is due the next day (after part 1 is completed in class) CHARACTERIZATION The pilot's character is revealed through his actions, words and thoughts. Give one example of actions, words and thoughts that show the pilot is strong and brave: action _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ words _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ thoughts _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 1. On the accompanying map, label the following locations that are mentioned in the story and are related to the events of World War II, the time period in which the story takes place. (Use an encyclopedia if necessary) England Germany France The English Channel London Berlin Brighton 2. Use a dictionary to define the following words. Be sure to pay close attention to some of the words that require a particular part of speech definition. Then write a sentence or phrase from the story using the word. (YOU MUST USE A DICTIONARY THAT YOU WILL IDENTIFY AT THE END OF THIS EXERCISE.) 1. Taxi (verb) ____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 2. Bail (verb) ____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 3. Texture _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 4. Basin _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 5. Tenor _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 6. Undulating _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 7. Obsession: _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 8. Jar (verb) _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 9. Whitewash _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ 10. Dispersal _____________________________________ sentence: _________________________________________________ More Vocabulary Determine the correct meaning of each italicized word in the following sentences and explain it after the sentence. Use the dictionary and your text for help. 1. His right hand was on the stick, and he was working the rudder-bar with his left leg alone. __________________________________________________________ 2. Quickly, frantically, he tried to slide back the hood with his left hand.... __________________________________________________________ 3. He throttled back, pulled off his helmet, undid his straps, and pushed the stick hard over to the left. _________________________________________________________ 4. The Spitfire dipped its port wing and turned smoothly over onto its back. _________________________________________________________ 5. Identify the dictionary you used for the above information: _________________________________________________________ CRITICAL THINKING Anyone trying to make a decision should analyze the situation before drawing conclusions. Of course you noticed how the pilot in the story analyzed or sampled numerous things before coming to the conclusion that he was really a prisoner. Identify the seven things he observed through his senses. The first one is done for you: 1. The sound of the aircraft 2. _______________________________________________(hint: water) 3. _______________________________________________(hint: room) 4. _______________________________________________(hint: countryside) . _______________________________________________(hint: sign) 6. _______________________________________________(hint: nurse) 7. _______________________________________________(hint: R. A. F.officer)