Name: ______Per. _____ Date: 5-15-17
READING CHECK ON PARAGRAPHS 21-23 IN “THE PAST WASN’T DONE WITH ME”
Directions: Read the following questions on the story, “The Past Wasn’t Done With Me,” and respond to each using complete sentence. Use details from the story and clear explanations to support your responses.
1. In the 21st paragraph, the narrator describes how: “…no one—none of my friends, none of my family—ever said a single word about Henry. Everyone went about their lives as though he had never existed.” Explain why the narrator’s friends and family did this. Then, discuss one positive and one negative effect this could have on the narrator. (Support/Defend your responses.)
A.One reason why the narrator’s friends and family never said a single word about Henry is:______
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B.One positive effect this can have on the narrator is:______
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C. One negative effect this can have on the narrator is:______
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2. In the 22nd paragraph, the narrator tells us that he thought about Henry, “…almost every damn day.” He also states, “…oddly enough, it’s what drove me for a number of years.” Explain how the memories of Henry “drove” the narrator for a number of years.
When the narrator states that the memories of Henry “…drove [him] for a number of years, he means:______
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3. In the 23rd paragraph, the narrator describes an incident that causes him to believe that he is finally being punished for killing Henry. Describe the incident that caused him to think that he was being punished for killing Henry.
The incident in the 23rd paragraph that causes the narrator to believe that he is finally being punished for killing Henry is:______
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4. Near the end of the 23rd paragraph, the narrator states that he was “…terrified of being left alone with [his daughter].” Explain why he was terrified of being left alone with his daughter.
At the end of the 23rd paragraph, the narrator was “…terrified of being alone with…” his daughter because.
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5. EXTRA-CREDIT:What detail(s) from the 23rd paragraph lets us know that the fears the narrator has about his daughter are not real, but only a neurosis that he has? Find and copy the detail(s) and explain HOW they prove that he feelings are only a neurosis.
The detail(s) from the 23rd paragraph that let us know the narrator’s fears about his daughter are not real but only a neurosis is/are:(copy details)“______
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The detail(s) show that the fears the narrator has about his daughter are only a neurosis because: ______
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