The Moonlit Road

The Moonlit Road – General Understanding Quiz

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Approximate Reading Times

Quick Read: under 5 minutes
Short Story: 5 to 30 minutes
Novelette: 30 to 90 minutes
Novella: 1.5 to 2.5 hours

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Raymond’s Run
Grade 5-6 Story by Toni Cade Bambara. A feisty school girl desperately wants to win a picnic race to show up an annoying and over-confident new girl in town. When she sees her mentally challenged older brother running beside her, she decides that winning races doesn’t mean as much anymore.
Exchanging Glances
Short story by Christa Wolf. A middle-aged German woman recalls her time as a displaced teenager fleeing the Russians with her family in the final days of World War II. She recounts the horror of the refugee caravan, and some confronting experiences on reaching the “safety” of American lines.
The Fun They Had
Quick Read by Isaac Asimov. Set in 2155, a boy shows a friend something strange he found hidden in his family attic… a book about school. They discuss how wasteful paper books were, and go on to compare their robotic home schooling with “going to school” in the past.
The Flight
Short Story by Kamala Das. A sculptor and her disabled husband move to a house by the sea after she finds city living devoid of inspiration. Re-inspired, she becomes infatuated with a seventeen-year-old nude model. Upon finding her husband having sex with the girl, she “takes flight” into the sea.
The Empty House
Short Story by Algernon Blackwood. Two psychic sleuths decide to investigate a supposedly haunted house. Initially, the ghosts go about their nightly business seemingly indifferent to the visitors. There is no sign of a threat until one of the pair gives way to their fear and begins to flee.

Chickamauga
Short Story by Ambrose Bierce. A six-year-old boy becomes lost in the woods while playing soldier. He mysteriously sleeps through a bloody battle, wakes to find himself confronted by hundreds of wounded and dying soldiers, and “leads” them towards a red glow, which turns out to be his burning home.
The Hack Driver
Short Story by Sinclair Lewis. A young lawyer is sent to a small town to serve a summons on a man needed for an important case. Although unsuccessful, he thoroughly enjoys his time with a helpful hack driver who drives him around all day, always one step behind his quarry.
The Alienist
Novella by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. A brilliant physician relocates to his hometown in Brazil and convinces the council to build the region’s first madhouse. Rebellion stirs when, having apprehended all the truly insane, the overzealous doctor begins to lock up anyone displaying eccentricity or unusual talents.
The Fiddler
Short Story by Herman Melville. A struggling writer is in a desperate mood after negative reviews of his latest work. His life changes when he learns the secret of a “commonplace” man who appears to have no special talents but is able to live life to the fullest.
The Open Boat
Novelette by Stephen Crane. An inspiring story of the real-life ordeal of four men whose ship sinks, leaving them alone in a small life-boat to face a stormy sea. A defining feature is the way men from such diverse backgrounds were able to maintain their self-discipline and work together.