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The Pale Man – 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

The Call of the Wild
Novella by Jack London. Set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, a huge St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd cross is dog-napped to meet the demand for sled-dogs. Transported to the Yukon, he learns the “law of club and fang” before devolving into the leader of a pack of wild wolves.
The Lottery
Short Story by Shirley Jackson. A story about how people can be influenced by herd or mob mentality to do inhuman things they would never consider individually. Each year, the otherwise ‘normal’ people in a small American farming town follow a gruesome tradition that results in death.
Popularity
Grade 7-8 Story by Adam Bagdasarian. The biggest wish of a ten-year-old boy is to hang out at recess with the most popular group in fourth grade. His wish comes true, but he never feels secure among them because his inclusion was at the expense of another member.
The Eyes Have It
Quick Read by Philip Dick. A man believes he has stumbled upon an invasion of Earth by alien lifeforms that are so highly developed they can shed body parts at will. He reported it to the government, but didn’t get a reply. He suspects they already know!
A Worn Path
Short Story by Eudora Welty. An aged woman makes a long, dangerous trek through the Mississippi woods to the nearest town. Although she claims to have come for the regular medicine needed by her ailing grandson, her state of mind calls into question whether the boy still lives.

(Because) We’re Very Poor
Short Story by Juan Rulfo. A boy from a post-revolutionary Mexican farming family recounts how a devastating flood washes away both their entire crop and a precious cow intended to provide “capital” to prevent his twelve-year-old sister from following their older sisters into prostitution.
Priscilla and the Wimps
Grade 7-8 Story by Richard Peck. A school bully is in for a cold, cramped evening after being locked inside a locker when his gang picks on the wrong victim. Hopefully someone finds him. It’s snowing heavily and the school is about to close for a week!
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.
A Boy and His Dog
Novelette by Harlan Ellison. Set in a dystopic, post-apocalyptic world, an attractive woman almost comes between a young man and his genetically manipulated telepathic dog. Despite the title, there is nothing “boyish” about what the two get up to. Ironically, it is the dog that finally wins the girl!
Homecoming
Short Story by Carlos Bulosan. A young Filipino man who had immigrated to America at fifteen returns home to find his family destitute. His father is dead, his mother too frail to get around, and one of his sisters has had to prostitute herself. Sadly, he cannot help them.