8TH READING- YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SELECT TWO OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW. REMEMBER TO ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION TO GET FULL CREDIT. USE YOUR STORY ON PAGE 28-38 IN YOUR RED LITERATURE BOOK TO ASSIST YOU.
1. AT THE BEGINNING OF RAYMOND'S RUN, SQUEAKY DECLARES THAT NO ONE CAN BEAT ME AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. CITE EVIDENCE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY TO SUPPORT THE NOTION THAT SQUEAKY IS DEDICATED TO KEEPING HER REPUTATION AS THE FASTEST RUNNER.
2. IN A STORY A CONFLICT IS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES. A SHORT STORY USUALLY CONTAINS ONE CENTRAL CONFLICT, AND IT MAY INCLUDE ONE OR MORE MINOR CONFLICTS AS WELL. WHAT IS THE CENTRAL CONFLICT IN "RAYMOND'S RUN"?
3. THE CLIMAX OF "RAYMOND'S RUN" TAKES PLACE TOWARD THE END OF THE STORY, AS SQUEAKY AND GRETCHEN WAIT FOR THE WINNER OF THE FIFTY-YARD DASH TO BE ANNOUNCED. WHAT EVENT CONTRIBUTES TO THE TENSION AT THIS POINT IN THE STORY?
4. WHAT IS THE RESOLUTION OF "RAYMOND'S RUN"? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT IS THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE STORY? NAME TWO THINGS THAT THE OUTCOME REVEALS ABOUT SQUEAKY.
