Hold students accountable for reading with this editable, plot-based quiz on Guy de Maupassant’s short story “A Ghost.” Ideal for high school English Language Arts classrooms, this assessment is especially fitting for the Halloween season with its eerie, supernatural themes and suspenseful plot.
Designed to assess general reading comprehension, this 12-question multiple-choice quiz targets critical plot points including character motivations, eerie events, and the story’s chilling conclusion. Whether used as a formative assessment, homework assignment, or reading check, this no-prep quiz will keep students on task and accountable.
Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. An answer key is included.
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13 Halloween Horror Short Stories and Quizzes for High School ELA (Vol. 1)
Engage high school readers during the fall season with this Halloween short story quiz bundle, a collection of 13 editable reading comprehension quizzes covering works of fiction that feature everything from werewolves to witch trials and banshees to body snatchers. Featured authors include Guy de Maupassant, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, H. G. Wells, and several other talented (though obscure) writers. Each print-and-go quiz is crafted to assess students' understanding of setting, characters, and conflicts. Answer keys and public domain copies of the short stories are included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. The featured stories bring eerie fun and a few chills to the classroom in September and October: * **"A Ghost" by Guy de Maupassant** – A man's visit to an old friend becomes unsettling when he has a spectral encounter. * **"A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain** – A humorous encounter with a ghost in a New York boarding house reveals a forgotten mystery. * **"The Banshee's Halloween" by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh** – An Irish storyteller recounts a chilling tale of a banshee's visit on Halloween night. * **"The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson** – Two medical students are drawn into grave-robbing and must face the horrifying consequences. * **"The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce** – A mysterious, invisible creature stalks the woods, defying all human understanding. * **"The Dogs of Salem" by David H. Keller** – During the witch trials, supernatural revenge takes the form of vengeful dogs in colonial Massachusetts. * **"The Hungry Ghost" by Emil Petaja** – A man confronts the ugliness of his actions and their consequences, highlighting the clash between decency and immorality. * **"The Inexperienced Ghost" by H. G. Wells** – A man's seemingly benign interactions with a modest ghost lead to an undesirable fate. * **"The Red Room" by H.G. Wells** – A skeptic spends a night in a supposedly haunted room only to experience unexplainable terror. * **"The Salem Horror" by Henry Kuttner** – A man discovers a secret that awakens the spirit of a woman executed during the era of the Salem witch trials. * **"The Vow on Halloween" by Lyllian Huntley Harris** – A young woman's Halloween vow leads to an eerie and devastating twist of fate. * **"The Werewolf Snarls" by Manly Wade Wellman** – A town endures mysterious killings that indicate an ancient werewolf legend has come true. * **"The Witch's Cat" by Manly Wade Wellman** – A cunning cat may be more than what it seems when a strange woman arrives in town.
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"A Ghost" by Guy de Maupassant Quiz, Analysis Worksheet, and Vocabulary Games
Facilitate reading comprehension and sharpen literary analysis skills with this bundle of activities and assessments covering Guy de Maupassant's Halloween-appropriate short story "A Ghost." A plot-based quiz, close reading inference worksheet, vocabulary definitions handout, vocabulary application exercise, crossword puzzle, word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will practice and demonstrate the following essential ELA skills: * Making inferences about setting and theme using textual evidence. * Identifying literary devices such as hyperbole, personification, and irony. * Analyzing characterization, including contrasts between rational thought and supernatural encounters. * Evaluating author's purpose, considering why Maupassant portrays the supernatural as something not necessarily to be feared. * Recognizing foreshadowing and how it builds suspense. * Exploring theme development, particularly humanity's desire for certainty and clear understanding. * Supporting claims with textual evidence, preparing students for advanced literature courses and college-level analysis.
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