The Invalid’s StoryBy: Mark Twain

Talissa RomeroAustin Hayes

Kenneth SamsonJulian Garrett

MAJOR CONFLICTS

The major conflicts is the cheese smelling and them not knowing it was the cheese.

SETTING

The setting is a train with few people in the cabin. The train was heading for Wisconsin and it was snowing.

THEME

General: Missunderstanding

Specific:

Literary Elements

Important Points1. Thompson fell and landed on the awful smelling cheese and swallowed some and still thought it was the coffin.

2. They were so scared about getting sick from the smell that they went outside in the cold and ended up getting sick from the coldness.

Quiz 1. Where was the train heading?

a. Wisconsin b. Boston c. Ohio

2. When did his childhood friend, John B. Hackett, die?

a. 10 years ago b. 15 years ago c. 2 years ago

3. What kind of cheese was it?

a. Feta b. Blue c. Limburger

4. What was actually in the box? a. A dead body b. Paper

c. Rifles d. toy soldiers

Quiz continued 5.What were they afraid that would happen if they went outside?

a. Get sick b. Get eaten by a bear c. Get left behind

6. Who wrote this book?a. Muhammad Ali b. J.K. Rowlingc. Mark Twain d. Edgar Allen Poe

7.Who starts a fire to keep warm?a. Hackett b. Thompson c. Deacon

ANSWERS

1. a. Wisconsin

2. c. 2 years ago

3. c. Limburger cheese

4. c. Rifles

5. a. Get sick

6. c. Mark Twain

7. b. Thompson