1.What, above all, does the speaker admire about the oak in "I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing"?

2.In "A Noiseless Patient Spider," to what does the speaker compare the spider's launching of filament?

3.In the excerpt from "Roughing It," why does the bull climb a tree?

4. In "How to Tell a Story," what to Twain is the difference between a humorous story and a comic story and a witty story.

5.In "The Passing of Grandison," why does Dick Owens try to help Grandison escape?

6.Why doesn't Grandison take advantage of the opportunity Dick offered him?

7.In "The Yellow Wallpaper," what does the husband of the narrator forbid her to do?

8.What is Mrs. Slade secret which she reveals to Mrs. Ansley?

9.In "Roman Fever," what best describes the relationship, through the years, of Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade?

10.What is John's reaction (in "The Yellow Wallpaper") at the end of the story when he enters his wife's room?