The Invalid’s Story wkst.

Directions: Use blue or black ink. Incorporate the question as part of your answer.

1. How does Mark Twain prevent this story from being morbid or horrible and keep it humorous?

2. How do the boxes get mixed up?

3. How does the cheese get placed on the box?

4. What names does Thompson give to the corpse? Name three.

5. What happens to the names that Thompson gives the corpse, as the odor gets stronger?

6. Describe two things the men do (or use) to overcome the odor.

7. Use a quote from the story that shows why that part– the situation, the actions, or the characters’ remarks, is most humorous to you.

8. The overwhelming sensory reaction in this story is one of smell, but Twain never actually describes the smell itself. How does he create the quality of smell for the reader?