A Worn Path
This is a review of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path." Can you identify the symbolism throughout the story?
- 1.What is the main character's name?
- A.
Phoenix Sun
- B.
River Phoenix
- C.
Phoenix Jackson
- 2.Describe the main character's journey.
- 3.What is the significance of the story taking place during the Christmas season?
- 4.Identify and explain three themes identified in the story.
- 5.Describe race relations in Mississippi during the 1940's. Describe how those same beliefs and ideas are present in Welty's, "A Worn Path."
- 6.In your opinion, why do you think Welty selected the main character's name? What do you think the main character's name means?
- 7.Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" is structured mostly around
- A.
Biography
- B.
Geography
- C.
Conversation
- D.
Flashback
- 8.What is the purpose of Phoenix's trip to the city?
- A.
To pick up medicine for her grandson
- B.
To see a doctor about her failing health
- C.
To buy her grandson a toy for Christmas
- D.
To make final plans for her burial
- 9.How much money does Phoenix have at the end of the story?
- A.
A shiny silver dollar she found on the path
- B.
A nickel, given to her by the huntsman
- C.
Five pennies given to her by the kindly nurse
- D.
Ten cents, derived from her cunning and no-nonsense approach to life
- 10.How does the reader learn about the details of Phoenix's journey
- A.
The third preson omniscient speaker relates it to us
- B.
The huntsman provides the narration as he watches her through the forest
- C.
The narrator tells us the stroy in a first person narrative style
- D.
The omniscient speaker and Phoenix's conversations with herself and the elements around her flesh out the story
- 11.Why was Phoenix's journey so remarkable?
- A.
She was walking on a broken ankle
- B.
She weathered the adverse winter conditions
- C.
She traveled a long distance for a woman so old and infirm
- D.
She had lost her map and was navigating by familiar landmarks
- 12.How does the author present Phoenix?
- A.
As a brave determined person able to meet a challenge despite obstacles
- B.
As a gruff, angry octogernarian furious with the hand that life had dealt her
- C.
As a foolish old woman showing a lapse in good judgement
- D.
As a lonely and sad individual looking for companionship before death
- 13.What does she carry in her hand?
- 14.What does she want to buy her grandson?
- 15.Define the word "cur"
- 16.Define the word obstinate. How was it used in the story? What else could it possibly be used to describe as well?
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