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3Skeleton Key Review
Question | Answer |
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Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key? | To save money for getting married |
Why do they not see many ships in their waters? | the water surrounding the island is dangerous, there are reefs below the water |
Why does the narrator watch the Cornelius de Witt with tears in his eyes? | Because he knows it is going to crash. |
What does the narrator notice about the window in the lantern room once the rats are on the island? | that it is sagging in, and the rats could get tot he men |
How do the rats first get inside the lighthouse? | A window |
What are the three strategies used to rescue the men from the island? | One dies,one goes to crazy, and one goes back to work in the lighthouse. |
What lets the reader predict this story will be a frightening tale? | the title has the word skeleton in it the first line "My most terrifying experience." |
Why does the island have a bad reputation? | three convicts died on the island |
Where does the story take place? | a key off the coast of French Guiana, in Africa |
What happens to Le Gleo? | he gets put into an asylum or hospital |
What happens to Itchuoa? | He dies from the rat bites |
What POV is the story told in? | 1st person by the narrator |
When the men first see the ship what do they think is wrong? | that the crew is drunk or insane, if there is a crew |
What genre is the story? | short story, horror, fiction |