112 pages 3 hours read

Karen Russell

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2005

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Answer Key

“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”

Reading Check

Short Answer

1. She feeds the alligators live chickens for the first time. (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”)

2. Ossie’s note claims that Ossie has gone on her honeymoon with Luscious. (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator”)

“Haunting Olivia”

Reading Check

1. Gannon’s Boat Graveyard (“Haunting Olivia”)

2. Waldo Swallow (“Haunting Olivia”)

Short Answer

1. She was washed out to sea when the receding tide carried away the crab shell she was sledding in. (“Haunting Olivia”)

2. The shrimp spell out “glowworm grotto,” and since the boys remember Olivia drawing such a place, they theorize that this might be a message from Olivia revealing where her body is. (“Haunting Olivia”)

“Z. Z.’s Sleep-Away Camp for Disordered Dreamers”

Reading Check

Short Answer

1. The two have identical dreams of historical events that are as vivid as if they were actually present at these events.