SSM Exam 2024 with 100% correct answers

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Edgar Allan Poe - correct answer Story of troubled young man who has a twisted mind and feels the necessity to kill the old man he lives with. The tone is very intense creepy and makes you feel uneasy all throughout the story. "The Overcoat" Nikolai Gogol - correct answer A story about a sad old man who has worked in a factory his whole life and when he finally gets a coat that makes him noticed by people, its stolen and he is distraught. He haunts people for the rest of the story after his death, looking for overcoats. "The Darling" Anton Chekhov - correct answer A young woman is married to a business man who is away on business alot. when he goes to the city one time he died, and then she remarries. Everyone pities her, but she can fall in love again so easily it is a bit disturbing. "The lady with the little dog" Anton Chekhov - correct answer Story about a married man who goes to yalta for a break and has yet another affair with a woman. This is a different affair then his past ones though, because he pursues her after and they try to make their love work in secret. This is the first time the man realizes he loves someone. "The story of an hour" Kate Chopin - correct answer A woman finds out her husband is "dead' and she quickly gets over it, almost excited. She then finds out her husband is actually alive and she has a heart attack. "Girl" Jamaica Kincaid - correct answer Not an ordinary story format, essentially just a list of suggestions/commands by a motherly figure to a young girl, trying to shape her into a respectable young woman. "The Laugher" Heinrich Boll - correct answer A man has the best laugh and he is paid to do it, but when he is at hom