Goodman, Burton <br/><br/>
Surpr!ses :  15 Great Stories with Surprise Endings : with Exercises for Comprehension & Enrichment / 
Burton Goodman. 
 - Providence, RI :  Jamestown Publishers,  1990. 
 - 141 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Level D" 
<br/><br/>"Surprises offers you great reading. It also helps you master important reading and literature skills. There are 15 great stories in this book. Each one has a surprise ending. The stories will give you hours of reading fun. And you will enjoy the exercises that follow each story. The exercises are a great way to help you improve your skills:<br/>  Getting the meaning of the story<br/>  Reviewing story elements<br/>  Examining vocabulary words<br/>  Adding words to a passage<br/>  Thinking about the story." (To the Student)<br/> TABLE OF CONTENTS :<br/> To the Student<br/> The Short Story - 10 Important Literary Terms<br/> 1. A Secret for Two <br/>  / Quentin Reynolds<br/> 2. The Romance of a Busy Broker <br/>  / O. Henry<br/> 3. Mrs. Packletide's Tiger<br/>  / Saki<br/> 4. The Piping-Hot Pizza Mystery<br/>  / Elizabeth VanSteenwyk<br/> 5. The Gift of the Magi<br/>  / O. Henry<br/> 6. The Southpaw<br/>  / Judith Viorst<br/> 7. His Father's Boots <br/>  / Charles Land<br/> 8. The Angel<br/>  / Carol Chapman<br/> 9. A White Heron<br/>  / Sarah Orne Jewett<br/> 10.  Pop's Boy<br/>  / Irvin Ashkenazy<br/> 11. Ooka and the Stolen Smell <br/>  / I. G. Edmonds<br/> 12. One Thousand Dollars   O. Henry<br/> 13. Setup<br/>  / Jack Ritchie<br/> 14. The Woodcutter's Child  / Manuela Williams Crosno<br/> 15. Gold-Mounted Guns<br/>  / F.R. Buckley<br/> Acknowledgments<br/> Progress Chart<br/> Progress Graph<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0890616752 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reading (Adult education)<br/>Readers (Adult)<br/>Reading comprehension.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1126.A4  / G65 1990