TY - BOOK AU - Goodman,Burton TI - Surpr!ses: 15 Great Stories with Surprise Endings : with Exercises for Comprehension & Enrichment SN - 0890616752 (pbk) AV - PE1126.A4 G65 1990 PY - 1990/// CY - Providence, RI PB - Jamestown Publishers KW - Reading (Adult education) KW - Readers (Adult) KW - Reading comprehension N1 - "Level D"; "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 ; Getting the meaning of the story ; Reviewing story elements ; Examining vocabulary words ; Adding words to a passage ; Thinking about the story." (To the Student) ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; To the Student ; The Short Story - 10 Important Literary Terms ; 1. A Secret for Two ; / Quentin Reynolds ; 2. The Romance of a Busy Broker ; / O. Henry ; 3. Mrs. Packletide's Tiger ; / Saki ; 4. The Piping-Hot Pizza Mystery ; / Elizabeth VanSteenwyk ; 5. The Gift of the Magi ; / O. Henry ; 6. The Southpaw ; / Judith Viorst ; 7. His Father's Boots ; / Charles Land ; 8. The Angel ; / Carol Chapman ; 9. A White Heron ; / Sarah Orne Jewett ; 10. Pop's Boy ; / Irvin Ashkenazy ; 11. Ooka and the Stolen Smell ; / I. G. Edmonds ; 12. One Thousand Dollars; O. Henry ; 13. Setup ; / Jack Ritchie ; 14. The Woodcutter's Child; / Manuela Williams Crosno ; 15. Gold-Mounted Guns ; / F.R. Buckley ; Acknowledgments ; Progress Chart ; Progress Graph ER -