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Can you name the word from the column on the right that fits into the famous short story title on the left?

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Short Story & Author	Word	Options
“Vanilla Bright Like _____” Michael Faber		•Heaven •Forever •Flowers •Eminem
“Hills Like White _____” Ernest Hemingway		•Elephants •Lightning •Leopards •Supremacists
“For Esmé – with Love and _____” J. D. Salinger		•Prosperity •Tenderness •Smooches •Squalor
“O Russet _____!” F. Scott Fitzgerald		•Farm •Village •Witch •Potato
“The Gentleman Dressed in _____” Agatha Christie		•White •Black •Silk •Newspaper
“_____ Feathers” John Updike		•Horse •Pigeon •Mister •Dinosaur
“Love is not a _____” Amy Bloom		•Paradox •Sonnet •Labor •Pie
“The Lady with the _____” Anton Chekhov		•Cigarette •Dog •Boa •Buick
“A Sound of _____” Ray Bradbury		•Sadness •Fury •Thunder •Zombies
“The Enormous _____” John Cheever		•Debt •Mosquito •Radio •Cashew

Short Story & Author	Word	Options
“The Ballad of the _____ Bullet” Stephen King		•Silver •Magic •Ugly •Flexible
“A Very Old Man with Enormous _____” Gabriel García Márquez		•Humps •Feet •Wings •Hopes
“The _____ of the Magi” O. Henry		•Mask •Gift •Christmas •Rebate
“A _____ Artist” Franz Kafka		•Hunger •Starving •Strange •Mustachioed
“_____ and Symbols” Vladimir Nabokov		•Codes •Signs •Faces •Cymbals
“_____ Type” Stephen King		•Commando •Survivor •Blood •Athletic
“The _____ Burial” Edgar Allan Poe		•Premature •Seventh •Elaborate •Wacky
“What We Talk About When We Talk About _____” Raymond Carver		•Justice •Love •Israel •Mallomars
“A Good _____ Is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor		•Man •Woman •Dentist •Babysitter
“To Build a _____” Jack London		•Bridge •House •Fire •Portfolio

Short Story & Author	Word	Options
“The _____ of Sleepy Hollow” Washington Irving		•Ballad •Legend •Curse •Story
“Welcome to the _____ House” Kurt Vonnegut		•Lego •Doll •Monkey •Pancake
“A Perfect Day for _____” J. D. Salinger		•Kites •Sandwiches •Poetry •Bananafish
“The _____” Shirley Jackson		•Contest •Carpenter •Lottery •Widower
“_____” Chuck Palahniuk		•Guts •Spleen •Bones •Porno
“The Lady or the _____?” Frank Stockton		•Envelope •Briefcase •Tiger •Revolver
“The _____ of the Red Death” Edgar Allan Poe		•Plague •Masque •Hand •Kegger
“The _____ Question” Isaac Asimov		•Last •Eternal •Ultimate •Jeopardy
“Ward No. _____” Anton Chekhov		•6 •3 •9 •12
“The _____” James Joyce		•Dead •Sick •Healthy •Immortal
“_____ and Symbols” Vladimir Nabokov
“The _____” Shirley Jackson
“A Sound of _____” Ray Bradbury
“The _____ of the Magi” O. Henry
“The Gentleman Dressed in _____” Agatha Christie
“Hills Like White _____” Ernest Hemingway
“Ward No. _____” Anton Chekhov
“The Lady with the _____” Anton Chekhov
“The _____ Question” Isaac Asimov
“_____” Chuck Palahniuk
“_____ Type” Stephen King
“The Ballad of the _____ Bullet” Stephen King
“The Enormous _____” John Cheever
“The _____ of Sleepy Hollow” Washington Irving
“For Esmé – with Love and _____” J. D. Salinger
“A Perfect Day for _____” J. D. Salinger
“_____ Feathers” John Updike
“O Russet _____!” F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The _____ Burial” Edgar Allan Poe
“The _____ of the Red Death” Edgar Allan Poe
“The Lady or the _____?” Frank Stockton
“A _____ Artist” Franz Kafka
“To Build a _____” Jack London
“Love is not a _____” Amy Bloom
“A Very Old Man with Enormous _____” Gabriel García Márquez
“A Good _____ Is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor
“What We Talk About When We Talk About _____” Raymond Carver
“Vanilla Bright Like _____” Michael Faber
“The _____” James Joyce
“Welcome to the _____ House” Kurt Vonnegut

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