“BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

DIRECTIONS: Read F.Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” and circle the word that best completes the sentence. Provide evidence from your reading of the story to justify your choice.

modern.

1. Marjorie is different than Bernice because she is

heartless.

helpful

2. In this story, Marjorie is to Bernice.

cruel

pathetic

3. Bernice is a character.

sympathetic

are victims of feminine manipulation.

4. In this story, the young men

have more control over the women than the women have over them.

celebrates

5. In this story, Fitzgerald the behavior of youth during the 1920s.

disdains

Bernice

6. In this story, gets exactly what she deserved.

Marjorie