First Half

Second Half

1.  The Elements of Fiction

13.  “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” Oates

2.  “The Story of an Hour,” Chopin,

14.  “I Stand Here Ironing,” Olsen

3.  “The Necklace,” Maupassant

15.  “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne

4.  “Cathedral,” Carver

16.  “Harrison Bergeron,” Vonnegut

5.  “The Lady with the Pet Dog,” Chekhov

17.  “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” Lawrence

6.  “Girl,” Kincaid

18.  “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” LeGuin

7.  “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner

19.  “The Lottery,” Jackson

8.  “House on Mango Street,” Cisneros

20.  “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” O’Connor

9.  “Hills Like White Elephants,” Hemingway

21.  “The Cask of Amontillado,” Poe

10.  “The Lesson,” Bambara

22.  “The Use of Force,” Williams

11.  “The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” Wright

23.  “The Things They Carried,” O’Brien

12.  “Araby,” Joyce

24.  “Guests of the Nation,” O’Connor