The following is a worksheet to guide the reading of Sylvia Plath's short story "Initiation." The two pages includes pre-reading, comprehension questions, and discussion questions that act as a formative assessment to assess a reader's understanding of characterization, conflict, diction, figurative language, imagery, plot, setting, symbolism, and theme.

It can be used as a formative assessment to prepare readers for the summative assessment, a quiz also available on the short story.