Battle Royal

What is a "battle royal"?

• a fight between two teams of boxers
  
• a fight between blacks and whites
  
• a fight in which ten blindfolded boxers hit each other as much as they can
  
• a speech contest

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How many other people are left in the ring when the narrator is eliminated from the battle royal?

• two
• nine
• one
• six

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What trick is played on the participants after the battle royal ends?

• They are told that they cannot give their speeches.
  
• The loser ends up getting the payment, and the winners receive nothing.
  
• They try to pick up money from a rug that gives them electric shocks.
  
• No one pays them for their participation.

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What does the narrator say that shocks the crowd during his speech?

• "Social responsibility."
  
• "I have been a traitor."
  
• "Social equality."
  
• "Cast down your bucket where you are."

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What prize does the narrator receive after his speech?

• a leather briefcase and a college scholarship
  
• a long series of envelopes, one inside another, ending with a document that says "To Whom It May Concern"
  
• five dollars
  
• brass advertising tokens

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