"Three Skeleton Key"

Why did the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key?

• He wants to set aside some money before getting married.
• He wants to protect the lighthouse.
• He likes watching ships sail.

Why is it unusual for the lighthouse keepers to see a ship come so close to their island?

• Sailors know about the rats on the island.
• The waters are treacherous.
• The island is off-limits to sailors.

How did the island get the name "Three Skeleton Key?"

• Three convicts escaped there and died.
• Three small islands connect to each other.
• The island is in the shape of a skeleton.

When the author writes, "Thousands of heads rose, felt the wind, and we were scented, seen!" The author is trying to show us that the rats:

• Know the men are on the island.
• Do not want to go to land.
• Will eat fish and sharks.

How do the rats first get inside of the lighthouse?

• They eat a hole through the door.
• The metal sheeting that was sealing the window gives way.
• Le Gleo is crazed by the rats and opens the door.

During the rising action, what do the men do to secure the window when the rats begin eating through the wood?

• they close the window
• they put glass over it
• they put tin over it

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The climax occurs when...

• The narrator takes a new job at the lighthouse
• The men are trapped in the top of the lighthouse and they see a patrol boat.
• Sharks eat the rats.

The falling action of the story is when...

• The lighthouse keepers decide not to light the light.
• The narrator returns to the island to work.
• the rats are on a meat barge and are set on fire.

During the resolution, what becomes of the three lighthouse keepers?

• One man returns to the key; two refuse to go back.
• Two men return to the key; the third man dies.
• One man returns; one man goes insane; the other dies.

Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?

• Some of the rats fall into the ocean and are eaten by the sharks
• The narrator sees the Dutch ship heading for the island.
• the narrator tells the story of how the island got it's name.