Three Skeleton Key Pre-Assessment

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.
• He wants to be alone

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.
• There were three keys found there

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.
• The rats can smell in the ocean

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.5.5

The climax according to the textbook 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 men go crazy.

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.
• The men try to secure themselves in the lantern room.

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.
• The rats come back to the island and takeover

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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.
• Le Gleo tells his tale on how he ended up on the island

In a story filled with suspense, the reader feels-

• anxious curiosity
• overwhelming joy
• sure about the outcome

Which of the following sentences is most likely to create suspense?

• "Pay for the work is high"
• "My most terrifying experience"
• "I was greatly satisfied with life there"
• Suspense wasn't used in this story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4