Short Stories Test

What is the name of the "evil" island that the sailors fear?

• Zaroff Island
• Ship-Trap Island
• Skull Island
• Death Island

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How is Rainsford separated from the yacht?

• He lunges for his dropped pipe and loses his balance
• He is pushed off by a frightened crew member
• He jumps off
• He is shot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who is the first person to "greet" Rainsford at the door of the palatial chateau?

• Ivan
• An odd looking butler
• General Zaroff
• Whitney

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is characterization?

• Character traits
• What a character says and thinks
• The process in which the author tells the personality of a character.
• What a character looks like and what are his actions

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Rainsford finally gets the better of Zaroff when Rainsford —

• swims to Zaroff’s château and surprises him
• kills Ivan, leaving Zaroff defenseless
• catches Zaroff in a tiger trap made from a bent sapling
• signals to a passing boat that helps him escape

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

There are 2 doors. Behind one, there's a lady. Behind the other door is a...

• tiger
• another lady
• a king
• a criminal 

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

In the story, a princess falls in love with a...

• commoner
• criminal
• married man
• prince 

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

The princess helps the suspect by...

• telling him which door conceals the tiger
• convincing her father to let him go
• gesturing towards the right door
• allowing him to marry the lady

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

The reader of the story...

• feels sympathy for the princess
• wants the tiger to kill the commoner
• doesn't understand why the princess is jealous
• doesn't know the ending of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

The confusing nature of love and the absence of free will are examples of what literary term? 

• conflict
• plot
• rising action
• theme 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2