Duffy's Jacket

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Duffy

• Marie

• Andrew

• the Sentinel

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What is the setting of the story Duffy's Jacket?

• A cabin in the woods.

• A small house in Simi Valley.

• A car trip to Grand Canyon.

• A boy's bedroom that he shares with his cousin.

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Andrew thinks Duffy is a scatterbrain and not too bright, but Andrew’s mother

believes Duffy is —

• mean-spirited

• lazy

• busy

• brilliant

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Which of the following statements best explains why the mothers want to go camping?

• A friend of Aunt Elise’s boss has a cabin, and the mothers want

  to do something fatherly.

• The mothers want to get close to nature, and a friend has a cabin.

• The mothers want to stay in a historical house, and a friend has one.

• The mothers want to air out the house for a friend, and they

  want to go hiking with the kids.

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The first sign that something unusual is going on occurs when —

• The boys take a walk in the woods.

• Mom and Aunt Elise tell the boys not to frighten Marie.

• Duffy forgets his sneakers.

• Andrew finds a message scrawled on the wall.

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Which of the following details is most significant to the story?

• Duffy buys new sneakers.

• Duffy forgets his lunch.

• Duffy forgets his jacket.

• Duffy loses a suitcase.

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All of the following story details about the mothers’ behavior seem unusual

except —

• they don’t take the message about the Sentinel seriously.

• they leave the kids alone and go into town, even though the kids are nervous.

• they want to spend some quality time with their kids

• they are unconcerned about the kids being followed in the woods.

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At the end of this story, a logical conclusion to make is that —

• the mothers played an elaborate trick to teach Duffy a lesson.

• Andrew made up the story of the Sentinel to frighten Marie and Duffy.

• the Sentinel is a bloodhound.

• a neighbor saw the lost jacket and tried to return it.

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Foreshadowing is

• hinting at events that will happen later.

• a feeling of gloom that hangs over an event.

• a character trait.

• the pattern of action in the story.

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Which past action foreshadows the ending of this story?

• Both families did a lot of things together.

• They aired out the house.

• Duffy forgot a lot of things.

• The kids went wading in the stream.

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