I AM LEGEND (chapter 1)

"If he had been more analytical, he might have calculated the approximate time of their arrival; but he still used the lifetime habit of judging nightfall by the sky, and on cloudy days that method didn't work." This quote allows the reader to characterize Robert as...

• prone to thinking shallowly about his problems.

• exceptionally talented at judging when the sun will set.

• unconcerned with precisely when the sun is going to set.

• unaware of how important it is to know when night time is coming.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which is not one of the defense's Robert utilizes?

• garlic

• mirrors

• wooden stakes

• crosses

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"He knew he should burn up the paper plates and utensils too, and dust the furniture and wash out the sinks and the bathtub and the toilet, and change the sheets and pillowcases on his bed; but he didn't feel like it." Pg 2

The run on quality of this sentenced caused by the repetitive use of "and" by the author is a stylistic choice meant to suggest how ________________________ the chores listed appear to Robert Neville.

• worth doing

• pointless

• monotonous

• seemingly endless

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

"For he was a man and he was alone and these things had no importance to him."

This quote indicates that being isolated like Robert Neville causes people to ____________________ their everyday routines and expectations.

• upgrade

• abandon

• care even more about

• feel estranged from

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Now he reached over and took an ice pick from its wall rack. He punched holes in each clove half, then strung them together with wire until he had about 25 necklaces." pg 2

What type of defense is this quote describing? Neville's use of __________________.

• crosses

• mirrors

• garlic.

• guns.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"He lathed them out of thick doweling, band sawed them to 9 inch lengths. These he held against the whirling emery stone until they were sharp as daggers."

The narrator is describing the process by which Neville makes ________________.

• poles for the hot house plants.

• planks to seal up his house.

• stakes to kill the creatures.

• croquet poles to kill his boredom.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"It was tiresome, monotonous work...." The highlighted word is a synonym for __________________.

• exciting

• rewarding

• difficult

• tedious

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"Won't that be fun? He thought irritably." This quote uses ________________ to show Neville has a __________________ sense of humor.

• dramatic irony; gentle

• situational irony; dark

• verbal irony; dark

• verbal irony; no

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"His jaded eyes moved over the stacks of meats, down to the frozen vegetables, down to the breads and pastries, the fruits and ice cream." The highlighted word means that Neville is ___________________ with his food options.

• unenthusiastic

• excited

• annoyed

• confused

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"He moved slowly across the living, looking at the mural that covered the back wall. It showed a cliff edge, sheering off to green-blue ocean that surged and broke over black rocks. Far up in the clear blue sky, white sea gulls floated on the wind, and over on the right a gnarled tree hung over the precipice, its dark branches etched against the sky." The imagery in this quote evokes a _____________________ mood in the reader, suggesting Neville is barely hanging on in his battle with the creatures.

• foreboding

• besieged

• underwhelmed

• serene

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5