Click Clack The Rattlebag
Authored by Stephany Castillo
English
7th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension and literary analysis of Neil Gaiman's short story "Click Clack the Rattlebag," appropriate for 7th grade students. The questions assess students' ability to identify key story elements including characters, setting, plot events, and point of view, while also testing their understanding of author identification and vocabulary in context. Students need strong literal comprehension skills to track character relationships and motivations, such as understanding the dynamic between the boyfriend, little boy, and sister, as well as the significance of specific story details like where sounds originate and what characters want. The quiz also requires students to demonstrate inferential thinking skills when analyzing character appearance descriptions and the meaning of challenging vocabulary like "unrelentingly" within textual context. Created by Stephany Castillo, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 7. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool to gauge student understanding after reading this suspenseful short story, and it works effectively as a review activity before class discussions or as homework to reinforce key story elements. Teachers can use this quiz as a warm-up to activate prior knowledge before deeper literary analysis or as practice for students developing their close reading skills with contemporary horror fiction. The questions support students in meeting reading literature standards by requiring them to cite textual evidence, determine central ideas, and analyze how authors develop characters and advance plot through specific story details. This assessment aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1, RL.7.3, and RL.7.4 as students demonstrate comprehension, character analysis, and vocabulary skills essential for middle school literary study.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
Who is the author of the story?
Richard Peck
Gary Soto
Neil Gaiman
Edgar Allan Poe
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
What does the little boy ask for?
to watch TV
stay up all night
candy
scary bed time story
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 12 pts
Where does the click clack come from?
the dark
under the bed
the woods
the sky
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 12 pts
Who is telling the story?
the boyfriend
the little boy
the click clack
the sister
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 12 pts
If you put a tooth in a cup of coke over night in the morning the tooth will be dissolved.
TRUE
FALSE
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
CCSS.RI.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 12 pts
What does the click clack look like?
a vampire
a wolf
a man
something that you are not expecting
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 12 pts
What does the little boy the boy do that makes the boyfriend feel like his family?
he gives him a hug
he gives him a kiss
he holds his hand
he tells him a secret
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
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