"The Barn Burning"

Abner's hog strays to the Harris farm and eats corn.  It is the reason Snopes burns the barn.  What does it symbolize?

• the disparity between classes
• everything Abner has "lost" to the upper class
• injustice
• escape to a better life

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What building doubles for the town court in this story?

• Post Office

• a Church

• a Store

• a barn

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Fire is a symbol of which of the following in the story (choose the best answer)

• anger

• safety

• loss

• fear

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The white mansion represented 

• rich white supremacy
• class disintegration
• purity of innocence
• naivete

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The contrast between Sarty's innocence and his father's sense of reality is best exmeplified in which of these themes?

• the tie of a person's bloodline

• the corruption of innocence

• the disparity between social classes

• anger and loss

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The family's wagon is an important symbol in the story. Which of the following is the best description of its symbolism?

• home and hearth

• familial ties

• the family's constant move towards a better life

• the father's abuse towards the family

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The story opens with a description of the food in the store: "...he smelled the cheese, and more: from where he sat he could see the ranked shelves close-packed with the solid, squat, dynamic shapes of tin cans..." Which of the following themes does this description best employ?

• naivety

• Sarty and his family's social standing

• familial ties

• justice

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who wrote "The Barn Burning"?

• William Faulkner

• James Joyce

• Herman Melville

• Kate Chopin

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What animal of Mr. Snopes's broke through Mr. Harris’s fence and into his cornfields multiple times?

• cow

• horse

• donkey

• hog

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the judge tell Snopes to do after dismissing the charges brought against him by Mr. Harris?

• Pay Mr. Harris

• Leave the county

• sell your animals

• apologize the Mr. Harris

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6