The Dinner Party

The hostess can best be described as-

• elitist

• talkative

• composed

• generous

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The American faces the challenges of -

• making sure the hostess doesn't stay quiet longer than he does

• keeping the guests quiet until the cobra leaves the room

• calming his fear of snakes in order to capture the cobra

• learning Indian social etiquette so that he will be respected by the other guests

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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

Which words from paragraph 7 best helps the reader understand the use of the word arresting?

• it sobers everyone

• frighten the cobra

• he knows the commotion

• He speaks quickly

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the primary purpose of paragraph 1?

• To start the story with an exciting event

• To establish the context for the events that follow

• To reveal that the narrator is unreliable

• To introduce the reader to the story's primary conflict

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these is an example of irony in the story?

• A colonel and a young girl debate whether men and women have different amounts of self-control.

• Cobras normally hide in the rafters of a room, but the cobra in the story is under the table.

• The American is the only person at the party besides the hostess who realizes the danger everyone is in.

• The hostess exhibits extreme self-control at the very moment the colonel is saying that women lack it.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The country is __________.

• China

• India

• Indonesia

• the United States

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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

The snake is __________.

• in the corners

• in the rafters

• over the table

• under the table

The individual who shows an example of real control is __________.

• the American

• the colonel

• the host

• the hostess

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The theme of this story is __________.

• control

• fear

• gambling

• snakes

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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 are the young girl and colonel arguing about?

• Men are smarter than women

• Women are smarter than men

• Women have outgrown the jumping-on-the-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse-era

• Men are easily frightened

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3