Where is Here Quiz

What happened 1st in the story "Where is Here?"

• the stranger goes into the garage.

• the stranger says he wants to poke around

• the father gets upset with his wife

• the stranger wants to go to the basement

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What is the setting of the story?

• At a castle on a hill in the woods.

• A warm summer morning at sunrise.

• At an apartment building in the city.

• At a home on a chilly, damp evening at sunset.

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Which of the following was not an event that happened in the story?

• When the stranger comes into the house, he wants to go through every room, including the kitchen, living room, and the boy’s room.

• The stranger starts to redecorate the house to make it like it was when he lived in it.

• In each room he has memories of his childhood - some good and some bad.

• When he asks to go to the basement, the father makes the man leave the house and he disappears into the distance.

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What does the story imply most clearly about the stranger and his mother?

• The story infers that he was abused by his mother.

• The story infers that his mother lives next door with the stranger.

• The story infers that the stranger and his mother were very close.

• The story infers that the stranger and his other mother hurt someone in the house.

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What does the dialogue reveal about the characters, including their different perspectives in this passage?

The stranger says, "After such a lesson it’s hard to take the world on its own terms, isn’t it?"

In response, the father feigns interest. The father asked, annoyed, “On what terms should it be taken, then?”

• The dialogue shows that the father and stranger are curious about the same things.

• The dialogue between the father and stranger shows a strained politeness that wears down as the story goes on.

• The dialogue between the stranger and father shows that the stranger is angry with the father.

• The dialogue between the father and the strangers shows a friendship that is forming between the two men.

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Which event in the story causes the father to announce that “The visit is over”?

• the stranger talks about the stain on the wall.

• the stranger’s feverish demonstration of "infinity"

• the stranger talks about his father.

• the stranger starts to cry uncontrollably.

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What is happening when the father sees the lights flickering like they are about to go out and the color of the room starts to change?

• The father is considering redecorating.

• The son is developing the same powers as the stranger

• The father is thinking about how the electricity may be going off soon.

• The father is detecting an otherworldly, unreal, and frightening presence.

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Which one describes what the father was thinking when the stranger was roaming around the outside of the house?

• The father is curious about what the stranger is doing but respects the stranger’s desire to revisit his memories.

• The father is afraid of the stranger and wants him to leave.

• The father is angry with the mother for allowing the man on their property and answering the door.

• The father wants to join the stranger and hear stories about the old house.

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What is implied in the following statement? "We've all been dead--they've all been dead--a long time."

• that the stranger's family is in the house

• that the stranger and his family have all died

• that the stranger is dead but his family is alive

• that the stranger's parents are dead.

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What word would best describe the character, the stranger?

• funny

• mysterious

• angry

• overweight

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