After Twenty Years

After Twenty Years

6th - 7th Grade

20 Qs

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After Twenty Years

After Twenty Years

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English

6th - 7th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RL.8.3, RL.5.3, RL.6.2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

Which excerpt from the story includes details about the story’s setting?

The Policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively.

The time was barely 10 o’clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in

them had well nigh de-peopled the streets.

”Until five years ago,” said the policeman. “It was torn down then.”

As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

Which statement below explains why the setting is important to the development of the plot?

In the dark of the night, Bob doesn’t recognize his old friend, Jimmy.

Bob only agreed to the meeting because it took place at night.

The streets were also abandoned on that night twenty years ago when the two men parted.

Bob is now a wanted man in Chicago.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

Which statement below is a valid theme of the story?

Wanted criminals always keep their appointments.

Sometimes the right thing to do is also the hard thing to do.

It’s fun to make future plans with your current best friends.

Best friends never betray each other.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

Which excerpt below best supports your answer to theme of the story?

“It’s all right, officer,” he said reassuringly. “I’m just waiting for a friend. It’s an appointment made twenty years ago.”

“You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth.”

“You’ve been under arrest for ten minutes, ‘Silky’ Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wires us she wants to have a chat with you.”

Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

Which event occurs during the story’s climax?

Bob exclaims, “You’re not Jimmy Wells!”

Bob finds out he’s been under arrest for ten minutes.

Bob strikes a match, and Jimmy recognizes him as the man wanted in Chicago.

The tall man tells Bob that he grew some after he was twenty.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

What physical feature gave the plain clothes officer away?

his ears

his height

his hair

his nose

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

0 sec • 1 pt

Which piece of text evidence best supports your answer to the previous question?

“Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to a pug.”

“It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one.”

“You’ve changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall by two or three inches.”

“Going quietly, are you? That’s sensible.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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