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"Sweat" Pop Quiz

Authored by Steve Wascher

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 139+ times

"Sweat" Pop Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the name of the story's protagonist?

Bertha from Apopka

Delia Jones

Sykes Jones

Elijah Mosely

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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At the beginning of the story, what did Sykes use to scare Delia?

his bull whip

his belt

a rope

a rattlesnake

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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"Delia's habitual meekness seemed to slip from her shoulders like a blown scarf" uses which literary technique?

allusion

metaphor

personificiation

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What household item did Delia pick up and threaten Sykes with?

rolling pin

hammer

iron skillet

butcher knife

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which is NOT something that Sykes did to Delia by the time they had been married for one year?

brutally beat her

cheated on her

gambled all of their money

brought a snake home

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What did Sykes love about Bertha?

she was skinny

she was rich

she was white

she was fat

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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These words spoken following Sykes' return home at the end of the story give the story a(n) ____________________ tone and _________________________ the gruesome ending - "The gray in the sky was spreading"

foreboding/ominous ... foreshadow

hopeful ... foreshadow

apprehensive ... foreshadow

encouraging ... foreshadow

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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