The Dinner Party
Authored by Christina Cruse
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who insists that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era and a colonel who says that they haven’t." Based on this quote, an era is
a mistake
a compelling force or strength
a period of time marked by a distinctive characteristic
a silly game
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"She is staring straight ahead, her muscles contracting slightly."
Based on this quote, the best definition of 'to contract' is
to make smaller or narrower
to enter into a legally binding agreement
to touch or connect; to communicate with
to identify the differences between items
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing—bait for a snake."
Based on this quote, bait is
the section of a fence used for opening and closing
something used to agitate animals
a period marked by distinctive characteristic
something used to lure fish or other animals
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CCSS.L.5.5C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others, but he knows the commotion would frighten the cobra into striking."
Based on this quote, an impulse is
a strong electric shock
a sudden, involuntary inclination prompting one to act; an instinct
an extreme feeling of terror
extreme agitation; a noisy disturbance
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CCSS.L.5.5C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"He speaks quickly, the tone of his voice so arresting that it sobers everyone."
Based on the context of this quote, what is the best definition of 'arresting'?
attracting, or capable of attracting, and holding attention or interest
seizing by legal authority
boring and uninteresting
so deep and low in tone that it is almost difficult to hear
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CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
CCSS.L.3.4D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Those who move will forfeit fifty rupees."
Based on this quote, to forfeit is
to win, to gain by winning; to be awarded
to force-fed something
to disagree strongly
to lose or risk losing something as a consequence of a crime, fault, or breaking an agreement
Tags
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
CCSS.L.3.4D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"He is saying 'two hundred and eighty' when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the cobra emerge and make for the bowl of milk."
Based on this quote, the best definition of 'emerge' is
to come together; to join
to slide; to slither
to come out into view, to come out of concealment or hiding
to move rapidly but aimlessly; to run around without direction
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CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
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