"The Gun" by Carol Ellis

In this story, we learn a lot about how Derek is feeling through his

• internal monologue

• dialogue

• setting

• actions

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Derek was described as being _______________ as he played on the basketball court.

• angle

• argue

• agile

• absent

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How does Derek react when he first sees the detectives coming through the gate and toward him and Jerry on the basketball court?

• He tells Jerry not to say anything to the detectives about the gun.

• He takes off running.

• Guilt kicks in, and he begins to worry that they will ask him about the gun

• He and Jerry keep playing basketball and act like they don't see them.

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The sight of the cops and his thoughts about the gun made Derek feel_________________.

• scarred

• comfortable

• agile

• panicky

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Derek was worried being asked about the gun he found , but instead, the men

• tell him they already have it.

• want accuse Jerry of robbing a CVS.

• accuse him of robbing the hardware store.

• start asking questions about basketball.

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Derek was _____________ that he had not committed a robbery.

• confused

• complete

• confident

• clever

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By admitting he knows the gun is a .38 caliber, Derek

• gives the detectives another piece of information that they needed for their investigation.

• gets the detectives off his back.

• ties himself to the hardware robbery.

• convinces the policeman he knew what he was doing.

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Derek waited until the trains passed to fire the gun in order to

• to cover the noise of the gun.

• hide the gun on the other side of the train.

• shoot at a moving target.

• to see what time it was.

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What makes the end of the story so powerful?

• The author builds up to it by giving the reader many clear hints.

• The reader loses track of events until the end.

• It is all of a sudden and completely different from what is expected.

• The author has the characters speak in realistic dialogue.

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The detectives spoke to Derek in a ___________________ manner.

• confrontational

• conversational

• confident

• clueless

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