The Life You Save May Be Your Own

What did the old woman want Mr. Shiftlet to teach the young girl to say?

• Sugardaddy
• Sugarbaby
• Sweetiepie
• Sugarpie

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What word does Shiftlet successfully teach the girl?

• Dawgee (doggie)

• Squirrrrellll (Squirrel)

• Bud-fly (butterfly)

• Burdttt (bird)

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

For Mr. Shiftlet, the car is a symbol of

• Success

• Redemption

• Corruption

• Influence

One characteristic of Southern Gothic lit is inclusion of the grotesque or horrible. In this story, that element is evident in

• The old woman's missing teeth

• Shiftlet's deformed limb

• A deaf, mute woman acting like a child

• All of the above

• A & B only

"Mr. Shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him" signifies his

• own personal corruption

• willingness to turn his life around

• greed and desire

• lack of self-control

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

When a character does/says something that they intend or believe

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Contrast Irony

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Old Lucynell is obsessed with:

• trying to marry Tom Shiftler

• trying to sell her car

• trying to find a husband for her daughter

• trying to move out of her house

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Tom Shiftler is obsessed with:

• finding a good woman to marry

• finding a place to live for the rest of his days

• the car sitting in old Lucynell's yard

• young Lucynell

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Shiftler is NOT a talented handyman

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

The fact that Tom stands like a "crooked cross" in the beginning of the story:

• signifies his immoral character

• signifies his strong sense of decency

• shows that he wants the car

• attracts young Lucynell to marry him

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6