The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Authored by Allison Cooper
English
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The setting of the poem is
in a hotel in the city
in a country inn
on a cow farm
on a pirate's ship
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main conflict in the poem?
Tim is jealous of the highwayman.
The redcoats kill Bess.
The redcoats want to capture the highwayman.
Bess's father does not approve of the highwayman.
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the resolution of the poem?
Tim eavesdrops on Bess and the highwayman.
The redcoats tie Bess up to the foot of her bed.
Bess shoots herself to warn the highwayman.
The ghosts of the highwayman and Bess return to the inn.
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the redcoats know to set a trap for the highwayman at the inn?
The redcoats follow the highwayman after a robbery.
The redcoats overhear the highwayman bragging about a robbery.
Tim told the redcoats the highwayman was returning to the inn.
A member of the highwayman's gang was captured and told the redcoats.
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What motivated Tim's behavior in the poem?
He was Bess's protective older brother.
He was honest and wanted to turn in a thief.
He was in love with Bess and jealous of the highwayman.
He was kicked out of the highwayman's gang and wanted revenge.
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CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following lines illustrate Bess's desperation to warn the highwayman the redcoats set a trap for him?
"She writhed her hands until her fingers were wet with sweat or blood."
"When they shot him down on the highway."
"But they gagged his daughter, and bound her, to the foot of her narrow bed."
"Up she stood to attention, with the muzzle beneath her breast."
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The poem's theme concerns feelings of
delight
everlasting love
jealousy
regret
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
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