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Which answer contains the word "dream?"

• I’ll find a way to cure you. I swear it on my life.

• I would often lie and dream for hours about what I read in the books...

• There was a baby-grand piano and a big sofa and several plump armchairs...

• I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which answer contains the word "shame?"

• A pub would be more congenial than a boarding-house.

• I ran frantically back lest I lose my way in a labyrinth of nighted silence

• I knew that sound well, too.

• The stench filled me with shame.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which answer contains the word "blood?"

• Ghastly and terrible was that dead, stairless cylinder of rock...

• No man would marry me unless he were a leper.

• Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold...

• It was less than half of what he had been willing to pay.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which answer contains the word "promise?"

• ...they were extraordinarily handsome, both of them, I can promise you that

• I now stepped through the low window into the brilliantly lighted room...

• The ringing became more distinct: --It continued and became more distinct.

• She was ready for the ritual. I dreaded it.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which answer contains the word "placed?"

• When I moved toward one of the alcoves I thought I detected a presence...

• It was a low, dull, quick sound...

• He crossed the room slowly, and sat down on the edge of the sofa.

• Mother placed her knife on the table and bared her hands.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which answer contains the word "heard?"

• I bit my lip as she removed my right glove.

• It was the ghoulish shade of decay, antiquity, and desolation...

• I gasped for breath --and yet the officers heard it not.

• They’re on the third floor, both of them together.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which answer contains the word "pale?"

• Billy set down his cup slowly on the table, and stared at his landlady.

• But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone.

• I felt conscious of youth because I remembered so little.

• My throat tightened as we looked at my fourth finger.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4