The Palace Thief Part Uno

The Protagonist of The Palace Thief is...

• Sedgewick Bell

• Senator Bell

• Mr. Hundert

• Mr. Woodbridge

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The Antagonist of The Palace Thief is...

• Sedgewick Bell

• Senator Bell

• Mr. Hundert

• Mr. Woodbridge

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Read the following sentence:

I battled their indolence with discipline, their boorishness with philosophy and the arrogance of their station with the history of great men before them (pg. 155).

Used in the sentence above, "indolence" most nearly means...

• Rudeness

• Arrogance

• Laziness

• Dullness

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The narrator’s statement “I tell this story not for my own honor, for there is little of that here” (p. 155) suggests...

• that the narrator is a dishonest man.

• that the narrator only cares for his honor.

• that the narrator has done things that are dishonorable.

• that the narrator thinks Sedgewick Bell's story is worth telling.

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Mr. Hundert is a...

• School headmaster.

• History teacher.

• English Teacher.

• Senator.

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The narrator recalls,

“Sedgewick Bell then began to add the dangerous element of natural leadership—which was based on the physical strength of his features—to his otherwise puerile antics. He organized the boys” (p. 159).

This quote suggests...

• The narrator thinks very little of Sedgewick Bell.

• The narrator dislikes Sedgewick, but the other boys are drawn to him.

• The narrator, like the other boys, are intrigued by Sedgewick and antics.

• The narrator thinks that Sedgewick Bell has no good qualities and so does the rest of his students.

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The formal and academic tone of the first paragraph (pg.155) suggests that...

• The narrator is not creative.

• The narrator wants to make no mistakes in his storytelling.

• The narrator wants to get his story across quickly.

• The narrator is a well educated and formal man.

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Read the following sentence:

"Of course I was a novice then in the world of politics and had not yet realized that such men are, above all, likable" (pg. 162).

Used in the sentence above, "novice" most nearly means...

• Beginner

• Expert

• Watcher

• Third Party

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What does the senator’s use of the word “merely” on page 164 suggest about how he views the narrator’s role in Sedgewick’s life?

• The senator views the narrator as simply a teacher. Nothing else.

• The senator views the narrator as an important mentor in the life of his son.

• The senator views the narrator as stupid man of little importance.

• The senator views the narrator as a man who thinks little of his son.

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What effect does the phrase “I admit” in the following sentence have on the tone of the narrator’s recollections?

"Such, of course, are the honeyed morsels of a teacher's existence, those students who come, under one's own direction, from darkness into the light, and I admit that I might have taken a special interest that term in Sedgewick Bell. If I gave him the benefit of the doubt on his quizzes when he straddled two grades..." (pg.164)

• The phrase "I admit" create a defensive tone.

• The phrase "I admit" create a honest tone.

• The phrase "I admit" create a questioning tone.

• The phrase "I admit" create a confused tone.

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