The Runaway / Kidnapped Paired Text Test

"The Runaway"

Why is the juxtaposition of "miniature" and "thunder" in line 6 important to the poem?

• The juxtaposition combines the idea of fear with the idea of strength.

• The juxtaposition combines the idea of youth with the idea of playthings.

• The juxtaposition combines the idea of adults with the idea of seriousness.

• The juxtaposition combines the idea of harmlessness and the idea of threat.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

"The Runaway"

What tone is expressed in the final quoted comment in lines 19–21?

• Concern

• Excitement

• Jealousy

• Regret

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The Runaway"

The poem’s setting is significant because it helps to contrast —

• the pasture with the streets of town

• the cold and snow with the warmth of “stall and bin”

• beauty of nature with the danger of the civilization

• the energy of the colt with the tiredness of the passersby

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

"The Runaway"

In lines 10 and 11, the two sentences “It isn’t play / With the little fellow at all. He’s running away” suggest that the poem deals with what theme?

• Real fear of something that only seems to be threatening

• Pretended fear of something that may result in death

• Reasonable fear of something that will never change

• Learned fear of a common evil

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

"The Runaway"

Which phrase indicates most strongly the colt’s terror?

• “dipped his head”

• “with whited eyes”

• “shudders his coat”

• “one forefoot on the wall”

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

"The Runaway"

By having the passersby say “Whoever it is that leaves him out so late” in line 19, the author implies

• that the passersby are hurrying to get home

• that the passersby are neighbors

• that the passersby are going to contact the owner

• that the passersby are not going to do anything about the colt

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Kidnapped Excerpt

At the end of paragraph 5, the boy (David) says, “If a wish would kill men, those fishers would never have seen morning, and I should likely have died upon my island.” This implies that —

• the fishers might kill David if they returned

• the fishers are going to be important to David’s eventual rescue

• the fishers knew that David was ready to kill them

• the fishers were only pretending not to understand David

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

Kidnapped Excerpt

In paragraph 9 beginning with “I began at once,” the tone shifts to what emotion?

• Despair

• Anxiety

• Confidence

• Melancholy

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Kidnapped Excerpt

In the 15th paragraph when the third man in the boat “look[s] at the other men as much as to say, ‘I told you I spoke English’” the reader can infer that —

• the third man is embarrassed that his English is not good

• the third man is proud of the limited English he knows

• the third man is envious of the other men who speak better English

• the third man is grateful to the other men for helping him communicate

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Kidnapped Excerpt

In which phrase or clause does the author use a simile to describe David’s anger at being ignored by the men in the boat?

• I could not believe such wickedness.

• I thought my heart would have burst.

• I wept and roared like a wicked child.

• Grinding my face in the earth

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10