Symbolism in Click-clack the Rattlebag

What does the cosy kitchen symbolise?

• danger

• food

• safety

• fear

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the dark, creepy hallway represent?

• danger

• night

• family

• stupidity

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CCSS.RL.7.3

What do the broken lights symbolise?

• darkness

• the boy

• stupidity

• no hope

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What does the story of the tooth in coke symbolise?

• dental hygiene

• the boy's stupidity

• what the Click-clacks do to humans

• what the man thinks about vampires

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"We walked along the upper corridor in the shadows, walking from patch of moonlight to patch of moonlight."

In this quotation, there is darkness and light. What does that combination symbolise?

• The man is paying attention to some things but not others

• The man is paying attention to the full moon

• The windows are clean

• The boy knows the way in the dark

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Click-clacks take people who...

• taste like coke

• aren't paying attention

• tell scary stories

• feel like big brothers

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

In the story, who isn't paying attention?

• the boy

• the man

• the girlfriend

• the author

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

The monster in a story always symbolises:

• a deep human fear

• the boy

• a scary movie

• something the author read about before

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the deep human fear expressed in Click-clack the Rattlebag?

• We are in danger because we aren't paying attention

• Little children will eat us

• Our teeth will dissolve in Coke

• Old, dark houses are scary

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who does the man symbolise?

• the author

• the boy

• the reader

• the girlfriend

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7