The Dinner Party

Where is this story set?

• China

• America

• Spain

• India

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which sentence best characterizes Mrs. Wynnes (the hostess)?

• She was easily frightened.

• She was calm and courageous.

• She was a poor hostess.

• She talked a lot but never listened.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The American faces the challenge of - 

• Making sure the hostess doesn't stay quiet longer than he does
• Keeping the guests quiet until the cobra leaves the room
• calming his fear of snakes in order to capture the cobra
• Learning Indian social etiquette so that he wil be respected by the other guests

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"A spirited discussion springs up between a young girl who insists that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse era and a colonel who says that they haven’t." Based on this quote, an era is

• a mistake

• a compelling force or strength

• a period of time marked by a distinctive characteristic

• a silly game

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"She is staring straight ahead, her muscles contracting slightly."

Based on this quote, the best definition of contract is

• to make smaller or narrower

• to enter into a legally binding agreement

• to touch or connect; to communicate with

• to identify the differences between items

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"In India, milk in a bowl means only one thing—bait for a snake."

Based on this quote, bait is

• the section of a fence used for opening and closing

• something used to agitate animals

• a period marked by distinctive characteristic

• something used to lure fish or other animals

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CCSS.L.5.5C

"His first impulse is to jump back and warn the others, but he knows the commotion would frighten the cobra into striking."

Based on this quote, an impulse is

• a strong electric shock

• a sudden, involuntary inclination prompting one to act; an instinct

• an extreme feeling of terror

• extreme agitation; a noisy disturbance

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CCSS.L.5.5C

"He speaks quickly, the tone of his voice so arresting that it sobers everyone."

Based on the context of this quote, what is the best definition of arresting?

• attracting, or capable of attracting, and holding attention or interest

• seizing by legal authority

• boring and uninteresting

• so deep and low in tone that it is almost difficult to hear

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Those who move will forfeit fifty rupees."

Based on this quote, to forfeit is

• to win, to gain by winning; to be awarded

• to force-fed something

• to disagree strongly

• to lose or risk losing something as a consequence of a crime, fault, or breaking an agreement

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

"He is saying 'two hundred and eighty' when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees the cobra emerge and make for the bowl of milk."

Based on this quote, the best definition of emerge is

• to come together; to join

• to slide; to slither

• to come out into view, to come out of concealment or hiding

• to move rapidly but aimlessly; to run around without direction

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4