The pit and pendulum is a

• story

• Essay

• Play

• Drama

The story is told from which point of view?

• Third-person-limited view of a member of the French army
• Omniscient view of the author
• Third-person view of the inquisitor
• First-person view of the prisoner

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator is afraid that he will find himself in a tomb because he —

• fears that he will be taken from the tomb and tortured
• fears that he has been buried alive
• has always been afraid of tombs
• suspects the tomb will plunge into a bottomless pit

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

When the narrator is sentenced to die, the authorities provide him with food because they —

• feel very sorry for him
• left the food there by mistake
• plan more punishments before he dies
• always feed their prisoners until the end

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

William Legrand lived...at the time of the story

• in Charleston

• on Sullivan´s Island

• in South Carolina

• in New Orleans

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jupiter was...

• William´s servant

• the narrator´s friend

• the owner of the house

• a pirate

what happened first?

• William discovered the secret message

• Jupiter climbed a tree

• the narrator put the paper near the flames

• William drew a picture of the bug

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

what happened at the end?

• Jupiter and William found a gold bug

• the narrator was tired and wanted to come back from the journey

• William discovered the secret message

• they found treasure of gold and jewellery

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which character was invited to visit Roderick Usher

• Narrator
• Madaline Usher
• Ethelred
• the King

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Who was deathly ill and thought to have died?

• Madeline Usher
• the doctors
• the King
• Roderick Usher

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4