The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga

What event sets the story into motion?

• a funeral

• a wedding

• a birthday

• a graduation

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Alicia and Jordan's relationship can be described as...

• warm and loving

• distant and cold

• aggressive and combative

• familial (like family)

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CCSS.L.6.5C

How does Alicia react to her life as a newlywed?

• She feels stressed by it.

• She is living her best life.

• She misses her family and is scared of her husband.

• She falls ill.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

What was NOT one of Alicia's symptoms?

• vomiting

• tiredness

• weight loss

• crying

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CCSS.RI.6.1

True or false: The doctor knew exactly what was wrong with Alicia.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

How does Jordan react to his wife's illness?

• He spends all of his time at work.

• He stays by her side.

• He buys her medicine that makes her worse.

• He sends for her mother.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does Alicia hallucinate?

• a human-like figure

• bats

• insects

• shadows

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

According to the chief physician, what can be done for Alicia?

• lots of exercise

• rest

• medicine

• nothing

What does the servant notice on Alicia after her death?

• bruises

• small dark spots

• missing teeth

• cuts

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What caused Alicia's death?

• her husband

• her doctor

• a disease

• her feather pillow

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A