The Interlopers

With whom has the family of Ulrich von Gradwitz been in dispute?

• The local authorities

• their neighbors

• themselves

• the neighboring town

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following best describes the plot of "The Interlopers"?

• Two men become enemies after becoming stranded in the woods.

• Two neighbors settle a family dispute after hunting in the woods.

• Two enemies resolve their differences after becoming trapped in the woods.

• Two men fight ot the death in a deserted forest.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What did both Georg and Ulrich inherit from their families?

• a castle

• a marsh

• a car

• a feud

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The climax is the high point of interest or suspense in a literary work.

• When the tree branches pin the two hunters down

• when the men decide to be friends

• when the men first come upon one another in the woods

• when the men see figures coming toward them

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the most likely reason that Saki included falshbacks in this story?

• to provide background information on the preexisting fued

• to provide a break in the storyline

• to pull the focus on the story away from Georg and Ulrich

• to confuse the reader

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance had come to give full play to the passions of a lifetime. But a man who has been brought up under the code of a restraining civilization cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbor in cold blood and without word spoken, except for an offense against his hearth and honor.And before the moment of hesitation had given way to action a deed of Nature’s own violence overwhelmed them both. A fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting crash over their heads, and ere they could leap aside a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on them.

In this passage, the line " the chance had come to give full play to the passions of a lifetime" implies that both hunters have spent a lifetime imagining

• the reason behind their feud.

• the opportunity to kill the other.

• the chance to catch the other breaking the law.

• the opportunity to talk things through.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance had come to give full play to the passions of a lifetime. But a man who has been brought up under the code of a restraining civilization cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbor in cold blood and without word spoken, except for an offense against his hearth and honor. And before the moment of hesitation had given way to action a deed of Nature’s own violence overwhelmed them both. A fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting crash over their heads, and ere they could leap aside a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on them.

In this passage, what stops the two men from immediately shooting each other?

• neither is sufficiently upset

• neither has the courage

• neither want to harm the other

• neither knows how to use a gun

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How long has the families been involved in a feud

• three months

• three years

• three generations

• three days

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the original cause of the feud?

• the marriage between the families

• a lawsuit over adjoining property

• a bad business deal

• a family accident resulting in death

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What does Ulrich offer to share with Georg while awaiting rescue?

• a pack of gum

• pictures of his loved ones

• a notepad and pencil to write a final note

• a wine flask