The Night Face Up

........................ are logical guesses based on clues in the text and on your prior

knowledge. “

• Inferences

• Themes

In “The Night Face Up,” author Julio Cortázar weaves ........................ to create an intriguing story about a young man who drifts in and out of two dramatically different worlds.

• parallel plots

• parallel themes

“The Night Face Up” includes events in two very different settings.

• True

• False

The man is hurt and in a hospital, and he feels like he is in careless hands.

• True

• false

When two plots share equal time and importance in a story, they are called ...................

• parallel plots

• parallel inferences

The use of parallel plot structure creates tension, or a sense of anxious anticipation

• True

• False

Are the tones in the two plots similar or different?

• Different

• Similar

The Aztec sacrifice alluded to in this work was

an important part of Aztec religious life.

• True

• False

The Aztec sacrifice was thought to tease the gods and to make the gods weaker.

• True

• false

The tone of the second plot is anxious, wild, and .......................

• ominous

• cheerful