Lather and Nothing Else

What does the barber believe his customer does not know about him?

• that he is sympathetic to the rebels

• that he is part of a plot to kill the customer

• that he is not a real barber but an imposter

• that he spoke at the rally in the schoolyard

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The customer reveals that his purpose for coming into the barbershop was to

• confront the barber about his political loyalty

• determine the barber's resolution to be a killer

• offer the barber a fellow rebel in a hostage exchange

• get a shave prior to the public execution of the barber

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the barber mean when he concludes, "Each one to his job. That's it. Each one to his job"?

• He is rationalizing not killing his customer

• He accepts that killing his customer is his duty

• He is satisfied with the career choice he has made

• He respects his customer and his customer's cause.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who is the barber's customer?

• a solider in the rebel forces

• one of the barber's comrades in disguise

• a leader in the forces the barber opposes

• a fellow undercover member of the rebel forces.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The diaglogue in the story suggests that the two men live in a country that

• has recently lost its beloved king

• is under the rule of a violent regime

• is at war with a neighboring country

• has adopted a democracy and is trying to restore peace.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following quotations from the text best demonstrates the narrator's internal struggle?

• I had never seem him so close before

• Torres did not know I was his enemy

• And this indeed was a special customer

• I am a revolutionary but not a murderer

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

THe narrators says, "I estimated he had four-day's growth of beard, the four days he had been done on the last foray after our men." What does this detail the the reader?

• The customer and the barber are on opposing sides of the conflict

• The customer is comfortable with his rugged, unkempt appearance

• The customer does not wish to be recognized by anyone in the town.

• The customer and the barber each have spies whom they trust for information.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following quotations most clearly establishes the point of view of the story?

• "He came in without a word"

• "How many did you take?" I asked.

• "And this was indeed a special customer"

• And others would say, "The avenger of our people"

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What element of the story is best concealed by the point of view?

• the internal conflict of the narrator

• the internal motivations of the barber

• the external conflicts of the customer

• the internal motivations of the customer

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the main conflict that of Lather and nothing else?

• External conflict- person vs person

• External conflict- person vs nature

• Internal conflict

• External conflict- person vs society

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2