The Hanging Stranger

What type of figurative language is used in this quote? "A distant muted hum like a great swarm of bees."

• imagery

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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What town does Ed Loyce live in?

• Mayberry

• Pikeville

• Oak Grove

• Jeffersonville

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What type of business does Ed have?

• Barber shop

• Grocery Store

• TV sales and repair

• Motuary

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Where was Ed when the "explanation" happened?

• In the bank

• At work

• At home in the basement

• Helping his neighbor in the garden

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Why did Ed jump out of the car?

• He could tell they weren't cops because he knows all the cops in town.

• He knew they weren't cops because they didn't know where the police station was.

• He heard something on the radio that scared him.

• He started to grow paranoid and irrational.

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"Shapes. Fluttering shapes from the sky. From the crack of darkness that hung above him. He was seeing—them" Who were they?

• Paratroopers from China

• Terrorists invading the town

• Insect-like aliens

• Minions of a super-villian

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When Ed got to Oak Grove he met with the...

• Fire Chief

• Head of emergency medicine

• The police commissioner

• The local preacher

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The Commissioner confirmed that Ed had figured out what was happening. What did Ed figure out?

• Terrorist cells were invading the entire county one town at a time.

• The aliens had been battling humans for a long time. They took over one town at a time starting with the most prominent citizens. They mimic the humans in the town.

• The aliens poisoned everyone in Pikeville and threatened to poison Oak Grove.

• He didn't figure out anything. The commissioner was humoring him until an ambulance could come and take him to a psychiatrist.

What did Ed finally realize about where the hanging stranger came from?

• Like him, the hanging stranger was someone who escaped mind control.

• He was a soldier from the next county.

• We never know.

• Ed figured out the stranger was the mayor of another town captured by the terrorists.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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What happened to Ed?

• He was hanged as bait to lure others who escaped.

• Ed went to join the resistance.

• We never know.

• Ed escaped and ran away.

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