Literature: The Night Face Up

What are two settings of the short story The Night Face Up? (Select TWO)

• Modern City/ hotel

• Ancient Ruin/ intersection

• Aztec Ritual/ Hospital

• Forest/ pharmacy

The "modern city" setting represents:

• a world of chaos, fear, and instinct

• a world of order and civilization

What does the protagonist realize towards the end of the story?

• Nurses and doctors are very caring people

• Hospital visit was the dream but the Aztec ritual was the reality

• He has complete control of his life

What war is taking place in the Aztec World?

• War of death

• War of the Blossom

• War of flowers

• War of acolytes

"Now sleep began to take over again, to pull

him slowly down" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

"The creaking of the wooden latches jolted him like a

whip" is an example of:

• Understatement

• Proverb

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What makes the TONE seem comforting and safe in the hospital plot while dangerous and foreboding in the manhunt?

• Use of similes and metaphors

• Parallel plots

• Difference in smells

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

What do the two plots have in common? (select two)

• The protagonist is lying on his back

• The protagonist is sacrificed

• Sense of fear and concern hangs over all of the events

• Other people control what happens to the protagonist

What do you learn about the character at the end of the story?

• He dies at the hospital

• He lives in the Aztec times and is going to be killed

• He keeps lying face up on the hospital bed in Mexico

• He keeps lying face up on the sacrificial altar

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

What seems to be true of the protagonist at the end of the story?

• He will make a full recovery from his motorcycle accident.

• He lives in Aztec times and is going to be sacrificed.

• He will continue to suffer from nightmares as a result of the accident.

• He is living simultaneously in two different realities.