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Twain Reading Quiz

Authored by Teresa McDorman

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 3+ times

Twain Reading Quiz
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

JUMPING FROG:

How does Jim Smiley react to any event?

He gives his opinion.

He bets on the outcome.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

JUMPING FROG:

Wheeler's claim that Smiley would bet "on anything that turned up you ever see" is best supported by Smiley's bet on

all the horse races in town

his bull pup Dan'l Webster

chickens fighting in the barnyard

the Parson's wife not getting well

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

JUMPING FROG:

Use the context clues to choose the best meaning of "bannanner" in the dialect of the following excerpt:

"Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn't have no tail, only just a short stump like a bannanner..."

balloon

banana

banner

basket

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

JUMPING FROG:

How does the stranger cheat Smiley?

By replacing the frog.

He fills the frog with lead shot.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

JUMPING FROG:

The narrator's attempt to leave when Wheeler is out of the room suggests that he

wishes to avoid hurting Wheeler's feelings

is disappointed that Jim in not Leonidas

believes that Wheeler will never stop talking

has an important appointment elsewhere

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

WAR PRAYER:

What is the the local preachers praying for in the churches?

More rain for the farmer's crops.

Donald Trump to win the election.

The soldiers to defeat the enemy.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

WAR PRAYER:

The stranger claims that he is....

God

A messenger from God.

The devil.

A messenger of the devil.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

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