Twain Reading Quiz

JUMPING FROG:

How does Jim Smiley react to any event?

• He gives his opinion.

• He bets on the outcome.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

JUMPING FROG:

How does the stranger cheat Smiley?

• By replacing the frog.

• He fills the frog with lead shot.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

WAR PRAYER:

The stranger claims that he is....

• God

• A messenger from God.

• The devil.

• A messenger of the devil.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

WAR PRAYER:

The stranger's prayer asks for God to

• Provide food and shelter for our loved ones

• Provide food and shelter for our enemies.

• tear their soldiers to bloody shreds.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

WAR PRAYER:

After the stranger finishes, the congregation decides to....

• pity the man, he's obviously a lunatic.

• listen to the man, he's God's messenger.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In WAR PRAYER, Twain is making an argument against...

• Blind patriotism.

• Extreme nationalism.

• War.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3