Pigs is Pigs CommonLit

PART A: Which of the following best describes the theme of the passage?

• Words and names should be more straightforward to avoid causing confusion and or disaster.

• Pets teach their owners responsibility and discipline.

• Don’t turn small problems into unnecessarily large problems.

• Rules serve an important purpose, and to bend or break them frequently results in trouble.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

• ‘“Wan,-two,-t’ree,-four,-foive,-six,-sivin,-eight!’ he counted. ‘Sivin spotted an’ wan all black. All well an’ hearty an’ all eatin ‘ loike ragin’ hippypottymusses.”’

• “‘Stop sending pigs. Warehouse full,’ came a telegram to Flannery. He stopped packing only long enough to wire back, ‘Can’t stop,’ and kept on sending them.”

• ‘tis not so bad as ut might be. What if thim pigs had been elephants!” (

• ‘“Rules may be rules, but you ca’t fool Mike Flannery twice wid the same thrick—whin ut comes to livestock, dang the rules.”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following statements best describes the conflict between Flannery and Morehouse?

• Morehouse resents Flannery’s position of authority and doesn’t like the control he has.

• Morehouse is prejudiced against Flannery’s Irish heritage and status as an immigrant.

• Flannery says the delivery fee is higher for pigs, while Morehouse insists it is lower as guinea pigs are pets not pigs.

• Flannery does not understand the concept of guinea pigs as pets and Morehouse is more annoyed with this misunderstanding than the money.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

PART A: How does the scene at Morehouse’s home contribute to our understanding of his character?

• Morehouse is an intimidating figure at home, and this suggests he will be stubborn to get the delivery price he wants.

• The scene reveals that Morehouse bought the guinea pigs for his son and will persist until he gets the pigs, revealing that he is a good father.

• Morehouse is a very neat and tidy man, shown by his insistence on finding the misplaced ink.

• The scene reveals that Morehouse is actually well-off and could easily afford the extra ten cents.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

• “Mr. Morehouse stormed into the house. ‘Where’s the ink?’ he shouted at his wife as soon as his foot was across the doorsill.”

• She never used ink. She had not seen the ink, nor moved the ink, nor thought of the ink

• “When the ink was found Mr. Morehouse wrote rapidly, and he read the completed letter and smiled a triumphant smile.”

• “That will settle that crazy Irishman!” he exclaimed. “When they get that letter he will hunt another job, all right!”

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of the following best describes one of the author’s ways of building humor in the text?

• Mr. Flannery purposefully mocks or makes a fool of Morehouse.

• The number of guinea pigs multiplies to a ridiculous number.

• Both Flannery and the Interurban Express Company seem serious when compared to Morehouse.

• The narrator reveals that the Interurban Express Company knew that guinea pigs are not pigs all along, and that they were just playing a trick on Flannery.

PART A: What does the phrase “herding his charges” most likely mean as used in ?

• moving a group to protect them

• losing control of the situation

• punishing those who misbehave

• paying money that is due

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

PART B: Which of the following phrases best supports the answer to Part A?

• “he should deliver them and collect charges”

• in their cage so that he might count them” (

• “I’ve got even eight hundred”

• “the Audit Department was able to understand why the error had been made”

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1