The duplicity of Hargraves.

Question Option 1 Why did Major Talbot not take interest in the present day?

• because his mind lived in the old period

• because he stayed in a boarding house

• because he was writing a book

• because he wore old-fashioned clothes

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What was the subject that Major Talbot liked to talk about?

• aristocratic families of the South

• the traditions and history of his beloved south

• the Civil War

• frock coats and broad-brimmed hats

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That the Talbots stay at a boarding house shows ________.

• they wanted to spread their pride and honour

• they have fallen from their aristocratic past

• they believe in modernisation

• they are snobbish

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What was Lydia's nature?

• talkative

• playful

• practical

• irrational

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CCSS.W.7.9A

Which boarder used to be in the house from morning till night?

• Colonel Webster Calhoun

• Uncle Ralph

• Mrs. Vardeman

• Henry Hopkins Hargraves

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What was Hargraves' profession?

• dialect comedian

• departmental clerk

• businessman

• owner of the boarding house

How did the 'play actor' win over the Major?

• by repeating the anecdotes that the Major had written in his memoir

• by making the Major comfortable with the steady gaze of his piercing grey eyes

• with his pleasant manner and genuine appreciation of the major's stories

• by handling the finances of the family

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CCSS.W.7.9A

What was the 'play actor's' reaction to the Major's tales?

• became impatient

• hesitated to ask questions

• lost interest

• listened spellbound

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