Ruthless RL 8. 3 CFU

Which events set the story into motion?

• a. the theft of Judson's liquor

• b. Judson's decision to have a drink

• c. Judson's reluctance to return to the city.

• d. an argument between Judson and Marcia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

How does Alec’s arrival at the cabin affect the events of the story?

• It leads to Marcia leaving her husband.

• It leads to Judson drinking poisoned whiskey.

• It leads to the theft of some of Judson’s liquor.

• It leads to an argument between Judson and Marcia.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following actions causes Marcia’s fear?

• “he turned from the bathroom cabinet, entered the expensively primitive living room of his mountain camp, and crossed to a closet set in the pine wall” (Paragraph 2)

• “he had been packing his things away for the Winter, and in a few minutes would be driving back to civilization” (Paragraph 2)

• “she saw the bottle in her husband’s hand” (Paragraph 7)

• “one by one he dropped the tablets into the bottle and held it up to watch them dissolve” (Paragraph 12)

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

How does the conversation between Judson and his wife develop the plot of the passage?

• It causes Alec to retaliate against Judson

• It prompts Marcia to go to warn Alec’s wife about the poison.

• It causes Judson to be distracted by Marcia’s obvious distress.

• It prompts Judson to consider throwing out the poisoned whiskey

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which detail from the text best describes Judson's views on crime and punishment?

• He corked his bottled vengeance and set it back on the shelf alongside the little whiskey glass.”

• “Also, the use of rat poison is quite legal. The only way any rat can get into this closet is to break in.”

• We won’t be here till next spring. I can’t bear to think of that deathtrap waiting there all the time.”

• “‘and don’t worry about your poor, abused little burglar. No one is going to get hurt who hasn’t got it coming to him.’”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3