AIR Literary Practice

What evidence supports the idea that Michael O'Neill is very clever?

• "The name is that of Michael O'Neill, popularly called Prince Michael, partly because he claimed descent from ancient Fenian princes, and partly because he was credited with a plan to make himself prince president of Ireland, as the last Napoleon did of France." (paragraph 1)

• "In the latter he seldom went beyond the sensational--pasting up seditious placards, tearing down official placards, making flamboyant speeches, or furling forbidden flags." (paragraph 1)

• "On a cloudless summer morning he had come down a country road white with dust, and, pausing outside a farmhouse, had told the farmer's daughter, with elegant indifference, that the local police were in pursuit of him." (paragraph 1).

• "She did not analyze the audacious trick by which the man had turned to his advantage the subtle effects of the expected and the obvious; she was still under the cloud of more individual complexities, and she noticed most of all that the vanishing scarecrow did not even turn to look at the farm." (paragraph 3).

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In paragraph 2, the author describes the farmyard as being normal with everything in place. What effect does his description have on the passage?

• It creates a sense of peace.

• It creates a sense of gloom.

• It creates a sense of victory.

• It creates a sense of mystery.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Select the phrase that foreshadows what the farmer's daughter discovers about Michael at the end of paragraph 2.

• The kitchen garden was inclosed by a very low wall...

• ...and the cornfield beyond lay aslant like a square patch on a great green hill on which he could still have been seen even as a dot in the distance.

• ...the apple tree was too small to support or hide a climber.

• ...the occasional flutter of a bird unfamiliar enough to be surprised by the scarecrow in the field...

• ...every detail was picked out by the brilliant day light as if in a microscope.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read the sentence from the passage.

"His most famous feats of escape, however, were due to dexterity and not to violence." (paragraph 1)

Which two actions demonstrate Michael O'Neill's dexterity?

• He leads the police to a farm.

• He hides from the police in a well.

• He disguises himself as a scarecrow.

• He asks Mary to help him out of the well.

• He persuades Bridget to let him hide on the farm.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read this sentence from the passage.

"The girl's name was Bridget Royce, a somber and even sullen type of beauty, and she looked at him darkly, as if in doubt, and said, 'Do you want me to hide you?'" (paragraph 1)

What does the word somber suggest about Bridget?

• She is a helpful person.

• She is a serious person.

• She is an agreeable person.

• She is an indecisive person.

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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

Select two details that reveal that Michael O'Neill is arrogant.

• “had told the farmer's daughter, with elegant indifference, that the local police were in pursuit of him.”

• The girl's name was Bridget Royce, a somber and even sullen type of beauty, and she looked at him darkly, as if in doubt, and said, 'Do you want me to hide you?'"

• “Upon which he only laughed, leaped lightly over the stone wall, and strode toward the farm,”

• “merely throwing over his shoulder the remark, ‘Thank you, I have generally been quite capable of hiding myself.’”

• "and there fell on his path in that sunshine a shadow of doom."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was the author's point of view about Michael O'Neill?

• He is unusual and crafty.

• He is stubborn and foolish.

• He is angry and dangerous.

• He is reliable and thoughtful.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Read this sentence from the passage.

"He was undoubtedly a gentleman of honorable pedigree and of many accomplishments, but two of his accomplishments emerged from all the rest." (paragraph 1)

What does the phrase undoubtedly a gentleman of honorable pedigree suggest about Michael O'Neill?

• He acts confidently.

• He is a trustworthy person.

• He has refined social behaviors.

• He comes from a respected family.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How does Bridget's disposition change after her first interactions with Michael O'Neill in paragraph 1?

• She becomes irritated with him.

• She becomes suspicious of him.

• She becomes worried for his safety.

• She becomes comfortable in his presence.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which two details from the passage support the answer in Part A?

• "While he disappeared through the farmhouse the girl remained for a few moments looking up the road..."

• "Though still angry, she was still silent..."

• "In the ugly reaction of her mood she might have been tempted even to point out the fugitive..."

• "...but for a small difficulty that she had no more notion than the policemen had of where he could possibly have gone."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2