Man from the South

What is the story's setting? (Where does the story take place?)

• A bar

• A Jamaican hotel

• South American jungle

• Carlos's house

Based on the narrator and Carlos's comments, what is their attitude towards Americans?

• They love Americans.

• They think Americans are smart.

• They only like American sailors.

• They look down on Americans.

How does the bet between Carlos and the American originally come about in Man from the South?

• The American says his lighter always works, no matter what, so Carlos challenges him to bet on this.

• The American admires Carlos' car and jokingly says he'd give his little finger to have it; Carlos takes him at his word.

• The English woman teases the American, saying she doesn't believe naval cadets are really that daring, so the American proposes a high-stakes bet.

• The American claims he doesn't think losing a finger would hurt that much, so Carlos challenges him to risk getting it cut off.

What does Carlos put up for his part of the bet?

• A million dollars
• A Cadillac
• His pinky finger
• His wife

What does the American sailor have to put up for his side of the bet?

• A million dollars
• A Cadillac
• His pinky finger
• His wife

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

How does Carlos persuade the American soldier to agree to the bet?

• He insults his bravery.

• He keeps talking about the car.

• He promises it won't hurt.

• He physically intimidates him.

Carlos asks the maid for each of these items EXCEPT...

• Nails

• A chopping knife

• Bandages

• A hammer

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.K.4

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CCSS.RL.K.1

How does the American sailor justify agreeing to the "crazy" bet?

• He thinks it will get the English girl to like him.

• He says that his pinky finger is useless anyway.

• He insists that his lighter will always light.

• He loves Cadillacs.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of these lines from the story is an example of foreshadowing?

• "Then he tested them for firmness with his fingers."

• "Anyone would think the little man had done this before."

• "He wound the string around the boy's wrist."

• "The boy put his glass away and sat down."

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.K.5

At what point in Man from the South does the narrator suspect that Carlos has made this kind of bet before?

• As soon as Carlos first proposes it (he has a very casual, practiced tone)

• When Carlos uses the hammer, nails, and string to secure the American's hand on the table

• When Carlos' partner/wife rushes in and explains that Carlos has taken forty-seven fingers and lost eleven cars

• When Carlos says he is a ''rich'' and ''sporting'' man