Three Skeleton Key

What are Le Gleo’s and Itchoua’s reactions to the mysterious ship? What do their reactions tell you about the men?

• Angry, Bold

• Descriptive, unsettled

• Excited , scared

• joy, confusions

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How did Three skeleton Key get its name?

• Three convicts died on there

• Three marshalls died there

• Three Lighthouses remain

• only Three people are allowed on the island at a time

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What would cause the island’s name to be changed to Six Skeleton Key, as suggested by Itchoua?

• They would find 3 more people to come to the island

• 6 people would be admitted to the island

• the 3 of them could die on the island as well

• they didn't like the name to begin with

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How did the narrator’s character make it more likely that he would survive and even return to work in the Lights?

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What is a theme of this story?

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Why do the officers and crew of the first patrol boat look at the lighthouse with a horrified expression?

• Sharks are circling the island.

• The light is completely covered by a seething mass of rats.

• Sharks are hungrily devouring the rats.

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All of the following strategies are used to rescue the three men from the island except

• the crew tempt the rats onto a barge filled with meat

• the crew drench the barge with gasoline and then set it on fire

• the lighthouse keepers set fire to the island

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In a story filled with suspense, a reader feels

• sadness about the fate of the characters

• overwhelming joy

• anxious curiosity

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Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?

• A man dreams of the three convicts' skeletons.

• Some of the rats fall into the ocean and are eaten by sharks.

• The narrator sees the Dutch ship heading for the island.

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Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?

The other rats greeted them with "shrill cries... with... a derisive note..."

• yes

• no

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