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Unit 1 Test

Authored by Yolanda Forbes

English

8th Grade

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Unit 1 Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which character traits would describe Judson Webb?

Greedy

Cruel

Vindictive

All of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the central conflict of the story?

Judson Webb can't trust anyone.

Judson Webb is concerned with someone stealing from him so he seeks revenge.

Judson Webb's wife doesn't agree with his cruelty.

Judson Webb is concerned with the safety of his belongings when he leaves his cabin for the winter.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

It prompts Judson to consider throwing out the poisoned whiskey, which he is unable to do before falling and unknowingly drinking it.

It causes Judson to be distracted by his wife's obvious distress and not pay attention when he falls or accepts the whiskey from Alec.

It prompts her to go warn Alec's wife about the poison, which means she is not there to warn Alec about the poisoned whiskey when Judson falls.

It causes her to tell Alec and his wife that her husband has poisoned whiskey, encouraging Alec to retaliate against Judson.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statement expresses the main theme in "Ruthless"?

No crime is bad enough to warrant another person's death.

It is important to take the opinions of your loved ones into consideration.

There will be consequences if you take justice into your own hands.

If you commit a crime, you will likely be punished in a similar fashion.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

When Alec unknowingly gives Judson the poisoned whiskey, what type of irony is presented? (multiple answers--select two)

Dramatic

Ironic

Verbal

Situational

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"If I should drop dead, you can do as you please. The stuff will be yours." What story element do we see presented in this dialogue spoken by Judson?

Foreshadowing because it hints around about his later death.

Figurative language because it uses hyperbole to explain his death.

Ambiguity because his meaning is open to interpretation

Irony because he says one thing but he obviously means the other.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which event sets the story "Ruthless" into motion?

the theft of Judson's liquor

Judson's decision to have a drink

Judson's reluctance to return to the city

an argument between Judson and Marcia

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