Unit 1 Test

Which character traits would describe Judson Webb?

• Greedy

• Cruel

• Vindictive

• All of the above

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.

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.

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.

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

• Dramatic

• Ironic

• Verbal

• Situational

"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.

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

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.

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 bedriving 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)

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.