Ambush

What war did the author fight in?

• Korean

• Vietnam

• WWI

• WWII

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What question did Kathleen ask her father?

• To tell her a story

• How old he was

• If he ever killed anyone

• If he loved her

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does he lie to his daughter?

• Because he lies about everything

• He felt like it was not her business

• He was ashamed of being in the war.

• 9 years old is too young to understand

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is MOST used in this story?

• flashback

• smilie

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the narrator doing at midnight?

• sitting on the edge eating his dinner

• sitting on edge waiting for his replacement to show up

• sitting on edge during watch waiting for something to happen

• sitting on the edge dangling his feet in the water

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What moral dilemna does the narrator face in Ambush?

• to tell his daughter the truth

• to stay awake in all the fog

• to take the pin off the grenade

• to curse the war

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why did he throw the grenade?

• Because he wanted to make the man go away

• Because he had already pulled the pin.

• Because the man threw one first

• Because he wanted to see how far he could throw it

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is making him uncomfortable?

• fighting in the war

• fighting off the mosquitos

• sounds of the animals

• that he has to sit there all night

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2