Short Stories Unit 1 Review

Which character tells his story for money?

•  “A Day’s Wait” dad

•  Markwardt

• Carter Druse

•  “Ambush” narrator

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which character confuses Celsius and Fahrenheit?

• Markwardt

• Carter Druse

• Schatz

• “Ambush” narrator

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which character said, “Well, go, sir, and whatever may occur do what you conceive to be your duty"?

• Druse’s father

• Schatz

• Parsons

• “Ambush” narrator

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which character said, “It was not a matter of live or die.  There was no real peril"?

• Markwardt

• Carter Druse

• “Ambush” narrator

• Druse’s father

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

 The main conflict in “Ambush” is...

• internal;  the narrator hopes his daughter will give him another opportunity to be truthful with her.

• external; the narrator fights with his daughter about what she wants to know and what he won't tell her.

•  internal;  the narrator struggles to come to terms with killing an enemy soldier.

• external;  the narrator is an American and the man he must kill is a Viet Cong.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

When Schatz’s father tells him that “It doesn’t bother” him to stay with Schatz, Schatz thinks his father means that...

• he is happy to spend the morning keeping Schatz company.

• he doesn’t care that Schatz is going to die.

• he isn’t worried about catching whatever illness Schatz has.

• he has seen illness before and this is no different.

What is it that makes Druse’s father such a dangerous enemy?

• His disapproval of Carter’s enlistment in the Union army.

• His knowledge of the location of five Federal regiments.

• His knowledge of his son's weaknesses.

•  His skill as an accomplished horseman.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The title of “A Man Who Had No Eyes” is least likely meant to refer to...

• Parsons, because he became blind to the struggles of others.

•  Parsons, because he has lost his eyesight.

• Markwardt, because he is blind to his past offenses.

•  Markwardt, because he is unable to see past his own self-pity.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4