The Road - pages 1-50
Authored by Jessica Glasner
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9th - 12th Grade
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This quiz focuses on literary analysis of Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road," specifically covering the first 50 pages of this post-apocalyptic work. Designed for high school students in grades 9-12, the assessment requires students to demonstrate comprehension of setting, character relationships, and thematic elements while engaging in higher-order thinking skills. Students must analyze the dystopian world McCarthy creates, examine the father-son relationship that drives the narrative, and interpret symbolic language and imagery. The questions demand close reading skills, textual evidence citation with proper page references, quote analysis for deeper meaning, and the ability to make predictions based on established plot patterns. Students need strong reading comprehension abilities, analytical thinking skills to interpret literary devices, and the capacity to connect personally with characters through empathetic reasoning exercises. Created by Jessica Glasner, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 9-12. This comprehensive quiz serves multiple instructional purposes in the high school English classroom, functioning effectively as a reading check, discussion starter, or formative assessment tool to gauge student comprehension before moving forward with the novel. Teachers can use this assessment as a homework assignment following the initial reading assignment, as a warm-up activity to begin class discussions, or as preparation for deeper analytical work on McCarthy's themes and writing style. The mix of factual recall, textual analysis, and personal response questions makes it versatile for differentiated instruction and supports students at various reading levels. This assessment aligns with Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, emphasizing close reading, character analysis, and interpretation of figurative language in complex literary texts.
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • 5 pts
Where does Cormac McCarthy's novel, The Road take place? Describe/Explain
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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • 5 pts
Describe the relationship between the father and son. Provide details
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CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • 5 pts
Using the book, find one quote (pgs 1-25) that helps to explain the dangers of the world. Provide a page number with the quotation. How does this quote help describe the dangers.
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • 5 pts
Explain the quote on page 32, "On this road, there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world."
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • 5 pts
Put yourself in the Father (or Boy)'s shoes. How would you navigate this post-apocolyptic world? What would you do different/same? Explain
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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • 5 pts
Make a prediction about the novel, what will happen next?
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CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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