The Mysterious Anxiety of Us and Them

Ben Okri is a prominent _________ novelist.

• American

• Canadian

• Nigerian

• South African

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Is the word "barbaric" a noun, a verb, an adjective, or an adverb?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the part of speech for polarize? noun, verb, adjective, adverb?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Another word for "cruel; wild; uncivilized" is?

• savage

• tamed

• civilized

• barbaric

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A noun refers to a person, place, or thing. True or False

• True

• False

Some were already _______ and some were standing behind those seated.

• eating

• seated

• standing

• hungry

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Okri saw the chaos, violence, and intense ______ suffering caused by the Nigerian civil war.

• parallel

• Nigerian

• unparallel

• human

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What action does the narrator say would be “barbaric”?

• "...eat with our hands, fighting over the feast laid out on the lovely tables."

• "fighting to see who would get a seat"

• "fighting over would sit next to the host"

• all of the above

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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 is the part of speech for insurrection? noun, verb, adjective, adverb?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a violent uprising; rebellion

• war

• barbaric

• protest

• none of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4