Through the Tunnel/The Seventh Man

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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In “Through the Tunnel,” which choice best describes Jerry’s feelings when he first encounters the boys diving from the rocks?
A. He seeks their friendship at first but then grows tired of their foolish antics.
B. He is suspicious of their actions until he realizes they are swimming through a tunnel.
C. He is excited to meet them but then grows angry when they forbid him from joining them.
D. He is eager for them to acknowledge him but then feels ashamed when he fails to impress them.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In “Through the Tunnel,” what is the most important effect of the author's description of Jerry’s panic when the boys do not quickly come up from underwater?
A. It emphasizes the superior swimming ability of the boys.
B. It shows how quickly Jerry jumps to conclusions and panics.
C. It shows the difficulty of getting help if something goes wrong.
D. It emphasizes the danger involved in swimming through the tunnel.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A
What does the boy’s conversation with his mother at the end of “Through the Tunnel” most clearly show about their relationship?
A. The mother’s thoughtful attention to the boy emphasizes how close they have grown.
B. The boy’s cooperation and understanding emphasizes how close they have grown.
C. The boy’s silence about his adventure emphasizes the distance between them.
D. The mother’s steady anxiety emphasizes her inability to understand her son.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Part B
Which excerpt from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “Have a nice morning?” she asked, laying her hand on his warm brown shoulder a moment. “Oh, yes, thank you,” he said.
B. He was strained; his eyes were glazed looking. She was worried. And then she said to herself, Oh, don’t fuss! Nothing can happen.
C. “Mummy,” he said, “I can stay underwater for two minutes—three minutes, at least.” It came bursting out of him.
D. She was ready for a battle of wills, but he gave in at once. It was no longer of the least importance to go to the bay.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the following passage from “Through the Tunnel.”
That day and the next, Jerry exercised his lungs as if everything, the whole of his life, all that he would become, depended upon it. Again his nose bled at night, and his mother insisted on his coming with her the next day. It was a torment to him to waste a day of his careful self-training, but he stayed with her on the other beach, which now seemed a place for small children, a place where his mother might lie safe in the sun. It was not his beach.
Which words in the passage indicate that the story has a linear plot structure?
A. that day and the next, at night, the next day
B. the whole of his life, all that he would become
C. to waste a day, stayed with her on the beach
D. none of the above
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.5
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Reread the excerpt of paragraph 39:
A hundred and fifteen, a hundred and fifteen pounded through his head, and he feebly clutched at rocks in the dark, pulling himself forward leaving the brief space of sunlit water behind.
What does the word “feebly” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 39?
Aggressively
Annoyingly
Suspiciously
Weakly
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Reread the excerpt of paragraph 1:
He was very familiar with that anxious, apologetic smile. Contrition sent him running after her.
What does the word “contrition” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 1?
Spontaneous
Guilt
Glee
Rumor
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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