The Luckiest Time of All

1. "The Luckiest Time of All” is written from the third-person point of view. Which characteristic is always true of third-person narratives?

• A. The narrator tells the story using the pronouns I and me.

• B. The narrator is not one of the characters in the story.

• C. The story tells about an older person and a younger person.

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2. At the beginning of “The Luckiest Time of All," why does Elzie say that the dogwood blooms Tee has brought remind her of the day she met her husband?

• A. Mr. Pickens gave her a gift of dogwood blooms on the day they met.

• C. She met Mr. Pickens in the spring, when dogwoods are in bloom.

• D. She and Ovella picked dogwood blooms on their way to the show.

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3. Use context clues to choose the correct meaning of the expression “the world" in this passage from "The Luckiest Time of All."

"We got there after a good little walk and it was the world, baby, such music and wonders as we never had seen! They had everything there, or seemed like it."

• B. a place with interesting objects and exciting events

• C. a service that helps people make world travel plans

• D. a place where bands play music from around the world

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4. In "The Luckiest Time of All," what does Elzie throw toward the dancing dog that accidentally hits it?

• B. Ovella's pin

• C. her lucky stone

• D. her lucky coin

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5. Use context clues in this passage from "The Luckiest Time of All” to choose the correct meaning of the expression "lit out."

• A. chased

• B. fled

• D. barked

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6. In "The Luckiest Time of All,” Elzie says that Mr. Pickens looked "like an angel come to help a poor sinner girl.” Why does she refer to herself as “a poor sinner girl"?

• A. She has stolen dogwood blossoms.

• B. She has lost her lucky stone.

• C. She has hit the dog with her lucky stone.

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7. In "The Luckiest Time of All," how does Mr. Pickens stop the dog?

• B. He picks it up.

• C. He throws a loop of twine around one of its back legs.

• D. He steps in front of it.

9. Use context clues in this passage from "The Luckiest Time of All" to choose the correct meaning of the underlined word.

"He...helped me to find my stone...We searched and searched and at least he spied it!"

• A. tripped over

• B. found

• C. hid

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10. In "The Luckiest Time of All," why does Elzie think that the day at the show is lucky?

• A. She does not get bitten by an angry dog.

• C. She meets the man she later marries.

• D. She loses and finds her lucky stone.

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12. In a story told from the third-person point of view, the thoughts of more than one character can be revealed. In addition to Elzie, the thoughts of which other character are revealed in "The Luckiest Time of All"?

• A. Mr. Pickens

• B. Ovella Wilson

• D. Tee

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