3 Skeleton Key Review (Days 1 and 2)

Who are the three characters in the story?

• Unnamed Narrator, Le Gleo, Itchoua

• George Toudouze, Le Gleo, The Rats

• Skeleton Key, Le Gleo, Itchoua

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the setting of "Three Skeleton Key?"

• A lighthouse on a small island off the coast of French Guiana.

• A ship off the coast of French Guiana.

• A castle in Scotland.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

How did the rats get on the island in the first place?

• They swam!

• A derelict carried them and crashed ashore.

• They infested the last supply boxes.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What happened to the original crew on the ship that brought the rats?

• They all abandoned ship because they thought it would sink.

• They didn't anchor the ship and it drifted away without them.

• The rats ate them.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

Why are Le Gleo, Itchoua, and the Narrator so worried about these rats?

• They are afraid they will eat them!

• They have a severe rat phobia!

• They don't want them eating their food!

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What did the men do when the rats spotted them?

• They sailed to another lighthouse.

• They ran out to fight them all.

• They ran down to the gallery and boarded up windows and doors.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

True or False: The rats left after the men boarded everything up.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

On the third day, the men realized how serious the situation was... What was so serious about it?

• The air smelled foul and they couldn't get fresh air without letting in rats.

• The rats had eaten each other and became scarier.

• They were running out of food.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why does Itchoua say that the supply ship might have to call the island "Six Skeleton Key?"

• There are 3 keys left out on the shore.

• The number of bones on the island from the rats eating each other looks like 3 human bones.

• The rats might eat them alive before the ship can come rescue them.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What do the men decide to do at the end of the ninth day?

• They will operate as normal until the supply ship arrives.

• They won't light the lighthouse lantern, in hopes that someone will come check it out and save them.

• They will lay traps around the lighthouse to get any rats who come in.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4