Quiz on Uncle's Funeral

The scrawniest of the poet's relations whispered a message to others.

• skinniest

• plumpest

• best

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I always feel guilty of sacrilege every time I think of it.

• piety

• disrespect

• sin

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

There was something grimly ludicrous about my uncle's funeral.

• sensible

• painful

• absurd

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

I received an undue amount of commiseration for the death of the delinquent husband of my Aunt.

• remorse

• empathy

• sympathy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Uncle smiled his beautiful somber smile and drew some poems from his death.

• light

• gloomy

• satisfied

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Uncle should have been ensnared by such a woman, thinking not so much of herself but of his career.

• trapped

• tempted

• attracted

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I remember quite vividly that a few other girls were gathered around a lobby.

• hazily

• intensively

• dully

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I really howled earnestly because my uncle deserted poor Aunt Sophia.

• cried

• murmured

• giggled

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

All of a sudden she looked at me queerly and made a most peculiar request of me.

• normally

• ordinarily

• strangely

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

I found myself answering with alacrity.

• sluggishness

• eagerness

• shyness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4