The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book

10th Grade

8 Qs

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The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RI.2.1, RL.2.6, RL.11-12.4

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Ashley Campion

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Mister Owens’s insistence that the baby has “nothing to do with us and is no part of our world” (page 9) mainly suggests that _______ .

A. Mister Owens is more timid than his wife
B. the baby is scared of ghosts
C. the ghostly inhabitants are discouraged from interacting with the living

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

The appearance of the strange, static-like ghost (page 10) mainly reveals that ________.

A. the mother and the baby will miss each other
B. ghosts are capable of being scared
C. the baby's mother has recently died, and the man Jack had something to do with it

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Which of the following inferences about Jack and The Stranger is best supported by page 14?

A. The Stranger senses Jack's bad motives for being in the graveyard.
B. The Stranger and Jack think the baby's crying sounds like a fox.
C. The Stranger is waiting for the right moment to take Jack's knife.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Which of the following statements about the graveyard community is most strongly supported by the text?

A. They treat Mistress Owens as an outcast because she is recently dead.
B. They are cautious of the living and think the graveyard is not the place for a baby.
C. Most of the community is opposed to the adoption because they don't trust Mistress Owens.

Tags

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

45 sec • 2 pts

Which of the following reasons best explains why Mistress Owens wants to adopt the mysterious baby?

A. Because she and Mr. Owens never had a child while they were alive
B. Because the ghost of the boy’s mother begs them to keep her son safe
C. both A and B

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Question 5?

A. [Mistress Owens:] “Yes! If we can, then we will. Owens? Will you be a father to this little lad?”
B. [Mistress Owens:] “We never had a child and his mother wants us to protect him.”
C. [Mister Owens:] “Then yes, if you will be its mother, I will be its father.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Which of the following statements about The Stranger (Silas) is most strongly supported by pages 18-20?

A. He is an outsider whom none of the other ghosts in the cemetery respect.
B. He is feared by the ghosts of the graveyard, but the living don’t find him very scary.
C. He compliments and flatters people in order to persuade them to do things his way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Question 7?

A. [Silas:] “For good or evil – and I firmly believe that it is for good – Mrs. Owens and her husband have taken this child under their protection.”
B. [Silas to Male Ghosts:] “I can leave the graveyard and return. I can bring him food.”
C. [Silas to Female Ghost:] “You are a wise woman. I see why they speak so highly of you.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3