TEKS.ELA.8.5F

What can you infer about Charlie's relationship with his co-workers before the experiment?

• He thinks they are good friends  and fails to realize that they sometimes tease him.
• He is deeply hurt by their teasing, but refuses to believe that they mean it in good fun.
• They are afraid of him and do not like to socialize
• They try so hard to be kind to him.

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TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

"There was...a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject..." Who is this describing?

• Curley
• George
• Crooks
• Slim

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TEKS.ELA.8.5F

Why did the media take so many pictures of the Curtis boys? 

• because they were greasers. 
• because they were handsome. 
• because they were poor. 
• because they were orphans

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TEKS.ELA.8.5F

Why does the narrator think the officers can't hear the noise?

• he thinks they're mocking him by pretending not to hear it
• they are too far away to hear it
• they are old and hard of hearing
• they are too scared to do anything about it

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TEKS.ELA.8.5F

What does Adams come to believe while he is stuck on the train tracks?

• He is merely imagining the hitchhiker.
• The hitchhiker is leading him to death.
• He is lonely and must pick up the hitchhiker.
• His mother is gravely ill and needs his help.

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How does Adams attempt to explain the mysterious appearances of the hitchhiker?

• He rationalizes that a fast truck could have picked up the hitchhiker and beat Adams to each destination
• He tries to convince himself that seeing the same hitchhiker several times is a coincidence
• He questions the gas station attendant to understand the rain spots on the hitchhiker's shoulders
• All of the above

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Who is Jem describing?   "...was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch"

• Dill
• Chuck Little
• Boo Radley
• Burris Ewell

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Brittany's mom walks into the kitchen wearing her sun hat and a pair of old shoes. “Those vegetable plants are growing by leaps and bounds!” she exclaims to Brittany, as she takes off a dirty glove and wipes a smudge of dirt off her face. Where was Brittany's mom?

• At the store
• At the doctor's office
• In the garden
• At the airport

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What does Harrison declare on national television?

• "I'm going to war with DMG"

• "I'm looking for my parents"

• "I have been kidnapped"

• "I am the Emperor"

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TEKS.ELA.8.7B

TEKS.ELA.8.5F

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?

• “As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing.”

• “These words used to trouble them; they would express for me the liveliest sympathy, and console me with the hope that something would occur by which I might be free.”

• “The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder.”

• “When I was sent of errands, I always took my book with me, and by going one part of my errand quickly, I found time to get a lesson before my return.”

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