Excerpt from Treasure Island

How does the unfolding of events in paragraph 11 show the stranger's unstable personality?

• By expressing his thoughts and fears

• By showing his quick changes in mood

• By expressing his plans for the captain

• By showing his confusion about what to say

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which quote from the text shows the narrator's fearful response?

• "I paused where I was, with my napkin in my hand."

• "I took a step nearer."

• "I was very uneasy and alarmed.

• "He had the look of a man who sees a ghost."

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the phrase "all the brown had gone out of his face, and even his nose was blue" in paragraph 15 show the change in the captain after he entered the inn?

• By implying he was scared

• By suggesting he was sick

• By implying he was curious

• By suggesting he was thrilled

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which quote from the text shows the boy beginning to fear the stranger instead of being curious about him?

• "He was not sailorly, and yet he had an air of the sea about him, too."

• "Come here, sonny, says he. 'Come nearer here. I took a step nearer."

• "The expression on his face as he said these words was not at all pleasant, and I had my own reasons for thinking that the stranger was mistaken."

• "At last in strode the captain, slammed the door behind him, without looking to the right or left, and marched straight across the room to where his breakfast awaited him."

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

Which quote from the text conveys the captain's increasing discomfort?

• "At last in strode the captain, and slammed the door behind him."

• "The captain spun around on his heel and fronted us."

• "The captain made sort of a gasp."

• "Black Dog! said he."

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4