SAT Story Time #01: Cemetery Path

What reason is given for why Ivan never crossed the cemetery?

• He was afraid of getting lost.

• He believed it was haunted.

• He preferred to take a longer route home.

• He was too timid to cross it.

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Which of the following best describes the reaction of the tavern patrons to Ivan's decision to accept the lieutenant's challenge?

• Concern for his safety

• Amusement at his expense

• Support for his bravery

• Indifference to his fate

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What detail from the story foreshadows Ivan's fate?

• The lieutenant offering Ivan five gold rubles

• The description of the cold and wind in the cemetery

• Ivan's inability to rise after placing the saber

• Ivan's nickname, 'Pigeon'

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What is the effect of referring to Ivan as 'Pigeon' in the story?

• It establishes Ivan’s timid nature.

• It highlights his physical strength.

• It foreshadows his ultimate bravery.

• It demonstrates the villagers’ affection for him.

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The phrase 'something gripped him in an unyielding and implacable hold' in paragraph 11 most likely conveys:

• A supernatural force.

• Ivan's sudden illness.

• His own misunderstanding of his predicament.

• The freezing cold temperatures.

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The tone of the passage shifts most significantly:

• From suspenseful to lighthearted.

• From mockery to horror.

• From tense to celebratory.

• From fear to hope.

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How does the author establish the theme of fear in the story?

• By describing Ivan’s routine avoidance of the cemetery.

• By detailing the lieutenant’s military background.

• By emphasizing the weather conditions in the village.

• By showing the villagers’ respect for Ivan.

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How could the story’s ending be revised to strengthen its impact?

• By omitting the description of Ivan’s face.

• By adding a detailed explanation of Ivan’s thoughts.

• By leaving the nature of his death more ambiguous.

• By including the villagers’ reactions to his death.

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Which of the following best corrects the phrase 'And he kneeled, cold and terrified, and drove the saber into the hard ground'?

• He kneeled coldly and terrified, and drove the saber into the hard ground.

• He knelt, cold and terrified, and drove the saber into the hard ground.

• He kneeled, cold and terrified and drove the saber into the hard ground.

• He knelt cold and terrified and drove the saber into the hard ground.

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In the sentence, 'Ivan murmured, 'The cemetery is nothing to cross, Lieutenant. It is nothing but earth, like all the other earth,'' the comma after 'earth' is:

• Necessary to separate two independent clauses.

• Incorrect and should be replaced with a semicolon.

• Correct as it separates a series of ideas.

• Unnecessary and should be removed.

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