Mystery ELA

What is the best statement of the central idea of this “Let Em Play God”?

• Suspense is created when the readers know more than the characters

• Suspense is created when the characters are believable.

• Good mysteries have suspense.

• Hitchcock’s movies are suspenseful.

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What is the best statement of the author’s purpose for writing about Phineas Gage?

• The author wants to convince readers that Phineas Gage’s life was a miracle.

• The author wants to tell readers about the medical phenomenon that is Phineas Gage.

• The author wants to entertain the readers with a crazy story about Phineas Gage.

• The author wants to mock Phineas Gage.

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What does the word exposed mean in the paragraph from “Phineas Gage” below?

But something goes wrong this time. The sand is never poured down the hole; the black powder and fuse sit exposed at the bottom. Does his assistant forget, or does Phineas forget to look? Witnesses disagree.

• Open

• Placed

• Not right

• Not covered

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What phrase in the passage from “Phineas Gage” provides a clue to the meaning of exposed?

But something goes wrong this time. The sand is never poured down the hole; the black powder and fuse sit exposed at the bottom. Does his assistant forget, or does Phineas forget to look? Witnesses disagree.

• “But something goes wrong this time.”

• “The sand is never poured down the hole.”

• “Does his assistant forget?”

• “Witnesses disagree.”

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In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, what is the first plot event that establishes the story’s mysterious tone?

• The narrator describes that people think he is mad.

• The old man hears the narrator in his bedroom.

• The narrator peaks into the old man’s room.

• The narrator kills the old man.

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One theme of “The Tell-Tale Heart” could be our perceptions drive our actions. Which sentences best show how this selection has developed this theme?

• “Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me.” (Paragraph 3)

• “Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph.” (Paragraph 4)

• “He shrieked once—once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him.” (Paragraph 7)

• “There was nothing to wash out—no stain of any kind—no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that.” (Paragraph 8)

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Which piece of textual evidence from “The Tell-Tale Heart” best illustrates the tone of eerie suspicion the author develops in the text?

• “Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” (Paragraph 2)

• “Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door.” (Paragraph 4)

• “I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart.” (Paragraph 5)

• “I talked more quickly—more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased.” (Paragraph 9)

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What do the narrator’s actions at the end of “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe tell the reader about the theme of the selection?

• We should always assume someone is guilty.

• Bad deeds will not go unpunished.

• The truth will always come out in the end.

• We need to trust our instincts.

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What does this sentence from Monster most likely emphasize?

I think to get used to this I will have to give up what I think is real and take up something else. I wish I could make sense of it.

• Steve is content.

• Steve is shell-shocked.

• Steve is sad.

• Steve is happy-go-lucky.

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In Monster, what does the excerpt below help to establish?

CUT TO: STEVE is made to sit down at one table. At another table we see KING and two attorneys. STEVE sits alone. A guard stands behind him. There are one or two spectators in the court. Then four more enter.

CLOSE-UP (CU) OF STEVE HARMON. The fear is evident on his face.

• James King appears to be just as afraid as Steve is.

• Steve feels more comfortable painting a picture of his emotions than directly confessing them.

• Steve does not want to be the main character in the movie he is making.

• Steve has no idea of how to actually make a movie.

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