The Escape

Who wrote "The Escape" ? The author is...

• Edgar Allen Poe

• R. L. Stine

• J. B. Stamper

• Isaac Asimov

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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Why is Boris being taken to solitary?

• He tried to escape

• He hid from the Night Guard

• He fought with another prisoner

• He lied to the Night Guard

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CCSS.RI.3.1

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What is the conflict that we find in the exposition?

• Boris is in prison but doesn't want to be.

• Boris gets stuck in the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on a sewer grate.

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

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What was the climax?

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

• Boris will be eaten alive by the rats.

• Boris reaches the end of the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on the sewage grate (metal bars)

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Why do you think the author used so much repetition within the story? (This question has two correct answers. You must choose both correct answers to get full-credit.)

• She wanted to place emphasis on the rats so that we could be aware that rats would probably have a larger role in the story towards the end.

• She wanted us to get bored and speed through the story.

• She wanted to place emphasis on how afraid Boris was of the lightning and darkness throughout the story.

• She wanted to stress the importance of Boris feeling trapped like an animal in a cage only to be "trapped like a rat" at the ending.

Suspense is an uneasy feeling, uncertainty, or anticipation that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next. Which of the items below is the BEST example of suspense from the text?

• "Maybe another prisoner had dug around the rock."

• "The rocky walls were sharp and tore at his hands."

• "Then a sound behind him terrified him. It was the sound of those clawed feet. They were following him."

• "He picked himself up. He reached for the slimy walls of the tunnel that he had just fallen down."

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Who wrote 'The Escape'?

• Edgar Allen Poe

• R. L. Stine

• J. B. Stamper

• Isaac Asimov

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why is Boris being taken to solitary?

• He tried to escape

• He hid from the Night Guard

• He fought with another prisoner

• He lied to the Night Guard

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the conflict that we find in the exposition?

• Boris is in prison but doesn't want to be.

• Boris gets stuck in the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on a sewer grate.

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What was the climax?

• Boris realizes there isn't a way out.

• Boris will be eaten alive by the rats.

• Boris reaches the end of the tunnel.

• Boris hits his head on the sewage grate (metal bars)

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3