Three Skeleton Key

Which of the following details found early in the story enables you to predict that "Three Skeleton Key" will be a frightening tale? (foreshadowing)

• The history of the island

• The work that had to be done at the lighthouse

• The revolving beam of light

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Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key?

• He wants to set aside some money before he gets married.

• He wants to protect the lighthouse.

• He wants to watch the ships sail by at night.

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Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?
The waters around the island are treacherous and swarm with sharks.

• Yes

• No

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Which of the following details is not intended to create suspense?

• The waters around the key swarm with hungry sharks.

• The framework of one window is eaten away and sags inward.

• Through their glasses, the men see a barge.

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Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key?

• He wants to set aside some money before he gets married.

• He wants to protect the lighthouse.

• He wants to watch the ships sail in the nighttime.

• He is sent there to find three escaped convicts.

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Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?
It takes place on a small rock twenty miles or so from the mainland, "a small, bare piece of stone, about one hundred fifty feet long, perhaps forty wide."

• Yes

• No

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How did Three skeleton Key get its name?

• Three convicts died on there

• Three marshalls died there

• Three Lighthouses remain

• only Three people are allowed on the island at a time

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What is a theme of this story?

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Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?

• A man dreams of the three convicts' skeletons.

• Some of the rats fall into the ocean and are eaten by sharks.

• The narrator sees the Dutch ship heading for the island.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?

It takes place on a small rock twenty miles or so from the mainland, "a small, bare piece of stone, about one hundred fifty feet long, perhaps forty wide."

• yes

• no

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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