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WorksheetsThree Skeleton Key
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins
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Class
Date
1.
Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key?
a)
He wants to set aside some money before he gets married.
b)
He wants to protect the lighthouse.
c)
He wants to watch the ships sail by at night.
2.
Why is it unusual for the lighthouse keepers to see a ship in their waters?
a)
Sailors are afraid of the "Flying Dutchman."
b)
The waters are treacherous.
c)
The island is off-limits to sailors.
3.
Why does the narrator watch the Cornelius de Witt with tears in his eyes?
a)
He knows that all the men on board the ship are dead.
b)
He knows that the ship is about to be wrecked.
c)
He knows that the rats are on board the ship.
4.
How does the narrator convince us that the sea rats in this story are of the worst possible sort?
a)
He says that the rats are able to scratch and tear through wood, metal, and glass.
b)
He says that Dutch sea rats eat dogs, cats, men, sharks, and one another.
c)
He tells the story of the two terrier dogs on a Dutch ship that were eaten by sea rats.
5.
Why do the officers and crew of the first patrol boat look at the lighthouse with a horrified expression?
a)
Sharks are circling the island.
b)
The light is completely covered by a seething mass of rats.
c)
Sharks are hungrily devouring the rats.
6.
All of the following strategies are used to rescue the three men from the island except
a)
the crew tempt the rats onto a barge filled with meat
b)
the lighthouse keepers set fire to the island
c)
the crew drench the barge with gasoline and then set it on fire
7.
In a story filled with suspense, a reader feels
a)
sadness about the fate of the characters
b)
anxious curiosity
c)
overwhelming joy
8.
Which of the following details found early in the story enables you to predict that "Three Skeleton Key" will be a frightening tale? (foreshadowing)
a)
The history of the island
b)
The work that had to be done at the lighthouse
c)
The revolving beam of light
9.
Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?
a)
A man dreams of the three convicts' skeletons.
b)
Some of the rats fall into the ocean and are eaten by sharks.
c)
The narrator sees the Dutch ship heading for the island.
10.
Which of the following details is not intended to create suspense?
a)
The waters around the key swarm with hungry sharks.
b)
The framework of one window is eaten away and sags inward.
c)
Through their glasses, the men see a barge.
11.
Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?
The other rats greeted them with "shrill cries... with... a derisive note..."
The other rats greeted them with "shrill cries... with... a derisive note..."
a)
Yes
b)
No
12.
Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?
Crazed by the sight of the rats, Le Gleo opens the door.
Crazed by the sight of the rats, Le Gleo opens the door.
a)
Yes
b)
No
13.
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."
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."
a)
Yes
b)
No
14.
Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?
The waters around the island are treacherous and swarm with sharks.
The waters around the island are treacherous and swarm with sharks.
a)
Yes
b)
No
15.
Does this statement tell how the setting affects the plot of the story?
Sailors are afraid of the "Flying Dutchman"
Sailors are afraid of the "Flying Dutchman"
a)
Yes
b)
No
16.
Which word means "understand"?
a)
derisive
b)
receding
c)
fathom
d)
hordes
17.
Which word means "large, moving crowds"?
a)
derisive
b)
receding
c)
fathom
d)
hordes
18.
Which word means "fit to be eaten"?
a)
receding
b)
fathom
c)
hordes
d)
edible
19.
Which word means "scornful and ridiculing"?
a)
derisive
b)
fathom
c)
hordes
d)
edible
20.
Which word means "moving back"?
a)
receding
b)
derisive
c)
hordes
d)
edible
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