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Stage 6: Interpretive Reading - Avarus

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10 Nsɛmmisa

Instructions:

Read the following passage. Answer the questions based on what you read. This is also on page 76 of stage 6 if you want to open it in another window. Remember to use Quizlet to help. Please ask Magister Spence if you need help with a word.

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1.

Who is hurrying to the merchant's house?

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2.

In lines 2 and 3, there is a description of the merchant. What are three details about him?

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3.

What did the thieves do immediately after entering the house?

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4.

In line 5, why did one of the thieves think the merchant would be alone?

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5.

In line 7, which two Latin words tell you that the merchant resisted the thieves? Why did he lose the fight?

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6.

In line 9, who did the merchant say was guarding his money? Why did the thief think he was lying?

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7.

Which room did the thieves then enter? What did they see there?

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8.

Why did the thieves run away?

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9.

In lines 17-18, how did the merchant describe the serpens? What reasons did he give?

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10.

In line 6, the thieves found the merchant in his study. What do you think he was doing there?