Think Up Assessment - RL 7.1 - "The Mysterious Case" (8.15) - Scott Yamanashi | Library

Instructions

Read the passage, incorporating your Scratch Paper Strategies, to answer each question.

Required

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Which theme is developed in this story?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2

Required

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Which sentence from the story supports the answer to Question 1?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2

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Read the thesaurus entry.
*immediate (adj.) — direct, nearby, quick, urgent

Which word matches the way immediate is used in the sentence, “And yet when, two hours later, without her having left the room or anybody coming into it, poison was in the cup, and the patient was only saved from death by the most immediate measures”?

EX.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4.a

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According to the story, why is the woman who tries to poison Miss Wilcox able to take this action?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1

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Which is the best summary of the story?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2

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How does the encounter between the doctor and the woman on the stairs affect the plot of the story?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3

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Read the sentences from the story.

"My idea was this—the nurse had been forced to either poison the glass herself or open the door for another to do it. If this were so, she or the other person would be obliged to pass around the foot of the bed to reach the glass, and I should be sure to see it."

In these sentences, what does the word obliged mean?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4

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Read this paragraph from the story.

"I gasped—but I did not stir. And then—look! the glass is returning; the hand—a woman’s hand— is slowly setting it back in its place—"

How does the change from past tense to present tense verbs affect the paragraph?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.5

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Based on the story, why does the young man propose to Miss Wilcox?

EX.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1

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Which option corrects a punctuation error in the underlined sentence?

"When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle imagined the fictional character Sherlock Holmes in 1887, he likely could not comprehend the character’s sensational impression on the imaginations of readers. Sherlock Holmes embodies the hallmarks of the British detective intelligent, sophisticated, observant, and obsessive. Doyle was inspired to create the character upon meeting Dr. Joseph Bell, a professor at the medical school of Edinburgh University."

EX.ELA-Literacy.L.7.4.a

Think Up Assessment - RL 7.1 - "The Mysterious Case" (8.15)

Think Up Assessment - RL 7.1 - "The Mysterious Case" (8.15)

Which theme is developed in this story?

Which sentence from the story supports the answer to Question 1?

According to the story, why is the woman who tries to poison Miss Wilcox able to take this action?

Which is the best summary of the story?

How does the encounter between the doctor and the woman on the stairs affect the plot of the story?

Read this paragraph from the story."I gasped—but I did not stir. And then—look! the glass is returning; the hand—a woman’s hand— is slowly setting it back in its place—"How does the change from past tense to present tense verbs affect the paragraph?

Based on the story, why does the young man propose to Miss Wilcox?

Which theme is developed in this story?

Which sentence from the story supports the answer to Question 1?

According to the story, why is the woman who tries to poison Miss Wilcox able to take this action?

Which is the best summary of the story?

How does the encounter between the doctor and the woman on the stairs affect the plot of the story?

Read this paragraph from the story."I gasped—but I did not stir. And then—look! the glass is returning; the hand—a woman’s hand— is slowly setting it back in its place—"How does the change from past tense to present tense verbs affect the paragraph?

Based on the story, why does the young man propose to Miss Wilcox?

Read this paragraph from the story.

"I gasped—but I did not stir. And then—look! the glass is returning; the hand—a woman’s hand— is slowly setting it back in its place—"

How does the change from past tense to present tense verbs affect the paragraph?

Read this paragraph from the story.

"I gasped—but I did not stir. And then—look! the glass is returning; the hand—a woman’s hand— is slowly setting it back in its place—"

How does the change from past tense to present tense verbs affect the paragraph?