The Monkey's Paw - Reading Comprehension - Emma Jones | Library

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How does paragraph 6 mainly add to the development of Mr. White?

"That’s the worst of living so far out," bawled Mr. White, with sudden and unlooked-for violence; "Of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live in, this is the worst. Pathway’s a bog, and the road’s a torrent. I don’t know what people are thinking about. I suppose because only two houses in the road are let, they think it doesn’t matter."

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ELD.PI.8.6a.Em

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What do the following lines mainly reveal about Mrs. White? "Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. … 'Never mind, dear,” said his wife soothingly; “perhaps you’ll win the next one.'"

ELD.PI.8.6a.Em

RL.8.3

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What is most likely the author’s intent in the following passage (paragraph 29)? "The soldier regarded him in the way that middle age is wont to regard presumptuous youth. “I have,” he said, quietly, and his blotchy face whitened."

ELD.PI.8.6a.Em

RL.8.4

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Which of the following best defines credulity as it is used in the passage below? "His father, smiling shamefacedly at his own credulity, held up the talisman, as his son, with a solemn face, somewhat marred by a wink at his mother, sat down at the piano and struck a few impressive chords."

ELD.PI.8.6a.Em

RL.8.4

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Which of the following selections best identifies a theme of the story?

ELD.PI.8.6a.Em

RL.8.2

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Which sentence from the text best supports the theme identified in the last question?

RL.8.1

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Which of the following most closely describes the tone at breakfast the morning after the family has received the monkey’s paw?

RL.8.4

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Which sentence from the text best supports the answer to the last question?

RL.8.1

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Which meaning of the word resignation most closely matches its meaning in the following excerpt?

"But the days passed, and expectation gave place to resignation--the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled, apathy. Sometimes they hardly exchanged a word, for now they had nothing to talk about, and their days were long to weariness."

RL.8.4

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Match the quote to the character who said it:

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
"It's my boy! It's Herbert!"		Sergeant-Major Morris
"Better let it burn."		Mrs. White
"I dare say. But for all that, the think moved in my hand; that I'll swear to."

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