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Grade 7 Rikki-tikki-tavi
When Teddy first sees Rikki Tikki Tavi, what does he want to do?
  1. Throw him a party
  2. Give him a funeral
  3. Give him a hug
  4. Take him to the forest
Grade 10 The Lottery
What is "The Lottery" satirizing?
  1. cultural issues
  2. political issues
  3. human nature
  4. the nature of chance
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Priest’s role in the village?
  1. He is a pearl diver
  2. He is a doctor
  3. He is a spiritual and religious leader
  4. He is a fisherman
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Doctor’s relationship with Kino?
  1. They are friends
  2. They are enemies
  3. They are rivals
  4. They are indifferent to each other
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Doctor’s role in the community?
  1. He is the leader of the village
  2. He is a pearl diver
  3. He is a doctor
  4. He is a fisherman
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Dealers’ attitude towards the pearl?
  1. They see it as a blessing
  2. They see it as a curse
  3. They are indifferent to it
  4. They want to buy it immediately
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What does the Doctor do when he visits Kino’s house?
  1. He tries to buy the pearl
  2. He treats Coyotito
  3. He warns Kino about the dangers of the pearl
  4. He congratulates Kino on his find
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
Who is Juan Tomás?
  1. Kino’s brother
  2. Kino’s father
  3. Kino’s son
  4. Kino’s friend
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Doctor’s attitude towards Kino and the other villagers?
  1. He respects them and treats them as equals
  2. He looks down on them and treats them as inferiors
  3. He is afraid of them
  4. He is indifferent to them
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Dealers’ relationship with Kino?
  1. They are friends
  2. They are enemies
  3. They are rivals
  4. They are indifferent to each other
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Doctor’s initial reaction when Kino needs help for Coyotito?
  1. He immediately goes to help
  2. He refuses to help because Kino can’t pay
  3. He is not in town
  4. He sends his assistant to help
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
How does the Doctor react when Kino can’t pay him?
  1. He treats Coyotito for free
  2. He refuses to treat Coyotito
  3. He agrees to be paid later
  4. He takes the pearl as payment
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Dealers’ role in the community?
  1. They are the leaders of the village
  2. They are pearl divers
  3. They are pearl buyers
  4. They are fishermen
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is Juan Tomás’s role in the community?
  1. He is the leader of the village
  2. He is a pearl diver
  3. He is a fisherman
  4. He is a doctor
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Doctor’s dream?
  1. To find a bigger pearl than Kino’s
  2. To return to a bourgeois European lifestyle
  3. To become the richest man in La Paz
  4. To cure all diseases
Grade 9 Short Stories (Fiction)
What is the Dealers’ strategy for buying pearls?
  1. They always offer a fair price
  2. They try to cheat the villagers
  3. They only buy the largest pearls
  4. They refuse to buy pearls from villagers
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