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Grade 10 St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
The girls at St. Lucy's adapted quickly and easily to their new environment.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 10 St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
The nuns at St. Lucy's shunned the girls.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 10 The Most Dangerous Game
How does the author create suspense at the beginning of the story?
  1. Whitney and Rainsford discuss the prospects of hunting up the Amazon.
  2. Whitney refers to Captain Neilson, who never appears in the story.
  3. Whitney describes to Rainsford the mysterious reputation of the island that their boat is passing in the night.
  4. The story begins with a dialogue between two men.
Grade 10 A Sound of Thunder
All of the following are reasons that Travis becomes angry with Eckels for stepping off the path except that...
  1. Eckels has disobeyed Travis's orders.
  2. Travis fears that Eckels may have changed history.
  3. Travis fears that Time Safari will have to go out of business.
  4. Travis fears that they won't be allowed to return to their own world.
Grade 10 The Sniper CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.4, RL.9-10.4, L.9-10.4
Ruse:
  1. Trick
  2. Disguise
  3. Mask
  4. Character
Grade 10 The Sniper
The story is set during which war?
  1. The American Civil War
  2. The Irish Civil War
  3. The American Revolution
  4. The Second World War
Grade 10 The Sniper CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.4, RL.9-10.4, L.9-10.4
Beleaguered:
  1. Pummeled
  2. Beset with difficulties
  3. Invaded
  4. Plagued by locusts
Grade 10 The Lottery
What is the climax of the story?
  1. When Bill Hutchinson draws the slip of paper
  2. When Tessie draws the slip of paper
  3. When Tessie is stoned
  4. When the boys gather stones
Grade 10 A Sound of Thunder

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The hunters are allowed to kill dinosaurs that have been marked with red paint because those dinosaurs...
  1. aren't real.
  2. have only one brain.
  3. are the easiest to kill.
  4. are about to die anyway.
Grade 10 A Sound of Thunder

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The path through the jungle is mainly intended to...
  1. prevent history from changing.
  2. protect the hunters from dinosaurs.
  3. protect the dinosaurs from hunters.
  4. make it easier to walk through the jungle.
Grade 10 St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Mirabella was the least successful student at St. Lucy's; she resisted rehabilitation.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 10 St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
In what ways are the girls being “rehabilitated” by St. Lucy’s?
Grade 10 St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Jeanette is the narrator in "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves."
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 10 A Sound of Thunder
The story suggests that, had Eckels shot the red-painted dinosaur instead of panicking, history would have been changed...
  1. for the better.
  2. for the worse.
  3. in unpredictable ways.
  4. in no significant or noticeable way.
Grade 10 The Lottery

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What is the theme of "The Lottery" based on this excerpt?
Grade 10 The Sniper
What is the name of the Republican sniper?
  1. John O'Malley.
  2. Liam O'Flaherty.
  3. Thomas Jones.
  4. Name is not given.
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