"A Hunger Artist"

At the beginning of the story, the hunger artists were described as:

• Honorable
• Desperate 
• Incorrigable
• Immoral

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CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What was the longest term of public fasting allowed initially?

• 4 weeks
• 40 days
• 30 days
• 8 weeks

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the best definition of "impresario", as used frequently in the beginning the story?

• impressive person
• athelete
• audience
• manager

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What led to the public's disinterest in the hunger artist?

• His pomposity
• His overtly negative attitude
• The danger and disgust inherent in such an act
• Boredom

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CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.K.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

How did the hunger artist view himself as an employee of the circus?

• As indispensable 
• As an impediment
• As an intruder
• At the top of his game

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CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.4

What was the hunger artist's final statement before dying about?

• How he always hated fasting
• How he only wanted to break his record
• How he only fasted because he never found any food that he liked
• That his entire profession is a shame

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CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What replaced the hunger artist in his cage after he died?

• Another hunger artist
• A lion
• A panther
• Nothing - they buried him in the cage

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CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.K.3