The Terror

a person with whom one shares secrets, a close friend​

• matrix

• bigotry

• jeer

• confidant

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

an intolerant devotion to one’s own opinions and prejudices​

• confidant

• bigotry

• jeer

• dismal

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to make rude and mocking remarks​

• jeer

• matrix

• dismal

• bigotry

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

depressing; dreary​

• matrix

• bigotry

• dismal

• jeer

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following identifies the main idea of the text?

• Fear tormented and controlled Díaz until he no longer allowed it to.
• Fear is the most dangerous weapon bullies have against someone who is different.
• Fear allowed Díaz to prepare for future altercations with the brothers.
• Fear never proves to be a useful or productive feeling.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which section from the text best supports the answer the main idea of the text?

• “So I locked up the whole miserable affair deep inside. I thought that would help, but avoidance only seemed to give it more strength.” (Paragraph 8)

• “They would jeer at me and occasionally throw rocks, but even if they weren’t chasing me in the flesh, they sure were chasing me in spirit.” (Paragraph 10)

• “But sometimes I like to think that if that beat-down didn’t happen, I might have had an easier time of it.” (Paragraph 12)

• “Took me until I was a sophomore in high school — yes, that long — before I finally found it in me to start facing my terror.” (Paragraph 13)

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How does Díaz describe fear in paragraph 7?

• He compares it to a ghost. 
• He depicts it as a constant presence.
• He presents it as a deadly cancer.
• He personifies it as the brothers.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which detail from paragraph 7 best supports how Diaz described fear?

• “My first real beat-down, and I was furious and ashamed, but above all else I was afraid.”

• “Afraid of my assailants. Afraid they would corner me again.”

• “An awful withering dread that coiled around my bowels — that followed me into my dreams.”

• “I guess I should have told someone, but I was too humiliated.”

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2