Short Stories

The princess points to the door on the ____________

• left

• right

• neither

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

Who/what does the king use to decide whether a person is guilty or innocent?

• chance

• trial by jury

• the king and his court

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

The two conflicting emotions in the mind of the princess are ____________________

• anger towards her father and love for the commoner

• jealousy of the lady behind the door and love for her father

• love for the commoner and jealousy of the lady

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

Which statement best expresses the main idea of the story?

• The princess is jealous of the lady behind the door.

• The king believes he is a brilliant and reasonable ruler.

• The princess must decide the fate of a young man.

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

The young man was on trial because ___________

• the princess saw him speaking to the other young lady.

• he stole something from the court.

• he fell in love with the princess.This is a correct answer he fell in love with the princess.

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

What was the author's purpose in writing the story?

• to explain the king's justice system

• to present to readers a question to think about

• to persuade readers that life in ancient times was unfair

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CCSS.RI.8.6

What are the names of the two sides fighting against each other?

• Democrats and Republicans

• Irish and British

• Free Staters and Irish Republican Army

• Irish Republican Army and Irish Democrat Army

What is the potentially fatal mistake that the main character makes that draws attention to him from the other sniper?

• Coughs loudly

• Stands up and walks around

• Sneezes loudly

• Lights a cigarette

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What does the old woman character do in the story, and on which side is she in the war?

• Tells the sniper to hide; IRA

• Tells the armored car about the sniper; Free Stater

• Shoots at the sniper; Free Stater

• Runs away to hide; IRA

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Describe how the main character tricks the other sniper.

• He makes the other sniper think that he fell off the roof dead.

• He runs through the streets screaming.

• He throws water balloons at the other sniper.

• He doesn't trick the other sniper.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1