Phineas Gage
Authored by RACHEL ADAMS
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following words BEST replaces ticklish as it is used in the passage below?
Black powder is ticklish stuff. When it's damp, nothing will set it off. When it's too dry or mixed in the wrong formula, almost anything can set it off, without warning.
calm
exciting
touchy
hilarious
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The following passage from the excerpt (paragraph 13) MAINLY suggests that ______.
Dr. Williams examines Phineas' head. He can't believe that this man is still alive. His skull is cracked open, as if something has popped out from the inside. Accident victims are often too shaken to know what happened, so Dr. Williams turns to Phineas' workmen for the story, but Phineas insists on speaking for himself. He tells Dr. Williams that the iron went right through his head.
Phineas is trying not to show how much pain he is in
the fact that Phineas survived the accident doesn't make sense
everyone is angry at Phineas for not being careful
no one is sure of what happened before Phineas' accident
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CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The excerpt from Phineas Gage is told in the _____ tense, from a ____ point of view.
past; first person
past; third person
present; first person
present; third person
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CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which passage from the excerpt MOST STRONGLY suggests that Phineas is in danger of having an accident?
"All day, Phineas must keep an eye on his diggers to make sure they keep up. All the time between, Phineas and his assisstant are working with touchy explosives."
"Phineas is twenty-six years old, unmarried, and five feet, six inches tall, short for our time but about average for his."
"Phineas' special skill is blasting. With well-places charges of black gunpowder, he shatters rock."
"Yet for many others -- psychologists, medical researchers, doctors, and especially those who suffer brain injuries -- Phineas Gage will become someone worth knowing."
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following selections BEST summarizes a main idea of the excerpt?
Work safety conditions for railroad construction workers needed to be improved.
Phineas' accident was likely his own fault.
Phineas must not have told people the whole story about his accident.
The fact that Phineas survived his accident changed our understanding of the human brain.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these inferences about Phineas is BEST supported by the text?
Phineas did not feel the pain from his skull splitting after his accident.
Phineas will make a full recovery from the accident.
Phineas' men really enjoyed their jobs.
Phineas is a very lazy and slow worker on the railroad.
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CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following events happened FIRST?
A blast throws Phineas' own tamping iron into his head.
Dr. Williams does not believe that an iron went through Phineas' head.
Phineas Gage "was no longer Gage."
Phineas and his assistant work on blasting rock.
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CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
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