The Black Cat

What was the first cat's name?

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Hades

• Plooto

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did the narrator do to the first cat out of anger?

• killed it

• broke its paw

• plucked its eye out

• Kicked it out of the house

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The first and second cat were identical except for one thing. What was it?

• The second cat had a white marking

• The first cat was white and the second cat was black

• The first cat had spots

• One was boy while the other was a girl

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.  What  did the narrator hang in the garden?

• a.  the cat
• b.  a rabbit
• c.  a dog
• d.  the narrator's wife

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

4.  What happened to the narrator's first house?

• a.  it was foreclosed on, and he was evicted.
• b.  it was burglarized
• c.  it was destroyed by a flood
• d.  it burned down, except one wall.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

6.   What is ironic about the two cats?

• a.  they both scratch the narrator
• b.  they both have only one eye 
• c.  they are both killed by the narrator
• d.  they both have a white patch on their chest

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

7.  The first cat was named after which of the following?

• a.  a type of diseases that cats get
• b.  the greek god of the underworld
• c.  the roman god of the underworld
• d.  the name of the narrator's  girlfriend

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

9.  Who or what did the narrator kill with an axe?

• a.  the cat
• b.  the narrator's wife
• c.  the rabbit
• d.  the dog

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

10.  Where did the police find the narrator's second cat?

• a.  down a storm drain
• b.  hanging from a tree, like the first cat
• c.  inside the wall with the body of the narrator's wife
• d.  on the roof of the house

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

2.  The narrator blames his change in mood and behavior on

• a.   a brain tumor
• b.   alcohol
• c.  a curse put on him
• d.  his wife divorcing him

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4