The Pit and the Pendulum
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1st Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
(p.53)
Where is the narrator at the beginning of the story?
At home
In the city
In a dungeon
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.3.10
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.K.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
(p.54)
Why does the man feel around his cell with his hands?
It's too dark to see
He's blind
He's wearing a blindfold
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.K.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
(p.55)
What does the narrator discover in the middle of his cell?
A pit
A pendulum
Some water and bread
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
(p.56)
The narrator wakes up, tied to a bed. What starts moving above him?
rats
a pendulum
a picture
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.K.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
(p.57)
The pendulum swings closer and closer... How does the narrator describe its shape?
"like a sword"
"like the new moon"
"like a thick bar of iron"
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.K.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
(p.58)
How does the narrator describe the sound that the pendulum makes as it comes closer and closer?
"the whistle of death"
"the whoosh of death"
"the wisp of death"
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.K.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
(p.59)
How does the narrator get free?
the pendulum cuts the rope
he unties the rope
the rats chew through the rope
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
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