"The Dinner Party" Quiz

(Detail Question) What is the setting of the story?

• America

• Europe

• Brazil

• India

(Detail Question) What event happened first in the story?

• The hostess thanks the American for saving her.

• An American gets a bowl of milk to feed a dog.

• The hostess summons the American to do something for her.

• A spirited discussion between a girl and the colonel.

(Main Idea) What is the story mostly about?

• There is no story and it was just a normal dinner party in India.

• An American saves a dinner party by luring a snake outside with the help of the hostess.

• The important discussion between the colonel and a girl about how woman should act.

• An American saves a dinner party by luring a rabid dog out with some meat.

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(Main Idea) What is the American's main conflict in the story?

• He needs to go the bathroom really bad but people keep calling him to do something.

• There is a cobra somewhere at dinner party and he needs figure out how to keep everyone safe.

• He has to go to his doctor's appointment but can't leave because the dinner party is very important.

• There is a dog under the table of a dinner party and he needs to lure it out.

(Inference) Which best describes why the author chose to include the little girl arguing with the colonel?

• It is a interesting topic to listen to people argue about.

• The author chose to include the argument to show what they were talking about during the American trying to get the snake away.

• To bring up a serious topic about woman and men.

• To know what they were talking about in the dinner party and why they called it.

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(Inference) How does the sentence, "With a slight gesture she summons the native boy standing behind her chair and whispers to him. The boy’s eyes widen: he quickly leaves the room." develop the plot?

• It brings in the main conflict.

• It doesn't and she just wanted a water.

• It introduces the theme.

• The boy was just told to leave.

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(Detail) Why does the boy place a bowl of milk outside the door?

• There is a snake and he needs to get it out.

• To feed a cat outside the house that looks thirsty.

• To collect rain from outside.

• To get a fly from inside the house outside.

(Detail) What does the American do after getting the snake outside the house?

• He gets a medal of honor for his bravery.

• He asked the colonel a question about the snake.

• He turned to the hostess and asked her a question.

• He leaves for his doctor's appointment.

(Main Idea) How does the American change?

• The American goes from annoying to calm.

• The American goes from quiet to saving everyone.

• The American goes from passive to aggressive.

• The American goes from nice to mean

(Detail) What did the American do to keep everyone still?

• He told them to stop moving.

• He made them play the quiet game.

• He made them play Simon says and only said Simon says stay still.

• He made them play a sort of game where whoever moves first has to give up 50 rupees.