Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare

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10th Grade
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Gregory Wiggs
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
According to “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare,” what is sleep paralysis?
a condition in which a sleeper is incapable of dreaming
a condition in which a sleeper walks and talks while asleep
a condition in which a sleeper feels awake but cannot move
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What does the author of “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare” mean by
describing sleep paralysis as a “waking nightmare”?
The sleeper wakes up screaming and flailing around in bed but does not
know why.
The sleeper gains awareness but remains unable to move and experiences
terror.
The sleeper has the same bad dream night after night until he or she is
afraid to go to sleep.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
In the following excerpt from “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare,” what is
the most likely meaning of hallucination? Choose based on context clues in the
passage.
Taken together, the symptoms of sleep paralysis may explain stories of “alien
abduction” in recent years, or being harassed by demons in ages past. (The
hallucination of an intruder would account for the presence of an “alien” or
“demon.”)
a memory of a real-life experience
a vision of something that is not real
a story about people who are not real
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CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Part A What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of suffocate
as it is used in this excerpt from “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare”?
Sleep paralysis is also sometimes called “Old Hag syndrome,” for an evil creature
thought to suffocate people in their sleep by sitting on their chests.
prevent sleeping
prevent breathing
prevent awakening
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CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Part B Which group of words from the excerpt is a context clue that most
clearly supports the answer to Part A?
called “Old Hag syndrome”
sitting on their chests
in their sleep
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CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Part A Based on “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare,” choose the words
that best describe how someone might feel during an episode of sleep paralysis.
annoyed; impatient
anxious; hurried
terrified; trapped
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Part B Which excerpt from “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare” best
supports the answer to Part A?
It’s believed to be an unintended side effect of dreaming; when you
dream, your brain sends a signal to your muscles to go limp....
“It is a feeling of panic, entrapment and desperation so horrifying that I
have difficulty describing its magnitude.”
“One cannot simply tell me to ‘wake up’ and tap me on the arm.”
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read this excerpt from “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare.”
Cultures around the world have different words for these terrifying nocturnal
experiences—the Japanese call it kanashibari, which means “bound up with metal.”
Which excerpt from the selection best explains why kanashibari is a good
name for sleep paralysis?
But people who suffer from sleep paralysis find themselves paralyzed and
fully aware of their predicament.
“Knowing that it will end eventually is of no comfort. Every second is
hell.”
Because sleep paralysis affects about 5 percent of the population, it could
happen to you someday.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
In “Sleep Paralysis: A Waking Nightmare,” what is the author’s purpose for
including quotations from Lori Ball, the woman from Ohio who suffers from
sleep paralysis?
to show that people react differently to the symptoms of sleep paralysis
to show that very few people actually suffer from sleep paralysis
to show that sleep paralysis is a real and terrifying condition
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
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