Multiple-choice Test: The Ambitious Guest

What is the best theme?

• A. Both life and death cannot be changed.

• B. Both life and death can be cheated.

• C. Both life and death cannot be planned.

• D. All of the above.

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Pick the best quote that supports the theme on how "one cannot change life or death." Look back at the text.

• A. Paragraph 12

• B. Paragraph 15

• C. Paragraph 39

• D. Paragraph 44

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does the family welcome the young man?

• A. They ask him to leave but change their mind.

• B. They welcome him and laugh at what he says.

• C. They welcome him and discuss what he says.

• D. They argue with him and laugh at what he says

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How do paragraphs 14-15 reveal the difference between the young man and the family's eldest daughter?

• A. They reveal the young man believes in moving up the social ladder, but the daughter does not believe in it.

• B. They reveal the young man displays a cold heart, and the girl has a warm heart.

• C. They reveal that the young man wants more from life, but the daughter is satified with life.

• D. They reveal that the young man wants to marry the girl, but she does not like him.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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How does the setting contribute to the theme and central idea of the text?

• A. The contrast between the description of the fire and the mountain symbolizes the hope the family has.

• B. The contrast between a warm and happy home with the threat of the mountain foreshadows the danger to come.

• C. The contrast between the young man's ambition and the family's satifictions shows why it is important to travel.

• D. The contrast between the young boy's innocence humor and grandmother's superstition reveals how life experiences shape you.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the author use the setting and character develope irony in the story?

• A. The family feels in danger every day from the snow but want to stay for the gold deep in the mountain.

• B. The family believes the house is in a place of sanctuary, yet they choose to run when they feel they are in danger

• C. The family feels like the young man is a nice person but he wants to steal their gold.

• D. The family believes the young man needs to stay with them but the young man wants to get away from them.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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What is the best irony of the mountain?

• A. There is lots of snow in the winter and grass in the spring.

• B. There is lots of gold to find and snow that covers it.

• C. There is lots of unstability and yet a good place to live.

• D. There is lots of peace and not many people.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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In parargraph 28, what does the word "repress" mean about the oldest daughter?

• A. The word suggest that the young man wants to marry the girl even if she says no.

• B. The word suggests that the girl wants to find gold to buy many evening gowns.

• C. The word suggests that she does not want others around her to know how she feels.

• D. A and C

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word "inclemency" mean in paragraph 1?

• A. wonderful weather

• B. bad weather

• C. isolated location

• D. extreme sunshine

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Infer what the phrase "cataract of ruin" reveal about what happened to the mountain in paragraph 42.

• A. The phrase reveals that the whole side of the mountain stayed intact and everything remained the same.

• B. The phase reveals that the family wanted the home to get destroyed since they felt trapped in life.

• C. A and B

• D. The phrase reveals that the whole side of the mountain fell violently and everything got destroyed.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

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