Was it a Dream

What is the main theme of the story?

• Adventure and exploration

• Revenge and justice

• Friendship and loyalty

• Love and loss

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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 did the narrator's loved one die?

• After coming home wet in the rain and then coughing

• Due to old age

• In a tragic accident

• From a prolonged illness

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did the narrator do after the loved one's death?

• Started a new life in another city

• Went on a journey the next day

• Dedicated their life to charity

• Wrote a book about their love

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did the narrator feel when they returned to their room?

• Joy from remembering the past

• Indifference to everything

• Determination to move on

• A violent attack of fresh grief

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What did the narrator wish to do at the cemetery?

• Pass the night weeping on the grave

• Restore the grave

• Build a monument

• Conduct a ritual

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How did the narrator find the city of the dead compared to the city of the living?

• Smaller and more crowded with the dead

• More lively and colorful

• Larger and more spacious

• More peaceful and serene

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

What did the dead do with their tombstones?

• Ignored them completely

• Effaced the inscriptions and wrote the truth

• Built new ones

• Decorated them with flowers

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What did the narrator see on the loved one's tombstone at the end?

• A declaration of her undying love

• An account of her charitable deeds

• A confession of deceiving her lover

• A message of hope for the narrator

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What was the narrator's condition when found at daybreak?

• Writing a letter

• Singing a song of mourning

• Leaving the cemetery

• Lying unconscious on the grave

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9