First Day of School HMH

The series of events in a work of fiction is called _______.

• exposition

• rising action

• plot

• short story

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______________ is the stage of a story when events lead toward the end.

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

• exposition

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A ___________ is an interruption of the plot that presents events that took place at an earlier time.

• foreshadow

• exposition

• memoir

• flashback

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What Supreme Case outlawed segregation in schools in 1954?

• Roe vs. Wade

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• McCulloch vs. Maryland

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CCSS.RL.8.9

What does the term desegregation mean?

• ending race-based separation of students in public and private schools

• the separation of students based on their race

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What are the TWO main conflicts from "The First Day of School"?

• John vs. society

• John vs. Board of Education

• John vs. Audrey

• John vs. his own fear

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Which of the following events presents the climax of the story?

• John learns his father has been laid off from work.

• John talks to his mother about the day.

• John and Audrey fight over whether she will go to school.

• John hears his mother calling him from the driveway.

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What is the definition of the word linger?

• to leave slowly and reluctantly, not wanting to go

• to rush

• to remain calm

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John Hawkins is upset with his mother because-

• she doesn't take his father to work

• she gives grocery money to his sister and not him

• she acts as if this morning is like any other day

• she makes him eat his breakfast even though he is ill

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How does John's reaction to hearing a rain crow in paragraph 18 contribute to the story?

• It highlights the potential danger.

• It reveals that John is superstitious.

• It shows that John tends to daydream.

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