Click Clack Rattlebag Quiz

Which statement best describes the theme of the story "Click Clack Rattlebag"?

• Do not leave children alone with strangers.

• Overcoming fear is easier when you have support from friends and family.

• Fear is simply a game that everyone enjoys playing without any real consequences.

• Appearances can be deceiving.

Which of the following text evidence supports the theme of "Click-Clack Rattlebag"?

• "I did not know if the feeling I had for his sister, who was my girlfriend, was love, not yet, but I liked that the child treated me as one of the family."

• I was relieved when the boy said, “They look like what you aren’t expecting. What you aren’t paying attention to.”

• “Me neither. I’m not scared of vampires either. Do you want to know what Clickclacks do? They drink you,” said the boy

• “Well,” he said, sagely, soberly, a small voice from the darkness beside me, “once you’re just bones and skin, they hang you up on a hook, and you rattle in the wind.”

Read the following excerpt:

We walked out of the warm and cozy kitchen into the hallway of the big house, where it was chilly and draughty and dark. I flicked the light-switch, but nothing happened.

How does the author build suspense in this excerpt?

• By describing how the house's maintenance issues.

• By describing how big the house is

• By contrasting his descriptions of the comforting kitchen to the eerie hallway

• By the narrator revealing how he struggles to walk through the house.

How do the narrator and the small child know each other?

• The narrator is dating the child's older sister.

• The child is the narrator's younger brother.

• The narrator was hired to babysit the small child.

• The narrator is the small child's father.

Read the following excerpt:

“See?” said the boy. There was that precocious amusement again. But all kids can be insufferable sometimes, when they think they know something you don’t. It’s probably good for them.

Based off this excerpt, how does the narrator regard the small child?

• The narrator feels sorry for the child.

• The narrator is annoyed and at times dismissive of the child's behavior

• The narrator is indifferent to the child's behavior.
• The narrator finds the child completely endearing and wise.

Read the following excerpt

He pushed open the door to the attic room. It was perfectly dark, now, but the opening door disturbed the air, and I heard things rattle gently, like dry bones in thin bags, in the slight wind. Click. Clack. Click. Clack. Like that.

Based off this excerpt towards the end, what can you infer about the small child

• He wants the narrator to clean up the attic.

• He is wanting to show the narrator one of his favorite toys that he has in the attic.

• He is a click clack

• He has a very vivid imagination

What mood does the author create in the story "Click Clack Rattlebag"?

• Joy and happiness
• Indifference and apathy
• Excitement and thrill
• Suspense and unease

“Yes,” said the boy, soberly. “I am very glad you’re here.” He seemed less precocious now. His hand found mine, and he held on to my fingers comfortably, trustingly, as if he’d known me all his life. I felt responsible and adult. I did not know if the feeling I had for his sister, who was my girlfriend, was love, not yet, but I liked that the child treated me as one of the family. I felt like his big brother, and I stood taller, and if there was something unsettling about the empty house I would not have admitted it for worlds.

What does the word "unsettling" most likely mean as used in this excerpt?

• annoying

• uncomfortable

• miserable

• confusing

Why does the narrator wish he had a flashlight?

• he wants to protect the boy

• he needs one for the story he wants to tell the boy

• he is becoming more uneasy and afraid in the house

• he wants to search for Click Clacks in the house

How does the boy change from the beginning of the passage to the end?

• he boy seems hostile and then transforms into the boyfriend's new best friend

• He acts calmly and then has a tantrum when the boyfriend won't tell him a story

• He works to appear innocent but then leads the boyfriend to his death

• The boy remains the same throughout the passage