"Tableau" Quiz

Which of the following selections best explains how the two boys respond to their disapproving neighbors?

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• They pay no attention to them.

• They stop walking because it upsets them.

• They stare back at the neighbors.

• They cross into their neighbors’ front yards.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The final quatrain of the poem (lines 9-12) suggests mainly that .

Oblivious to look and word
They pass, and see no wonder
That lightning brilliant as a sword
Should blaze the path of thunder.

• the boys don’t realize the significance of what they are doing

• the boys don’t plan to walk past these unkind neighbors ever again

• the boys are carrying swords with them as they walk

• he neighborhood where the boys walk is having severe thunderstorms

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the poem?

• The boys walking together cause people to talk quietly and in secret.

• The boys are ashamed of their relationship with each other.

• The two boys did not know each other before going on their walk together.

• The walk only lasts for a couple minutes.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which couplet from the text most strongly supports your answer to Question 3?

• “From lowered blinds the dark folk stare / And here the fair folk talk,”

• “They pass, and see no wonder / That lightning brilliant as a sword”

• “The golden splendor of the day / The sable pride of night.”

• “Locked arm in arm they cross the way / The black boy and the white,”

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Find the best synonym for the word below:

magnificence

• . fair

• splendor

• oblivious

• indignant

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Find the best synonym for the word below:

displeased

• indignant

• unison

• fair

• oblivious

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A