Mystery ELA

What is the best statement of the central idea of this “Let Em Play God”?

• Suspense is created when the readers know more than the characters

• Suspense is created when the characters are believable.

• Good mysteries have suspense.

• Hitchcock’s movies are suspenseful.

What is the best statement of the author’s purpose for writing about Phineas Gage?

• The author wants to convince readers that Phineas Gage’s life was a miracle.

• The author wants to tell readers about the medical phenomenon that is Phineas Gage.

• The author wants to entertain the readers with a crazy story about Phineas Gage.

• The author wants to mock Phineas Gage.

What does the word exposed mean in the paragraph from “Phineas Gage” below?

But something goes wrong this time. The sand is never poured down the hole; the black powder and fuse sit exposed at the bottom. Does his assistant forget, or does Phineas forget to look? Witnesses disagree.

• Open

• Placed

• Not right

• Not covered

What phrase in the passage from “Phineas Gage” provides a clue to the meaning of exposed?

But something goes wrong this time. The sand is never poured down the hole; the black powder and fuse sit exposed at the bottom. Does his assistant forget, or does Phineas forget to look? Witnesses disagree.

• “But something goes wrong this time.”

• “The sand is never poured down the hole.”

• “Does his assistant forget?”

• “Witnesses disagree.”

In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, what is the first plot event that establishes the story’s mysterious tone?

• The narrator describes that people think he is mad.

• The old man hears the narrator in his bedroom.

• The narrator peaks into the old man’s room.

• The narrator kills the old man.

One theme of “The Tell-Tale Heart” could be our perceptions drive our actions. Which sentences best show how this selection has developed this theme?

• “Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me.” (Paragraph 3)

• “Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph.” (Paragraph 4)

• “He shrieked once—once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him.” (Paragraph 7)

• “There was nothing to wash out—no stain of any kind—no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that.” (Paragraph 8)

Which piece of textual evidence from “The Tell-Tale Heart” best illustrates the tone of eerie suspicion the author develops in the text?

• “Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” (Paragraph 2)

• “Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door.” (Paragraph 4)

• “I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart.” (Paragraph 5)

• “I talked more quickly—more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased.” (Paragraph 9)

What do the narrator’s actions at the end of “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe tell the reader about the theme of the selection?

• We should always assume someone is guilty.

• Bad deeds will not go unpunished.

• The truth will always come out in the end.

• We need to trust our instincts.

What does this sentence from Monster most likely emphasize?

I think to get used to this I will have to give up what I think is real and take up something else. I wish I could make sense of it.

• Steve is content.

• Steve is shell-shocked.

• Steve is sad.

• Steve is happy-go-lucky.

In Monster, what does the excerpt below help to establish?

CUT TO: STEVE is made to sit down at one table. At another table we see KING and two attorneys. STEVE sits alone. A guard stands behind him. There are one or two spectators in the court. Then four more enter.

CLOSE-UP (CU) OF STEVE HARMON. The fear is evident on his face.

• James King appears to be just as afraid as Steve is.

• Steve feels more comfortable painting a picture of his emotions than directly confessing them.

• Steve does not want to be the main character in the movie he is making.

• Steve has no idea of how to actually make a movie.