Houdini

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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
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Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
On page 11, we learn from Commissioner Gregory that
Houdini is giving money to people.
Houdini is a fraud.
Houdini will jump from an airplane handcuffed.
Houdini is challenging people to give him something he won't be able to accomplish.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What sentences in page 11, show Commissioner Warren's bias for Houdini?
I do wish you were here! I wish you could see him!
What an entertainer!/ What a showman!
How does he do it?/I've just seen Houdini again.
You should have seen the crowds./I've never seen anything like it.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL. 11-12.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What did Inspector Barnaby Whitecombe find out about Houdini? (page 12)
That he was a great artist.
That he had lied about his past.
That he had lied about his identity.
That he was
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
On page 13, the sentence: " I believe he is a fraudster and fake." The word "believe" shows:
prejudice against Gregory
Bias for Houdini
prejudice against Houdini
bias against Houdini
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
On page 13, the sentence: " a man who has deceived good honest people." The words "a man who" shows:
prejudice against Gregory
Bias for Houdini
prejudice against Houdini
bias against Houdini
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
On page 13, the sentence: " has unashamedly taken their hard-earned money in return for false tricks and to bolster his own fame." The words "has unashamedly" show:
prejudice against Gregory
Bias for Houdini
prejudice against Houdini
bias against Houdini
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How did the inspector's in the audience think Houdini remove the cuffs? (page 13)
They believed Houdini used his feet.
They believed his assistants opened them.
They believed Houdin's wife gave him the keys which were in her mouth when she kissed him.
They believed it was real magic.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
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