Quiz
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question 1 (1 point)
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what's the difference between theme and central idea?
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theme is the main idea of a story, and central idea is the lesson learned.

theme is a one-word repeated idea and central idea is a complete sentence explaining the main idea of the story.

theme is a universal lesson learned and central idea is a one sentence main idea.

there's no difference in theme and central idea.
question 2 (1 point)
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what types of stories have a narrative arc? choose all that apply.
question 2 options:

persuasive texts

all non-fiction

fiction

narrative non-fiction
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which part of the narrative arc tells the reader about the setting and characters?
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rising action

climax

exposition

falling action
question 4 (1 point)
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which of the following quotes supports the idea that the major conflict or complicating incident of "the interlopers" is when the tree falls on the two men?
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he strayed away by himself from the watchers whom he had placed in ambush on the crest of the hill and wandered far down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth, peering through the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and skirling of the wind and the restless beating of the branches for sight or sound of the marauders.

but a man who has been brought up under the code of a restraining civilization cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbor in cold blood and without a word spoken, except for an offense against his hearth and honor.

and before the moment of hesitation had given way to action, a deed of nature’s own violence overwhelmed them both. a fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting crash over their heads, and ere they could leap aside, a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on them.

georg was silent for a moment; then he answered quietly: “are you sure that your men will find much to release? i have men, too, in the forest tonight, close behind me, and they will be here first and do the releasing. when they drag me out from under these branches, it won’t need much clumsiness on their part to roll this mass of trunk right over on the top of you.
question 5 (1 point)
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to find the unstated central idea, a reader must make an inference. what does that mean?
question 5 options:

use details from the story to figure it out

highlight the central idea

write the central idea

make up their own central idea
question 6 (1 point)
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which of the following is an example of a theme?
question 6 options:

hate

revenge

two men want revenge

sometimes revenge isn't as sweet as one thought it would be.
question 7 (1 point)
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which of the following is not a possible theme for "the interlopers"?
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love wins in the end.

nature often triumphs over man's quarrels.

revenge isn't the most important goal.

it only takes seconds for fate to change.
question 8 (1 point)
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which of the following is the central idea for "the interlopers"?
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wolves show up instead of .

two men hunt in the forest.

znaeym and von gradwitz had a family feud dating back to their grandfathers.

georg and ulrich had revenge on their minds, but nature would change their plans and their hearts.
question 9 (1 point)
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identify the adjective(s) and the word(s) being modified in the following sentence. (adj—modified word)

bats flew out of the abandoned house and into the night sky.
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bats-- flew

the-- abandoned; sky-- night

into-- night

the abandoned-- house; the night-- sky
question 10 (1 point)
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identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence.

the new restaurant is located on the top floor of the new hotel.
question 10 options:

is

on

of

on; of