Three Skelton Key
Three Skeleton Key
Three Skeleton Key Review
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Comprehension
1. Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key?
a) He wants to set aside some money before he gets married.
b) He wants to protect the lighthouse.c) He wants to watch the ships sail in the
nighttime.d) He is sent there to find three escaped
convicts.
Be Afraid!
Plot
2. When people read a suspenseful story, they feel a) disappointed because the story is not believable.b) disturbed by the frightening, bloody details in
the story.c) uncertainty or anxiety about what will happen
next in the story. d) happy because events in the story are funny.
Plot Diagram
Exposition-Setting: time and place -Initial conflict
Climax
Resolution
Falling Action
Rising Action
Plot
3. The plot of a story isa) an idea about life b) a series of related events c) the place where the story occursd) the writer’s attitude toward the subject
Plot
4. A story’s most exciting moment, the highest point of suspense, is called:
a) the main ideab) foreshadowingc) the climaxd) its subject
Plot
4. In the resolution of a story, a) new characters are introduced. b) all the loose ends of the story are tied up.c) mysterious events occur. d) information about the author is presented.
Literary Terms
5. Each of the following sentences contains a simile except:
a) Sarah howled like a wolf.b) The clouds were as faint as dreams.c) Sally sells seashells by the seashore.d) Her face was as red as a beet.
Literary Term
6. We know this story is told from the first-person point of view because
a) of all the details included in the story.b) the narrator uses the pronouns they and he.c) the narrator uses the pronouns I and we.d) the person telling the story knows what
everyone is thinking.
Comprehension
7. How do the rats get on the key? a) They are native to the key. b) They are brought in with the supplies.c) They swim over from another islandd) A ship wrecks on the rocks and they swim
ashore.
Comprehension
8. The narrator’s descriptions of the window in the lantern room imply that the:
a) window will collapse. b) thick glass will keep the rats out.c) skeletons will open the window.d) rats will eat the glass.
Author
9. Who is the author of “Three Skeleton Key”?a) George Toudouzeb) Rudyard Kiplingc) Dr. Seussd) Charles Dickens
Comprehension
10. How do the rats first get inside the lighthouse?
a) They dig a tunnel under the lighthouse.b) They eat a hole through the door.c) The metal sheeting that was sealing the
window gives way.d) Crazed by the sight of the rats, Le Gleo
opens the door.
Literary Terms
11. When some rats return defeated from the attack on the patrol boat, the narrator says that the other rats greeted them with “shrill cries . . . with . . . a derisive note . . . .” The author is using
a) foreshadowing.b) personification.c) simile.d) alliteration.
Comprehension 12. All of the following strategies are used to
rescue the three men from the island except a) The crew tempt the rats onto a barge filled
with meat.b) The crew drench the barge with gasoline and
then set it on fire. c) The keepers set fire to the island.d) The crew shoot any escaping rats and leave
the rest to be eaten by the sharks.
Comprehension
13. What becomes of the three lighthouse attendants? a) One man returns to the key; two refuse to go back
to the lighthouse.b) Two men return to Three Skeleton Key; the third
man dies.c) One man returns to the key; one goes insane; one
dies.d) Two men return to the island; the third man is too
frightened to return.
Plot
14. What is the last stage of the plot called where the story ends?
a) expositionb) falling actionc) climaxd) resolution
Comprehension
15. Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?
a) The narrator sees the Dutch ship heading for the island.
b) A man dreams of the three convicts’ skeletons.c) Some of the rats fall into the ocean and are
eaten by the sharks.d) The narrator sees a tug pulling a barge covered
with raw meat.
Literary Element
16. Which word means “the sequence of events in a story”?
a) plotb) conflictc) point of viewd) metaphor
Literary Terms
17. ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers’ is an example of
a) simileb) alliterationc) foreshadowingd) personification
Plot
18. The beginning of a story that introduces the characters and explains the setting is called the _______________________.
Exposition
Comprehension
19. The two groups of characters in “Three Skeleton Key” are ________________ and ____________________.
rats and people
Plot
20. The setting of a story tells us the _______________ and ____________.
time and place
Plot
20. ______________ _______________is the term for events that move toward the climax of the story.
Rising action
Plot
22. ______________ _______________ is the term for events that take place after the climax. This is when the characters begin to resolve their conflicts.
Falling action
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