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"The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury
"The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury
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8th Grade Language Arts
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1
The servant compared the flying man to a ________________.
a hang glider
wingless bird
dragon with a man in his mouth
plane
2
Who asked, "What have you done?"
the servant
the executioner
the flying man
the Emperor
3
What is mood?
Suspense built by providing hints of what is to come.
The feeling the reader gets from the story.
The perspective of the narrator.
The author's attitude towards the subject or characters.
4
Excellency, a man is _________________________!
flying
running
sleeping
walking
5
What is the name of the emperor?
Emperor Yuan
Emperor Alexander
Emperor Han
Emperor Emperor
6
What is something NOT in the Emperor's wind-up machine?
cats
people
wolves
birds
7
what is a setting?
what the characters name is
what the animals or characters names are
where and when the story takes place
what obstacles the character faces
8
How does the story end?
a dragon came to the land
another man made a flying suit
the Emperor went to drink more tea
the Emperor admired his miniature garden
9
What was the first thing the servant and the emperor did?
sat down and drank some tea
put on the Emperor's ceremonial robe
did some gardening
ran out to see the flying man
10
What is a Metaphor?
A sentence that compares two items but does not use like or as
A sentence that compares two items and uses like or as
A Person, Place or Thing
The Setting of a story
11
Who looked at the Great Wall of China?
the servant
the flier and the Emperor
the Emperor
the flying man
12
The emperor's throne was located in Japan
false
true
13
The flying man's wife knew about the flying suit.
false
true
14
The emperor thinks the servant must have had a dream.
false
true
15
The Emperor ordered the guards to call the executioner.
true
false
16
What did the executioner come running with?
a sharp silver ax
an iron
a rope
a baseball bat
17
What did the man in the sky yell?
I fly, I fly!
help me!
I am God!
look at me!
18
The flying man was executed.
true
false
19
What year does the story take place?
yesterday
A.D. 800
2025
A.D. 400
20
What is foreshadowing?
a short description of what is happening in a story.
A reference to a well-known person
The order of events in a piece of writing
Hints an author gives about what is to come
21
The man in the sky was compared to what TWO animals?
a butterfly and a bird
a lion and a tiger
a bird and a dragon
a butterfly and a dragon
22
What is an antagonist?
the scuba divers boat from nemo
A person or situation that is against the protagonist
the opposite of the protagonist
the good guy
23
The people of the land were either very happy or very sad
false
true
24
What is the resolution?
The sequence of events in a story
The end of the story when the conflict is solved
It happens after the climax but before the end of the story
A guess based on the content of the story
25
The Emperor said, "I do not fear you, yourself, but I fear ___________________ ______________.
my wife
another man
a pink bunny
an attack
26
Who does the Emperor fear most?
the flier
his neighbors in the East
a man who will build things of bright papers and bamboo like the flier's
his servants
27
The man in the sky was crying over the beauty he was seeing.
true
false
28
Who said they were the only one who saw the flying man?
the Emperor
the servant
the farmer
no one
29
What does the emperor think is "the finest of all miracles"?
the sun has risen and a new day is upon us
the sea is blue
his tea
the flying man
30
What is Theme?
An object that represents abstract ideas
The main idea of a story
The underlying message of a story
A point in a poem at which the poet shifts from one meaning to another
31
The emperor thought the air, the sun and his tea are miracles.
false
true
32
The flying man asked to be spared.
true
false
33
Who sipped tea?
The emperor
The Emperor and his hand-servant
The emperor's servant
