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Three Skeleton Key

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Language Arts game based on the Story "Three Skeleton Key"

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1
How did the island get the name Three Skeleton Key?
Anyone who goes there is skeletized.
It is a good place for a Halloween party.
Three escaped convicts got stuck and died there.
The rats named it.
2
The ship was a writhing mass. What does writhing mean?
gulping noisily
writing slowly
wiggling wildly like a snake
moving at a fast pace
3
When a window frame in the lighthouse sags inward, how does this incident increase suspense?
It doesn't.
The water comes in.
The fog comes in.
The rats get through to the rest of the lighthouse.
4
Where did the narrator go after the disaster?
He joined the army.
He returned to work at the lighthouse.
He went crazy.
He went to the movies.
5
How does the name of the island hint at the upcoming danger?
There might be a storm.
Three three men might die and become three skeletons too.
The skeletons might haunt the lighthouse.
The rats might die.
6
Why did they first think they were in trouble with the rats?
The rats said we are going to get you.
The rats were crawling all over the lighthouse.
They saw that the ship didn't have any men on it.
The rats were smiling from the ghost ship.
7
Actually, how many rats were there on the lighthouse?
a few cute ones
thousands
five families
Hordes of rats
8
Why is the ship sailing so crazily?
The rats can't sail very well.
The sailor is drunk.
There is no crew.
The weather is bad.
9
What did the flotilla of boats do at the end?
They had a parade.
They brought a barge full of fresh meat.
They killed the sharks.
They brought the police.
10
What made the water so treacherous?
All the ships.
The rocks and the sharks.
The rat sounds
The storm.